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Senior Software Engineer ( C++/ C# / OOD / OOP / GDS / OASIS / Algorithm ) (#109540)

2013-05-22T15:21:00.001-07:00

Position: Senior Software Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
We are seeking a motivated and well-qualified individual to join a software development team at KLA-Tencor in Milpitas. This role entails the design and implementation of algorithms for manipulating the physical layout of semiconductor chips. The layout is specified in GDS and OASIS files, which contain large quantities of polygons arranged in multiple 2-dimensional layers. The algorithms must be optimized for very high performance by utilizing multiple cores and multiple physical servers.

Preferred Qualifications:

The selected Software Engineer shall have industry experience with direct hands-on design and implementation of algorithms dealing with vector polygons, particularly from the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry. The selected Software Engineer should be extremely comfortable with many existing polygon algorithms, such as those that compare two polygons for identity and near-identity, those that calculate area and other statistics of polygons, and those that differentiate between convex and concave segments of polygons, and so on, and be able to design and implement new algorithms with high performance in mind.

Required qualifications:

1) Experienced with C++ programming in the UNIX environment.

2) Experienced with Object-Oriented software analysis and design.

3) Strong knowledge of multi-threaded/parallel processing applications along with exposure to various software design patterns.

4) Requires very good communication skills, inter personnel skills and leadership skills.

5) Required to work with cross functional groups to extract requirements and map them to a software design.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience.

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 2 years of experience.

Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Senior Software Engineer ( C++/ C# / .NET / Java / OOD / OOP ) (#109639)

2013-05-22T15:11:00.001-07:00

Position: Senior Software Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
The SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafer Inspection at Fast Throughput) division is part of the Wafer Inspection Group (WIG) and consists in an organization globally located in US, Germany, India, and Singapore.

The SWIFT division has the mission to provide cost-effective solutions for high-sampling wafer inspection applications. We effectively partner with field support teams and customers to lower overall fab costs by supplying world-leading high-throughput inspection, metrology and review systems. Our comprehensive product portfolio includes: all-wafer-surface (front side, backside and edge) macro inspection, standalone high-sampling inspection, and standalone edge inspection and metrology tools that are deployed across several advanced wafer fabs for a large number of applications. Besides developing valuable products, the SWIFT division provides support to the customers to achieve performance entitlement through the sharing and implementation of applications BKM (Best Known Methods).

Responsibilities:

Design, develop and test software for complex semiconductor inspection and metrology equipment. Work closely with other groups to define software requirements, design software architecture, implement software in Java, C#, C/C++, optimize software performance, troubleshoot software problems and maintain software in current products. Work with domain experts from other functional teams on understanding customer requirements and translate into usable software solutions. Participate in software quality assurance activities as required by the SWIFT/KT software development process.

Specific Skills:

1) Object-Oriented Analysis/Design/Programming.

2) Java, C++, C# (or similar programming languages)

3) Strong leadership and problem solving skills.

4) Strong written and oral communication skills.

5) Experience in Semiconductor equipment capital equipment software.

6) Experience in maintenance of large complex SW systems.

7) Willingness to learn new technologies and take on challenging problems.

8) Experience with all phases of software development cycle.

Preferred Qualifications:

MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical, Electronics, Physics, Applied Mathematics or related discipline with 3 to 5 years of work experience in software engineering related discipline

Experience in Machine control and Calibrations.

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic)

Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience.

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.

Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Senior Software Engineer ( C++/ C# / .NET / Java / OOD / OOP ) (#109639)

2013-05-22T14:21:00.001-07:00

1) Object-Oriented Analysis/Design/Programming.

2) Java, C++, C# (or similar programming languages)

3) Strong leadership and problem solving skills.

4) Strong written and oral communication skills.

5) Experience in Semiconductor equipment capital equipment software.

6) Experience in maintenance of large complex SW systems.

7) Willingness to learn new technologies and take on challenging problems.

8) Experience with all phases of software development cycle.

Preferred Qualifications:

MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical, Electronics, Physics, Applied Mathematics or related discipline with 3 to 5 years of work experience in software engineering related discipline

Experience in Machine control and Calibrations.

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic)

Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience.

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.

Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Field Applications Engineer (Thin Film Metrology | Fab | Installation) (# 109523)

2013-05-22T11:35:00.000-07:00

Position: Field Applications Engineer

Location: Malta, NY

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

The candidate will be responsible for supporting KLA-Tencor's Thin Film metrology products in the field, which includes projects related to new product introduction, characterization, beta testing and early evaluation tools. In addition, the candidate will manage customer demonstrations, head-to-head (H2H) activities at customer facilities, and adoption support. Also, the candidate will be responsible for generating best known method documents and other training material and transferring product knowledge to K-T's worldwide Field Applications team. Lastly, he/she will work closely with customers to develop solutions to problems, and publish papers at industry symposiums or in technical journals. This position provides opportunities to work closely with many organizations including engineering, sales and marketing within K-T and with customer engineers outside of KLA-Tencor and may require minimal travel to support inspection products at customer fabs.

