Metrology Algorithm Engineer

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
With over 40 years of semiconductor process control experience, chipmakers around the globe rely on KLA to ensure that their fabs ramp next-generation devices to volume production quickly and cost-effectively. Enabling the movement towards advanced chip design, KLA's Global Products Group (GPG), which is responsible for creating all of KLA's metrology and inspection products, is looking for the best and the brightest research scientist, software engineers, application development engineers, and senior product technology process engineers. The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) Division provides industry leading metrology solutions for worldwide semiconductor IC manufacturers. The FaST Division portfolio of metrology products includes hardware and software solutions for optical film thickness, optical critical dimension (CD), composition, and resistivity measurement systems. These products are essential for the IC manufacturers as they provide critical metrology capabilities for the development and implementation of their advanced IC processes. The FaST division is committed to support our customers to achieve performance entitlement of our solution and we effectively partner with our customers from their early research and development phase to the high volume in-line manufacturing implementation specific for their process needs. The division consists of a global team located in US, Israel, China, and India.

Responsibilities
Job Description/Preferred Qualifications
A successful candidate shall have demonstrated ability in scientific programming with strong working knowledge in computational electromagnetics (field theory) or computational geometry. Knowledge of optical modeling, scatterometry and metrology is a big plus.

Works on sophisticated problems that impact the success of current and future products in modeling and algorithm for metrology. Tasks include developing a problem statement in working with customers, research into particular solutions, develop code, and test prototypes; design, code, and test/integrate into tool product software.

The candidate will be responsible for developing and improving algorithms, measurement capabilities, system optical models, calibrations development, analysis tools for optical metrology applications, and customer interaction with algorithmic aspects.

In addition, the candidate is expected to possess good oral and written skills (English) to demonstrate his or her own thoughts, communicate with other engineers and applications, locally or internationally, on a daily basis.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ph.D. or master's degree in physics/Math/CS/EE or related fields.
• Strong background in at least one of the following areas: computational physics (electromagnetics preferred), numerical optimization, and computational geometry.
• Knowledge in computational electromagnetic (such as RCWA, FDTD and FEM) would be a plus. Knowledge in computer architecture or parallel computing is a huge plus.
• Excellent mathematical and analytical skills.
• Proficient in C/C++/C# and object-oriented programming.
• Experiences in MATLAB/Python or other algorithm prototyping languages.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize work accordingly.
• Good oral and written English skills.

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
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