Hiring: System Design Engineer Company: KLA Location: Milpitas, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 12:25:31 Target Skills & Keywords : Financial Planning, Firmware, MATLAB, Python, R, Systems Design About the job Experience: •2 years of relevant industry, lab, or applied research experience •4 years of relevant hands‑on engineering experience •6 years of relevant hands‑on engineering experience Required Skills: •Perform hands‑on lab and system‑level testing of semiconductor inspection / metrology equipment, including optical, mechanical, and electromechanical subsystems. •Optical systems (including interferometers and precision imaging paths) •Vibration sensitivity and environmental performance •Precision motion control stages and actuators •Electronics, sensors, and control interfaces •Design, execute, and document validation, characterization, and reliability tests at component, subsystem, and system levels. •Lead root‑cause investigations using data analysis, physical inspection, and experimentation; develop and validate corrective actions. •Support sustaining engineering activities for released products, including performance excursions, reliability issues, and customer‑driven escalations. Qualifications: •KLA’s ADE Sustaining Engineering team is seeking a System Design Engineer to support fielded and pre‑production semiconductor manufacturing equipment. This role is heavily hands‑on •, with a strong focus on lab testing, root‑cause analysis, and system‑level troubleshooting across optics, interferometry, vibration, motion control, and electronics. •The engineer will work directly on complex sub‑systems and full tool configurations, diagnosing performance, reliability, and quality issues, and driving corrective actions in collaboration with design, manufacturing, service, and suppliers. •This is not a desk‑only role. Success requires comfort working on live hardware in the lab and on tools, integrating data, theory, and practical troubleshooting to stabilize and improve high‑precision equipment. •PhD with 0–2 years of relevant industry, lab, or applied research experience •MS with 2–4 years of relevant hands‑on engineering experience •BS with 4–6 years of relevant hands‑on engineering experience •Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and root‑cause issues on physical systems, not limited to modeling or simulation. •Precision vibration measurement, transmission, or mitigation •Semiconductor manufacturing or capital equipment Compensation: •$136,300 - $231,700 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!