Preferred Qualifications:

1)Candidate must have a Bachelor's or Masters in Engineering, Physics, Material Science or related fields.

2) Strong troubleshooting skills, combined with a methodical approach, and clear communication.

3) Well-organized, strong follow-up abilities, demonstrated ability to thrive in a dynamic environment.

4) Must also have training in semiconductor or related fields. Having a background in ICprocessing/Semiconductor equipment is a plus.

5) Must have excellent communication, organizational, analytical, leadership, and interpersonal skill.

6) Candidate must also be self-driven, yet a strong team player to thrive in a dynamic environment.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience.

Kindly send your resume to raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com

US Operations FP&A Manager ( Forecasting | Strategic Operations Planning | Management Reporting) (# 109621)

2013-05-22T11:33:00.001-07:00

Position: US Operations FP&A Manager

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Full time

Job Description:
The Team: Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis
The Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis (Global Ops FP&A) team serves as a partner organization with our manufacturing operations organization. Our role is to implement and manage financial processes that support the operational business decisions; such as forecasting, analytics, strategic operations planning, scenario analysis, inventory planning, risk assessment and management reporting. The business environment continues to evolve over time and the operations organization is continually trying to find ways to improve processes to keep pace with these changes. The Operations FP&A finance team plays a critical role in supporting these improvement efforts.

Responsibilities:

We are looking for an astute finance professional to lead our US Operations Financial Planning and Analysis efforts. This individual will be responsible for forecasting, strategic operations planning, analytics, and management reporting for the US based manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate would have an interest as well as some exposure to manufacturing operations and the metrics that help drive improvements. You will be a key contributor in analyzing financial metrics associated with our manufacturing operations, gross margin improvement initiatives, inventory management and materials cost reduction. This position will have 1-2 direct reports and access to financial analysts in regional manufacturing sites for additional support. A successful candidate will be a top performer, who has a passion to champion positive change throughout the organization, enabling high visibility for the candidate throughout the company.

Essential Functions:

Provide financial and analytical support for the US operations forecasts and results

Create new reports and models to meet the business' needs and drive decisions

Perform ad hoc financial analyses and special projects

Prepare quarter end executive reports

Support improvements of our financial planning models and systems

Monitor and report operating results against budget and forecast

Create and distribute scalable weekly, monthly and quarterly management reports.

Skill Requirements:
Team player with a positive attitude

Strong analytical skills

Strong computer skills and extensive knowledge of Excel

Fast learner with new tools and systems

Ability to think strategically and proactively

Organized, detail-oriented, and able to multi-task

Strong ability to partner and build relationships

Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize; to troubleshoot and problem solve

Must be comfortable presenting data to senior management.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with SAP/ BPC

Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

FP&A experience in high tech hardware.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience or equivalent

Master's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience or equivalent.

Kindly send your resume to raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com

Global Operations FP & A Senior Manager ( Forecasting | Strategic Operations Planning | Management Reporting) (# 109620)

2013-05-22T10:48:00.001-07:00

Position: Global Operations FP & A Senior Manager

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

The Team: Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis

The Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis (Global Ops FP&A) team serves as a partner organization with our manufacturing operations organization. Our role is to implement and manage financial processes that support the operational business decisions; such as forecasting, analytics, strategic operations planning, scenario analysis, inventory planning, risk assessment and management reporting. The business environment continues to evolve over time and the operations organization is continually trying to find ways to improve processes to keep pace with these changes. The Operations FP&A finance team plays a critical role in supporting these improvement efforts.

Responsibilities:

We are looking for an astute finance professional to lead our Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis team who will be responsible for forecasting, strategic operations planning, analytics, and management reporting. The ideal candidate would have an interest as well as some exposure to manufacturing operations and the metrics that help drive improvements. You will have management oversight and will also be a key contributor in analyzing financial metrics associated with our manufacturing operations, gross margin improvement initiatives, inventory management and materials cost reduction, and operations headcount planning. Someone comfortable employing statistical rigor to further enhance the data analysis is an added plus. You will also be instrumental in regional manufacturing site benchmarking and sharing of best practices globally across sites. This position will have 2-3 direct reports and access to financial analysts in regional manufacturing sites for additional support. A successful candidate will be a top performer, who has a passion to champion positive change throughout the organization, enabling high visibility for the candidate throughout the company.

Essential Functions:
Become a true business partner requested by others in the company as a technical expert to participate as a consultative team member on broad or complex business issues, integrating operational and financial expertise/experience

Influence priorities for the operations team to ensure alignment with the Company’s financial and strategic goals

Lead gross margin analytics and COGS and inventory management improvement efforts

Identify and address largest process improvement opportunities across all manufacturing sites globally

Drive improvements in our financial planning models, systems and reports.

