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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 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's products. KLA (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 Israel is located in the Migdal Haemek Industrial Park.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Position Overview

We are looking for a senior Applications Development Engineer to join our global CAPRES team, responsible for supporting customers across Asia, including Taiwan, with a primary focus on leading logic customers alongside other key regional accounts.

In this role, you will drive strategic application engagement, customer coordination, and regional application direction for advanced electrical and magnetic metrology solutions. Working closely with technical engagement leadership, regional teams, and CAPRES headquarter, you will help define customer priorities, guide application activities, and ensure alignment between customer needs, regional execution, and future product direction.

A key part of this role is to drive new customer penetration across the region. In parallel, you will increase adoption at existing customers by enabling new applications and expanding use cases, thereby increasing tool utilization and supporting additional tool demand.

This position also offers the opportunity to grow into a regional leadership role, including potential future responsibility for leading a team of application engineers.

Job Description

• Drive strategic application engagement across Asia, including Taiwan, with primary focus on leading logic customers and selected key regional accounts

• Define and coordinate application strategies, evaluation priorities, and customer support plans in alignment with business objectives and customer requirements

• Support new customer penetration and increase adoption at existing customers by identifying, developing, and promoting new applications and extended use cases

• Act as a senior technical interface for customers, providing high-level application guidance, escalation support, and technical coordination across multiple engagements

• Guide and support regional application engineers in the execution of on-site evaluations, application deployment, troubleshooting, and use case implementation

• Capture customer requirements, technical challenges, and future technology needs, and translate them into clear recommendations for CAPRES headquarter regarding tool and software improvements

• Coordinate cross-functional activities between customers, regional teams, and CAPRES headquarter to ensure effective execution and alignment of application priorities

• Provide technical leadership within the regional team, including mentoring, knowledge sharing, and driving consistency in application approach and quality

• Contribute to regional engagement planning by helping prioritize opportunities, customer focus areas, and application development direction

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experience in semiconductor manufacturing, with strong exposure to advanced logic applications

• Experience working with leading logic semiconductor manufacturers in Asia, preferably in Taiwan

• Deep knowledge of electrical and magnetic characterization techniques, including sheet resistance measurements, CIPT, MOKE and FMR.

• Strong background in customer-facing roles, including technical leadership, engagement coordination, and strategic account support

• Demonstrated ability to drive adoption growth and new customer penetration through application-driven strategies

• Proven ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders and translate customer needs into regional application priorities and product recommendations

• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate (PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field with 4+ years of relevant experience; or

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field with 6 years of relevant experience; or

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field with 8+ years of relevant experience, including experience in semiconductor manufacturing

• Strong understanding of semiconductor applications, device characterization, and process integration

• Solid expertise in electrical and magnetic metrology and data analysis methodologies

• Ability to independently solve complex technical challenges and define effective application strategies

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including interaction with senior customer stakeholders

• Direct customer exposure in Taiwan and/or major semiconductor accounts in Asia

• Fluency in Mandarin (Chinese) and English, both spoken and written

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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