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Senior Regional Development Application Engineer

KLA

Location

Hillsboro, OR

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/22/2026

Compensation

$119,000 - $202,300 per year

PhD with 5+ Years of Experience
Master's with 5+ Years of Experience
Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
Approval 97.8%·Filings 803·New hires 321·
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·FY 2025

Job description

The role involves providing high-level applications support for complex Overlay measurement systems within KLA. The candidate will work closely with various divisions, including engineering and sales, and engage with customer engineers to enhance tool performance. This position emphasizes innovation and collaboration, requiring a strong technical background in engineering or related fields. The successful candidate will also contribute to product development and customer support initiatives.

Requirements

  • Must have MS/PhD in Engineering, Physics, Optics, Material Science or related fields and strong technical background.
  • Preferred work experiences in semiconductor processing or equipment industry.
  • Must have excellent communication, organizational, analytical, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
  • Must be self-driven and a strong team player.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with different organizations within KLA and with customer engineers to provide applications support.
  • Manage in-house customer demonstrations and head-to-head activities at customer sites.
  • Design experiments to characterize tool performance and demonstrate product value.
  • Develop recipes to model complex optical applications and optimize tool performance.
  • Provide escalation support to onsite field service engineers.
  • Characterize next generation overlay measurement products and design test plans.
  • Form training materials and transfer new production knowledge to the worldwide apps support team.
  • Collaborate with the division system and algo team to develop software offline tools for data analysis.

Benefits

  • Employees at KLA are often offered competitive pay with bonuses, a 401(k) match, an employee stock purchase program, and financial perks like student-debt assistance, planning support, and group insurance discounts. Health and lifestyle benefits typically include medical/dental/vision, life and other voluntary coverages, paid time off and holidays, family leave, backup care, wellness rewards, gym discounts, and community-volunteering opportunities. Employees also get strong growth support through tuition reimbursement, KLA’s corporate learning center, education awards, and engineering certification programs.

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