Skill Requirements:

Candidate should possess a demonstrated track record of strong analytical skills with deep technical expertise in financial modeling including ROI, P&L, balance sheet and cash flow based techniques using Excel as well as a basic understanding of operational modeling

Superior ability to integrate operational issues and financial concepts and data into compelling plans and actions and inspire others to successfully achieve them

Excellent communication skills, particularly the ability to distill large amounts of data into coherent summary written and oral presentations with appropriate context including priority and risk

Ability to work both independently and as a member of a cross-functional team

Demonstrated ability to establish and quickly build relationships throughout an organization, including at remote locations

Strong leadership and influencing skills with a sense of urgency and results orientation a must

Ability to work, design and execute both strategically and operationally while being pragmatic

A creative and flexible approach to changing business requirements and not afraid to roll-up one’s sleeves and dive in to get the job done.

Preferred Qualifications:

MBA Preferred

Experience with SAP/ BPC

Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Operation Finance and FP&A background in the high tech hardware area

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 10 years of experience or equivalent

Master's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience or equivalent

Kindly send your resume to raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com

Senior Algorithm Engineer ( C++/OOD/ Algorithms / Mathematics / Computational Electromagnetics ) (#109416)

2013-05-21T15:46:00.001-07:00

Position: Senior Algorithm Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
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:

Demonstrate ability in scientific programming; strong background in applied mathematics, computational electromagnetics (field theory), and knowledge of optical modeling especially as applied to scatterometry and thin film metrology. Knowledge of reflectometry and spectroscopic ellipsometry a plus.

Works on complex problems that impact the design success of current products or addresses broad design issues of future products or technologies. Tasks include: define future product development strategy, develop a problem statement, 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, and analysis tools for optical metrology applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

PhD in Computational Physics highly desired with 9 yrs industrial experience.

Proficiency in computational methods, C++, and object oriented design.

Minimum Qualifications:

PhD in Physics with 9 yrs industrial experience.

Proficiency in C++, and object oriented design.

Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Software Configuration Management and Install Engineer ( Install Shield/ RTC Jazz/ Clear Case) (#109456)

2013-05-17T16:38:00.000-07:00

Position: Software Configuration Management and Install Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
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:

This position is for a Software Configuration Management (SCM) and Software Installation engineer. Candidate will be responsible for maintaining the software configuration management for a software development project with thirty software engineers. In addition, the candidate will be responsible for the development and maintenance of software installers for both workstation and cluster computer environments. The position is within an algorithm and modeling software group for Optical Critical Dimension (OCD) metrology. OCD is used to measure key transistor dimensions during the semiconductor device fabrication processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

Basic requirements:

1.Must have experience with developing and maintaining automated software build processes, preferably using Microsoft development tools.

2.Experience with Rational Team Concert is highly desired.

3.Experience with Install Shield is required.

4.Experience with VBS / PowerShell / .bat/.cmd is required.

5.Experience with development of auxiliary installation utilities in .NET (C#, VB), C++ (console, COM).

6.Proficient (close to a level of System Administrator) in Windows OS (XP/7/Server2003/2008): ability to perform basic administrative tasks / troubleshoot issues related to files system, registry, processes, services, user accounts, permissions, installer, applications: MS SQL, IIS.

7.Strong communication skills (written and verbal).

Desired:

1.Experience with CruiseContol.Net automated build software

2.Experience with project planning and task estimation

3.Knowledge of semiconductor fabrication and associated metrology.

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic)

Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience.

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.

Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Electrical Design Engineer (semiconductor | Vacuum technology | High voltage Power supply AND ECO AND BOM AND NPI AND test fixtures) (#109527)

2013-05-16T15:54:00.000-07:00

Job Title: Electrical Design Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

KLA-Tencor is looking for an Electrical Engineer to support the spares supply chain for our fleet of over 200 fielded products. Responsibilities will include providing engineering solutions for supply chain issues with quality, reliability, obsolescence, upgrades, test fixtures, and tooling; also, developing, implementing and maintaining designs, specifications, documentation, methods, operation sequence and processes in the manufacture or fabrication of parts, components, sub assemblies and final assemblies.

Preferred Qualifications:

Results oriented and driven to excel. Enjoys learning, troubleshooting, working with groups of people, and explaining complex things as simply as possible. Strong analytical and data analysis skills. Excellent oral and written communication skills are required. Ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural teams and to take a leadership role when needed. Quick grasp of challenging, complex technical information. Able to multi-task and work effectively in a dynamic and constantly changing environment; ability to work non-standard working hours including weekends and holidays.

Experience with the followings is a plus:

High Voltage power supply

Vacuum technology

Turbo Pumps

Computers, PC’s, SBC’s

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree in Electrical Engineering with at least 9 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree in Electrical Engineering with at least 7 years of experience.

Doctorate (Academic) in Electrical Engineering with at least 5 years of experience.

Please send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com

Senior Software QA Engineer ( C++/ C# / .NET / RTC / SQC ) (#109461)

2013-05-16T13:24:00.000-07:00

Position: Senior Software QA Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
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:

This position is a senior level SQC position with a focus on developing tests for new software features. The position is within an algorithm and modeling software group for Optical Critical Dimension (OCD) metrology. OCD is used to measure key transistor dimensions during the semiconductor device fabrication processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

Basic requirements

1) >5 years hands-on experience with software development and testing processes. Must be familiar with CMM.

