The Product Development Engineer will support the development of electron beam-based metrology instruments at KLA's Ann Arbor engineering group. This role involves working within a cross-functional team to innovate and improve existing products while developing next-generation tools. The engineer will apply systems engineering principles to enhance instrument performance and address customer concerns. Collaboration with service, manufacturing, and marketing teams is essential to optimize system performance.

• A solid understanding of precision instruments and control systems is required.
• A solid track record of problem solving is necessary.
• Experience with high vacuum systems is essential.
• Experience with electron beam-based instruments such as scanning electron microscopes is preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication, organizational, and analytical skills are required.
• Previous experience with process control instrument systems for the semiconductor industry is preferred.
• Travel for training and customer support worldwide is required.

• Develop detailed requirement specifications from performance requirements using systems engineering methodology.
• Work with a team to develop and implement innovative design improvements to currently released products as well as development of novel next-generation products.
• Apply systems engineering principles to optimize critical systems-level instrument performance.
• Test and validate systems design improvements.
• Draft documentation for assembly and training procedures.
• Drive troubleshooting of field customer concerns of sophisticated system performance problems.
• Interface closely with service, manufacturing, and marketing teams to define and optimize system performance and resolve performance issues.
• Write high-level technical reports to communicate issues, analysis, technical assessments, system status, best-known-methods, and engineering recommendations.
• Design and drive multi-disciplinary experiments, write detailed test plans for systems testing.
• Coordinate with outside vendors to develop and deliver sub-system products.

• 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.