Senior PVD Process Engineer at KLA CORPORATION
Newport, Wales, United Kingdom -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

15 Nov, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

15 Aug, 25

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Physics, Video Conferencing

Industry

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Description

COMPANY OVERVIEW

The SPTS division of KLA, designs, manufactures and markets wafer processing solutions for the global semiconductor and related industries. SPTS provides industry leading etch and deposition process technologies on a range of single wafer handling platforms. End-market applications include micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), advanced packaging, LED, high speed RF device IC’s and power semiconductors. SPTS is part of KLA Corporation which develops industry-leading equipment and services that enable innovation throughout the electronics industry. We provide advanced process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. In close collaboration with leading customers across the globe, our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers design solutions that move the world forward.

GROUP/DIVISION

SPTS wafer processing solutions include market-leading silicon etch, dielectric etch, dry-release etch, PVD, PECVD and molecular vapor deposition (MVD®), available with a range of wafer-handling options applicable to R&D, pilot production, or volume production environments. SPTS is headquartered and has its main manufacturing facility in Newport, UK, with additional manufacturing in Allentown, Pennsylvania. SPTS operates across 19 countries in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and offers comprehensive service and spare parts support through a worldwide network of service centers and qualified local agents.
Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Educated to Degree/Masters/PhD level (or equivalent experience) in a chemistry, physics, or other relevant field.
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 employer
Be aware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiting activity by persons that are currently posing as KLA employees. KLA never asks for any financial compensation to be considered for an interview, to become an employee, or for equipment. Further, KLA does not work with any recruiters or third parties who charge such fees either directly or on behalf of KLA . Please ensure that you have searched KLA’s Careers website for legitimate job postings. KLA follows a recruiting process that involves multiple interviews in person or on video conferencing with our hiring managers. If you are concerned that a communication, an interview, an offer of employment, or that an employee is not legitimate, please send an email to talent.acquisition@kla.com to confirm the person you are communicating with is an employee. We take your privacy very seriously and confidentially handle your information

Responsibilities

ROLE DESCRIPTION

Working as part of our PVD Samples team, the primary responsibilities of this role will be to develop deposition processes, and process customer wafers using PVD demo equipment at our Newport Factory!
This will involve working on a number of different process module types and a huge range of applications, generating new process recipes to meet the customer requirements, as well as an element of hardware testing. Additional responsibilities will include supervision of junior engineers, writing technical reports for both internal and external use, generating IP submissions and supporting other business units as required. There may also be some requirement to write and review process specifications for customer tools.
This role will also involve advising both SPTS field teams and other members of the Newport team on application development and process tuning, and significant levels of remote customer support activity!
There may also be an expectation of the engineer in this position to take on some Project Management tasks, co-ordinating with other engineering teams.
This position will involve some international travel.

KEY DUTIES

Process Demonstrations.

  • Work with Product Marketing to tightly define customer demo specifications.
  • Run demo tools to demonstrate PVD deposition and ancillary processes to agreed specifications.
  • Assess results using analytical equipment and appropriate software packages
  • Undertake problem solving and trouble-shooting
  • Provide regular updates to product marketing on progress of sample/demonstration work
  • Develop good relationships with Product Marketing, Customers, hardware design and the demo tool maintenance teams.
  • Summarise results in written reports and presentations.

SPTS IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. FOR THIS ROLE WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO:

Has industry experience, ideally working with Semiconductor Processing equipment and substrate metrology.
Educated to Degree/Masters/PhD level (or equivalent experience) in a chemistry, physics, or other relevant field.

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