2) Experience with testing applications written on .NET and must be able to develop/update test scripts in C#, VB, VBS, AutoIt, .bat/.cmd.

3) Strong communication skills (written and verbal).

4) Ability to design, develop and execute effective acceptance, comprehensive, performance, usability tests.

5) Ability to design effective tests without requirements specification.

6) Ability to make clear and concise description of found issues illustrated by screenshots.

7) Experience of working with Rational Team Concert defect tracking system.

8) Proficient in Windows OS (XP/7/Server2003/2008): ability to perform basic administrative tasks / troubleshoot issues related to files system, registry, processes, services, user accounts, permissions, installer, applications: MS SQL, IIS.

Desired:

1.Experience with project planning and task estimation.

2.Knowledge of semiconductor fabrication and associated metrology.

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 2 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience.

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.

Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Senior Software Engineer ( C++/ C# / OOD / .Net / Numerical algorithms ) (#109469)

2013-05-14T14:30:00.001-07:00

Position: Senior Software Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
Responsibilities:

The FaST division is hiring senior software engineers to work on the cutting edge next-generation 3D metrology modeling and computation product. The best candidates will have strong C#/C++ programming skills, thorough knowledge of algorithm engineering, a solid foundation in semiconductor processing equipment systems software with an emphasis on computational fundamentals. Distributed programming of complex analysis algorithms using large data sets is our primary focus. Utilize your math and engineering skills to improve algorithm efficiency and result precision/accuracy. Be part of our much larger team of software and systems experts specializing in real-time control of best-in-class semiconductor equipment that keeps our clients at the forefront of the technology curve. This project is the front line R&D work destined to support our customer’s prototype development plans. Excellent communication skills, an eye for quality, and a dedication to rigorous engineering practices are a must. Full product scope is helpful – UI coding and system level coding experience ensures you’re ready for both internal and external customer collaboration. Supporting our customer’s R&D efforts, designing with our strong engineering team and implementing the best-in-breed measurement systems keeps our product as the tool-of-choice for our customers.

Preferred Qualifications:

1) BS, MS or PhD preferred, in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent.

2) 8+ years’ experience in software design and architecture using .NET/C# and C++.

3) Experience building products from inception to final production release. Ability to support field escalations and internal customer needs during product introduction phases.

4) Demonstrated experience modeling and understanding complex multi-discipline physics problems that result from the coupling of different physical phenomena.

5) Ability to determine the source of deviations between models and experiments and to define experiments to validate models.

6) Collaborate with scientists and system level technical staff to identify and manage system and software requirements.

7) Write functional and technical documentation/presentations.

8) Distributed parallel programming and strong C++/C# multi-threading experience would be a big plus.

9) Matlab experience, math library interfacing using C++/C#, and 3D visualization development would be advantageous.

10) Numerical algorithms and 3D geometry familiarity would be very nice to have.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 6 years of experience.

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 5 years of experience.

Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Software Engineer ( C++/ C# / Multithreading / .Net /3D visualization ) (#109496)

2013-05-14T14:17:00.001-07:00

Position: Software Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
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:

1) BS, MS or PhD preferred, in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent.

2) 8+ years’ experience in software design and architecture using .NET/C# and C++.

3) Experience building products from inception to final production release. Ability to support field escalations and internal customer needs during product introduction phases.

4) Demonstrated experience modeling and understanding complex multi-discipline physics problems that result from the coupling of different physical phenomena.

5) Ability to determine the source of deviations between models and experiments and to define experiments to validate models.

6) Collaborate with scientists and system level technical staff to identify and manage system and software requirements.

7) Write functional and technical documentation/presentations

8) Distributed parallel programming and strong C++/C# multi-threading experience would be a big plus.

9) Matlab experience, math library interfacing using C++/C#, and 3D visualization development would be advantageous.

10) Numerical algorithms and 3D geometry familiarity would be very nice to have.

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 2 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience.

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.

Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Principle Software Engineer ( C++/ C# / 2D and 3D modeling / Computational Geometry ) (#109450)

2013-05-14T14:14:00.000-07:00

Position: Principle Software Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
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:
This position is for a principle software engineer / architect who will work on the cutting edge next-generation 3D metrology modeling and computation product. The best candidates will have strong C#/C++ programming skills, thorough knowledge of algorithm engineering, a solid foundation in semiconductor processing equipment systems software with an emphasis on computational fundamentals. The successful candidate for this position will have the ability to define and lead software development projects. The candidate will be expected to interface with both internal and external customers to gather software requirements and specifications. Distributed programming of complex analysis algorithms using large data sets is an area of focus. Utilize your math and engineering skills to improve algorithm efficiency and result precision/accuracy. Excellent communication skills, an eye for quality, and a dedication to rigorous engineering practices are a must.

