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Applications Development Engineer

KLA

Location

Hillsboro, OR

Type

Full-time

Posted

7/3/2026

Compensation

$102,000 - $173,400 per year

Master's with 2+ Years of Experience
PhD with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202696.3% approval-2% YoY
💎 Strong sponsor

Job description

The role involves providing technical support and application development for optical metrology solutions within KLA's Film and Scatterometry Technology Division. The team focuses on customer engagement, ensuring tool performance, and optimizing metrology solutions for semiconductor manufacturing. This position requires collaboration with various engineering teams to enhance product capabilities and address customer needs. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in semiconductor applications and a commitment to operational excellence.

Requirements

  • Master's or PhD in Materials Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • 3–8+ years of experience in semiconductor applications, metrology, or process engineering.
  • Knowledge of optical metrology techniques such as ellipsometry, reflectometry, and scatterometry.
  • Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent customer-facing communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a primary technical contact for customers on optical film metrology applications.
  • Support tool installation, qualification, and production ramp at customer sites.
  • Develop and optimize recipes for optical metrology applications.
  • Execute customer demos, evaluations, and acceptance tests.
  • Collaborate with product engineering and R&D teams to report issues and drive improvements.
  • Maintain high productivity and responsiveness to customer needs.

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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