Regional Development Application Engineer

at  KLA

Company Overview
KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies. No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration, research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and we invest 15% of sales back into R&D. Our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers work together with the world’s leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow’s electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us.
Group/Division
The ICOS Vision Systems division focuses on the backend of the line semiconductor industry providing fully automated tools to inspect and sort, finished integrated circuit packages. For more than 15 years, ICOS has been a market leader with tray-to-tray and tray-to-tape inspection and sorting tools found in the production facilities of all major chipmakers in the world. Our market-leading technology and superior customer service requires strong talent in optics, machine control, algorithms and applications within our engineering teams. The ICOS division headquarters are in Leuven, Belgium with additional engineering and manufacturing operations in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China.
Job Description
Your challenge
As a member of the division application team, the regional application engineer is responsible for providing technical applications support for the development and implementation of KLA products in customer fabrication facilities. The job involves assisting the sales staff in assessing potential application of company products to meet customer needs. Once the sales deal has been concluded, the field application engineer implements detailed customer installation plans and provides follow-up support!
Responsibilities:

The regional development applications engineer will have following responsibilities in the team:

• You will specialize yourself into the CI product that handles the final QC-out inspection of IC products such as BGA, QFP or QFN packages
• As go-to person for the local service engineers, you provide post-sales phone support, go on-site for troubleshooting, or escalate issues to engineering
• You engage directly with customers for new IC package designs, and share your recipe development learnings with peers by means of BKMs (Best Known Method)
• Analyzing the technical feasibility of specific customer requirements, you align with the engineering on a solution and formulate a technical proposal to customers
• Occasional training sessions customers and local service engineers will be part of the work package.

Profile :

• You have a Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering with at least 3 years of industry experience
• Experience as a technical specialist or application engineer in the semiconductor backend is an advantage but not a must
• You are dynamic and like to interact with people
• Excellent organizational and self-leadership skills
• A keen technical mind, an eye for detail, a positive drive and committing to results
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to absorb and transfer knowledge to others
• Proficient in English with good communication skills
• This is a position based in Leuven (Belgium) with regular travel to customers all over the world.

Minimum Qualifications

• You have a Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• 3 years of industry experience

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.
KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employe

• You will specialize yourself into the CI product that handles the final QC-out inspection of IC products such as BGA, QFP or QFN packages
• As go-to person for the local service engineers, you provide post-sales phone support, go on-site for troubleshooting, or escalate issues to engineering
• You engage directly with customers for new IC package designs, and share your recipe development learnings with peers by means of BKMs (Best Known Method)
• Analyzing the technical feasibility of specific customer requirements, you align with the engineering on a solution and formulate a technical proposal to customers
• Occasional training sessions customers and local service engineers will be part of the work package