Preferred Qualifications:

1) MS or Ph.D in Computer Science or Engineering

2) Expert knowledge of C++, .Net, C#, Matlab is a plus.

3) 12+ years of experience with Microsoft Technologies.

4) Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

5) Strong analytical skills.

6) Significant hand-on experience with advanced debugging skills

7) Self starter and problem solver.

8) Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle.

9) Experience with 2D and 3D modeling.

10) User Interface Design with a focus on usability and user experience.

11) Experience with OpenGL

12) Experience with Computational Geometry.

13) Experience developing software for the semiconductor industry or scientific computing applications.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 10 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 8 years of experience.

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 7 years of experience.

Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Strategic Planning Analyst ( Inventory Management | Logistics | Procurement | Marketing | Sales) (# 109411)

2013-05-10T13:50:00.000-07:00

Position: Strategic Planning Analyst

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

The Global Service Support Organization (GSS) team headquartered in Milpitas, CA is our service organization that consists of Service Sales and Marketing, Spares Supply Chain management, Field Operations, Product Training, and Technical Support. The GSS organization partners with our field teams and customers in all business sectors to maintain the high performance and productivity of our products through a flexible portfolio of services. Our comprehensive services include: proactive management of tools to identify and improve performance; expertise in optics, image processing and motion control with worldwide service engineers, 24/7 technical support teams and knowledge management systems; and an extensive parts network to ensure worldwide availability of parts..

Responsibilities:

This position supports the Strategic Planning Manager in data analysis and modeling activities for KLA-Tencor’s service supply chain strategy

• Support strategy activities related to spares planning and inventory management.

• Perform planning system maintenance activities: monthly updates, data refresh, troubleshooting.

• Oversee all modeling and parameter testing as well as investigating new ways to optimize the forecasting process

• Model changes to strategic business rules and present results to management.

• Collaborate with manufacturing, product support, logistics, procurement, marketing, sales, etc in problem framing and cost/benefit modeling of alternatives.

• Work closely with product line planners and regional analysts, understanding fill rate performance issues and making appropriate changes in planning system.

• Communicate findings to senior management and partner with stakeholders to drive adoption of recommendations, policies or tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• In-depth business process knowledge of high-tech capital equipment industry is a plus

• Experience with spares planning software

• Experience with MCA Solutions software (SPO and Tactics)

• SAP experienced user

• Experience in the role of business process analyst is a plus

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience.

- B.S. Computer Science, Statistics, Industrial engineering or related technical field.

- 4 years of relevant work experience, applying analytics to solve business problems in analytic/strategic consulting or high tech operations roles

- High proficiency in MS Access

- Good analytical and problem solving skills

- Should have excellent oral and written communication

Kindly send your resume to raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com

Field Applications Engineer (Thin Film | Fab | installation) (# 109207)

2013-05-10T12:55:00.000-07:00

Position: Field Applications Engineer

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

The Customer Group (CG) team is our field based, customer facing organization consisting of Sales, Marketing, Applications, Finance, Human Resources, Facilities & IT. They partner closely with our customers to provide a comprehensive portfolio of products, services, software and expertise, to help them manage yield throughout their fabrication process—from research and development to final volume production. Responsibilities of this group include maintaining strategic client relationships, identifying and closing sales opportunities, ensuring our products meet performance capabilities & expectations, providing critical solutions for improved yield performance, and collecting requirements for future products by understanding customer processes and technology trends. Partnering with our service organization and factory divisions, this diverse and dynamic team helps ensure alignment between customer needs and corporate offering to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for providing technical applications support for the development and implementation of KLA-Tencor products in customer fabrication facilities. Make presentations on all aspects of products. Assist sales staff in assessing potential application of company products to meet customer needs and preparing detailed product specifications. Implement detailed customer installation plans. Provide follow-up support in disseminating technical information on specific applications.

Field Applications Engineer: Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires and in depth evaluation of various factors. Exercise judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criterion for obtaining results. Work leadership may be provided by assigning work and resolving problems. Require a MS or PhD degree or equivalent experience and a strong technical knowledge of company products.

Preferred Qualifications:

Physics, Chemical or Electrical Engineering MS Degree, PhD Preferred.

Candidate should preferably have experience in the semiconductor fabrication industry, or equivalent experience and education. Background in SEM or TEM is an asset.

Candidates must be well organized and professional exhibiting fast learning skills, strong project management skills, strong analytical problem solving skills and the ability to absorb and transfer knowledge to others.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience.

PhD is preferred.

Kindly send your resume to raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com

Staff Research Scientist ( optics | surface analysis |DUV, VUV and EUV | ToF-SIMS | COMSOL Multiphysics) (#109420)

2013-05-10T10:56:00.000-07:00

Job Title: Staff Research Scientist

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

The individual work on experimental benches to understand the optical effects of DUV, VUV and EUV contamination and induced damage as it relates to the optical system performance. Requires understanding of the inspection sensitivity and optical performance metrics. He or she would be expected to develop UHV/EUV benches and testing apparatus and design experiments and run experimental trials that involve high end optical data collection or other physical measurements. The individual will acquire, analyze and present data and provide recommendations. This person may sit in design reviews and work closely with the optics and mechanical engineers to provide guidance.

