Location
Milpitas, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
6/26/2026
Compensation
$140,000 - $238,000 per year
Job description
The role involves providing technical applications support for KLA's optical thin film and SCD metrology in customer fabrication and KLA facilities. The team focuses on recipe development, technical training, and project execution to meet customer needs. This position requires collaboration with sales staff and the ability to analyze complex problems. The FaST Division is committed to supporting customers from research and development through to high-volume manufacturing.
Requirements
- Doctorate degree with 3 years of related work experience, or a Master's degree with 6 years of related work experience, or a Bachelor's degree with 8 years of related work experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical applications support for the development and implementation of KLA optical thin film and SCD metrology.
- Be responsible for customers' recipe development and setup, technical training, project execution, and related pre-sales activities.
- Assist sales staff in assessing potential applications of company products to meet customer needs.
- Report on regional requirements and updates to the product division.
- Escalate field applications issues to the division and follow up for issue resolution.
- Generate film and SCD recipe development best-known methods and publish technical papers.
- Review and evaluate the quality of data in related technical documents.
- Serve as Applications Representative for PLC projects.
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.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Kla Corporation
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
63
FY2026
Approval rate
96.3%
FY2026
LCA certified
84
FY2026
Entry-level share
7.1%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
-2%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-79%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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