Preferred Qualifications:

1.Ph.D. that involves deep knowledge of Physics, Optics, and Physical Chemistry is required. The successful candidate will have a proven record of designing highly complex experiments or engineering trials that involve sophisticated data collection and other physical measurements. The candidate must have high proficiency in analytical data analysis and demonstrate the ability to extract clear results from large, complex data sets. Programming skills with MATLAB or COMSOL Multiphysics is highly desirable.

2.Excellent communication and presentation skills are required.

3.Other desired skills: EUV, UHV, Surface Science, XPS, ToF-SIMS, Ion chromatography, MATLAB, COMSOL Multiphysics, LabView

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 2 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience.

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.

Please send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com

Financial Analyst ( Revenue Forecast | Excel | SAP & TM1) (#109554)

2013-05-10T10:33:00.000-07:00

Job Title: Financial Analyst

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job Description:

The role: Financial Analyst

We are looking for a well-rounded individual with excellent data analysis & problem solving skills to be a key contributor in a dynamic business environment. In this role, you are responsible for maintaining book-ship-revenue process, running revenue plan and planning for a few gross margin components. You will work closely with multiple business parties and internal clients and have a large impact on divisional and company financial performance. You should be able to perform deep dives into the underlying assumptions and quantitative details of all analysis. You will gain valuable experience in this position, which offers significant responsibility and interaction with senior management as well as considerable opportunity to add innovative ideas to the organization.

Responsibilities:

1.Revenue forecast and planning based on business outlook, develop tools to identify risks and opportunities in the revenue plan

2.Assume ownership of book-ship-revenue process, partner with various business owners to understand the key drivers & issues of the business, and drive the target.

3.Provide forecast on various gross margin components, monitor and report monthly results against plan and forecast

4.Handle monthly and quarterly close process, meet regular corporate deliverables.

5.Prepare quarterly executive review reports

6.Perform ad hoc analysis and special projects

7.Support and implement process improvements as well as system improvements

Preferred Qualifications:

1.Advanced Excel skill and data-mining skill

2.Working knowledge on SAP & TM1

3.Strong analytical and modeling skills

4.Dependable and responsible, motivated to learn new knowledge, desire to attack complex problems

5.Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize and multi-task

6.Team player with a positive attitude

7.Strong ability to partner and build relationships with internal clients

8.Able to work independently and proactively

9.Bachelor's Level Degree with 3-5 years of relevant work experience

10.MBA preferred

11.Auditing experience desirable

Minimum Qualifications:

1.Advanced Excel skill

2.Working knowledge on SAP & TM1

3.Dependable and responsible, motivated to learn new knowledge, desire to attack complex problems

4.Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize and multi-task

5.Team player with a positive attitude

6.Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience. OR Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.

Please send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer ( Precision mechanisms | subsystems | Semiconductor equipment industry ) (# 109366)

2013-05-07T11:02:00.000-07:00

Job Title: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job description:

The engineering team that creates the world’s most advanced bare wafer and un-patterned monitor wafer inspection equipment is looking for a mechanical engineer to join the engineering team in the development of an exciting new product.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will work with senior engineers in the development of critical mechanical subsystems, from the concept design phase through test and characterization, product release and sustaining. The candidate will be challenged to create cost effective, reliable, precision mechanical systems which are also highly manufacturable and serviceable.

Activities will include working with cross functional groups to define subsystem specifications, design, analyze, prototype and test to these specifications, work with vendors to manufacture the subsystems, and support the roll out of the product into manufacturing.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about hard technical challenges; will be very strong hands on engineer.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience of value includes:

1. Precision optomechanical design

2. Dimensional stability: materials and structures

3. Vibration control, measurement, analysis, etc.

4. Stress analysis / modal analysis

5. Thermal analysis

6. Precision mechanisms

7. Micro-contamination control

8. Experimental methods and data acquisition, LabView preferred

9. Semiconductor equipment industry

10. 3D CAD, SolidWorks preferred

11. FEA – static, dynamic, thermal

12. CFD – flow patterns, recirculation, heat transfer

Must work well in a matrixed environment, have good communication skills, and work well in a team. He/She will be expected to contribute with some direction from other technical staff but must be a self-starter. As experience is gained, the candidate will be expected to support manufacturing and the field during product introductions and provide sustaining help as needed after product release. Some travel is required.

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 2 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience.

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.

Please send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com

Applications Development Engineer (Optics, Physics, Ellipsometry, Optical Film, Critical Dimension) (#109445)

2013-05-03T08:24:00.001-07:00

Position: Applications Development Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
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:

The applicant will be working in a highly fast paced product development and customer service environment with other groups. The applicant will work on optical film and/or CD characterization and methodology for specific tool utilization and product demonstration. The applicant is expected to travel to customer sites to support and/or develop customer use cases, by working with local team members and customers.

Preferred Qualifications:

The applicant is expected to have solid knowledge on physics and optics. Experience on semiconductor manufacturing is highly desired. The applicant shall demonstrate strong data analysis and presentation skill.

Minimum Qualifications:
Doctorate (Academic)
OR
Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience.
OR
Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.

Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Software Engineer ( C/C++/C#/.Net/MFC, COM, ATL, XML, Java, OOA/OOD/OOP ) (#109340)

2013-04-25T14:37:00.000-07:00

Position: Software Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time

Job Description:
The EBEAM division, designs and manufactures Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) equipment for wafer inspection (fast defect finding) and ultra-high resolution defect review. Each product's life cycle is about 2 years from early development to release. The market for e-beam inspection and review is expected to have strong growth in the next few years, complementing and supplementing light optical wafer inspection.

Responsibilities:

This engineering team is seeking a SW engineer to work with cross functional development. The position also requires the ability to plan SW modules of 6-36 months in duration, work with the team and to be technical-oriented and hands-on during the entire PLC.

1) Participate in all stages of software development including deployment/trouble shooting at customer sites.

2) Must have good understanding of general SW principles and constructs

3) Need to be able to work with hardware and systems/application groups to understand system requirements and map them to a software design.

4)Interact with multi site team members (India & USA)

5) Handle software sustaining activities

6) Be able to communicate effectively, conduct technical presentations

7) Be able to conduct detailed analysis, consider the tradeoffs for the various solutions, and make decisions on which solution to implement and why. Leverage on teams strength and abilities.

8) Establish operational objectives and assignments, and delegates assignments to team.

9) Regularly interacts with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning several functional areas, divisions and/or customers.

10) Lead and take responsibility for planning and development activities (e.g., driving software team to milestones, mitigating risks) for software product excellence in quality, reliability, user experience and functionality.

11) Communicate and share information, learning, and methods with cross-functional team members to achieve organizational/program goals.

Preferred Qualifications:
S/W skills:

Knowledge of C/C++/C#/.Net/MFC, COM, ATL, XML, Java, OOA/OOD/OOP
Experience with CMM, UML, Rational Suite, Clear case.

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 3 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience.

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 10 years of experience in Computer Technology or SW Engg Or equivalent.

Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com

Product Planner (Supply Chain Program Manager) (Global Inventory | Spares Stocking | Supply Chain) (#109448)

2013-04-25T05:28:00.000-07:00

Position: Product Planner (Supply Chain Program Manager)

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

Business Unit:

Responsibilities:

A product planner will own the spare parts planning during the product life cycle for their product lines. The planner will work closely with Sales/Marketing, procurement and engineering to track installed base growth, manage global inventory levels and the overall spares business for their product line. The product planner will also be looking for ways to optimize the spares stocking strategy and be working with the supply chain team and manufacturing to identify opportunities for inventory reductions while maintaining customer service levels. Working technical knowledge of inspection and metrology tools is also needed to understand technical impacts on the supply chain.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience: 2 years experience in a high-tech supply chain environment or program management preferably with direct customer interaction is preferred but not required.

Skills: Must have excellent written and oral communications skills and be comfortable presenting to internal and external customers. Excellent analytical and problem solving skills are a must. Ability to focus on complete business picture is also needed. Experience with MS-Access and other database management software is essential. Programming skills would be a plus.

Basic Qualifications:

BS/BA Business or related field with preferred concentration in Operations or Technical Supply Chain Management (MS/MBA preferred a plus).

Kindly send your resume to raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com

Lead Electronics Engineer (#109482)

2013-04-22T03:08:00.001-07:00

Position: Lead Electronics Engineer
Location: Migdal Ha'emek, Israel
Duration: Full time

The Optical Metrology Division products are used for optical overlay metrology. The portfolio of products includes unique solution packages which are based on hardware and software systems to enhance yield and effectiveness. As a world leader in its field of expertise, the division's products are the most advanced in performance (measurement accuracy of nanometers and below), reliability, ease of use and compatibility with other KLA-Tencor's products. KLA-Tencor (Israel) controls over 80% of the world market sales in its field, and its products are used by every major semiconductor manufacturer around the world. KLA-Tencor Israel is located in the Migdal Haemek Industrial Park.

Responsibilities

Lead Electronics and Control development within a system development project.

Responsible for complete system electronics and electronic subsystems development process, including requirements specification, interfaces specifications, design reviews, detailed design and implementation.

Responsible for prototypes production, parts procurement, subsystems verification, system integration and transfer to manufacturing.

Manage all electronic and control internal resources and subcontractors including budget, schedule and design quality.

Work with other engineering, manufacturing and service groups to ensure product quality, cost and delivery schedule.

Addresses and resolves product issues through the product phases.

Preferred Qualifications

B.Sc degree in Electronics Engineering

At least 5 years of experience in Electronics development

Proven Experience in Electromechanical systems development

Advantage – experience as development team leader

Advantage - experience at the semiconductor industry

Personal – proven leadership skills, excellent communication and presentation skills, problem solving capabilities, decision making capabilities.

Minimum Qualifications

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 5 years of experience. OR Master's Level Degree with at least 6 years of experience. OR Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience.

Kindly send your resumes to vicky.palatnik@kla-tencor.com

Division Controller ( Forecasting reports | Budgeting | Management Reporting) (#109408)

2013-04-18T13:37:00.001-07:00

Position: Division Controller

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

- The Division Controller is responsible for coordinating and providing finance support for the Business Unit General Manager. This position works cross-functionally with other departments in the Business Units, Sales, Operations, and Marketing.

- Work closely with Business Unit management to drive financial results.

- Consolidate monthly/ trended budget variance analysis and forecasting reports, provide recommendations to Management.

- Review and improve financial and business models to provide the business additional insight to make decisions on improving the business.

- Participate in development of models to support company initiatives and projects.

- Lead process improvement projects

- Partner with senior organizational leaders to understand business requirements, investment needs, and to develop an excellent understanding of cost drivers and PLs for his/her respective groups.

- Analyze underlying business factors that drive expenses within the department.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, CPA or MBA is a plus.

- Knowledge and understanding of accounting rules and practices required.

- Strong problem solving and analytical skills.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to interact professionally with all levels of the company

- 7+ years of related experience

- Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables, macros)

- Demonstrated ability to work in team and lead others

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.

Kindly send your resume to raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com

Financial Analyst ( Forecasting | Budgeting | Management Reporting | Cognos TM1 ) (#109446)

2013-04-18T13:21:00.001-07:00

Position: Financial Analyst

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Full time

Job Description:

The Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) organization provides support to executives and business leaders throughout the company. Our role is to implement and manage the processes that support the company’s business decisions – such as forecasting, strategic planning, budgeting, risk assessment, scenario analysis, board of director presentations, and management reporting

The role: Senior Financial Analyst

We are looking for a sharp finance professional to join our Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis team. Responsibilities will include, but not limited to companywide financial consolidation and analysis, management reporting and subsequent executive level presentations. You will interact with executives and have high visibility throughout the company. The successful candidates will be a top performer who has a passion to champion improvements throughout the organization.

Essential functions:

• Provide financial and analytical support for the company's forecasts and results.

• Create and implement process improvement across the company

• Create new reports and models to meet the business' needs and drive decisions

• Perform ad hoc financial analyses and special projects

• Prepare quarter end executive, board of director and employee all-hands presentations

• Support improvements of our financial planning models and system

• Fully participate in all budgeting and forecasting processes

• Monitor and report operating results against budget and forecast

• Create and distribute scalable weekly, monthly and quarterly management reports

Job Requirements:

• Team player with a positive attitude

• Excellent written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong computer skills and extensive knowledge of Excel

• Fast learner with new tools and systems.

• Ability to think strategically and proactively

• Organized, detail-oriented, and ability to multi-task

Experience with SAP / TM1 is a plus

Preferred Qualifications:

Flexible and adaptable; strong business acumen and understanding of functional linkages; excellent organization and analytical skills; detail oriented and thorough; self starter with a strong ability to partner and build relationships; ability to meet deadlines and prioritize; to troubleshoot and problem solve. High degree of initiative, demonstrated knowledge of financial planning /reporting processes and working knowledge of accounting principle. Must be comfortable presenting data to senior management.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience.

Kindly send your resume to raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com

X-ray Senior Systems Engineer ( X-ray metrology platforms | optics | subsystems |integration)(# 109309)

2013-04-17T14:07:00.001-07:00

Job Title: X-ray Senior Systems Engineer

Location: Milpitas, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

The mission of Advanced Development group is to propose and demonstrate next-generation differentiated technologies for semiconductor device and thin film metrology. The X-ray Sr Systems Engineer will be responsible for investigating X-ray metrology platforms, designing and analyzing hardware architectures, working on development and tests of prototype tools, and leading other scientists and engineers. This is a senior technical position that would provide an opportunity to define the system architecture and combine an individual contributor and a technical leader roles.

Preferred Experience, Skills and Education:

Required skills:

1.Expert-level systems knowledge of X-ray analytical technologies such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS and WAXS), X-ray reflectivity (XRR), X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy (XPS)

2.Expert-level knowledge of key components and subsystems: sources, optics, detectors, and integration

3.Working knowledge of data analysis in X-ray metrology

4.Ability to manage external vendors, identify and retire technical risks, and define and communicate schedules.

Desired skills:

1.Knowledge of optical metrology techniques for critical dimensions, film thickness, and composition

2.Understanding of challenges in semiconductor metrology

3.Knowledge of IP development

Minimum Qualifications:

Doctorate (Academic) with at least 5 years of experience.

Master's Level Degree with at least 6 years of experience.

Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience.

Please send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com