About the role
AI summarisedThis role is for an Optics Research Scientist/Technologist at KLA, a semiconductor equipment company. The candidate will join the CTO group to drive innovation in sensors, sources, and optics, working with strategic suppliers on advanced optical systems from design to manufacturing. Responsibilities include developing supplier technology roadmaps, providing technical leadership, and supporting prototyping and risk mitigation.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop supplier technology roadmap to enable KLA's product roadmap.
- Provide leadership and continuity of relationship with technology supplier.
- Be accountable for technology success from R&D to Production.
- Drive coordination between CTO, Divisions, and other teams.
- Support technology prototyping, problem solving and risk mitigation.
Requirements
- Must be respected as a subject matter expert in their field.
- Must have good communication and collaboration skills, experience with customer presentations and ability to resolve conflicts.
- Technical expertise in coatings including coating designs, coating processes, coating materials is highly desired.
- Hands-on experience with optical material characterization, thin film coating systems and technologies. Ability to troubleshoot and problem solving.
- Ability to travel up to 10% internationally
- Experience in optical inspection and metrology systems.
- Knowledge of DUV/UV optics suppliers, coating equipment manufacturers.
- Familiarity with thin film metrology methods (e.g. Spectroscopy, Ellipsometry, SEM/TEM, AFM, EDS, and XRD, etc.) and defect analysis.
- Understanding of photo-contamination control, cleanroom protocols, and optics cleaning/surface preparation techniques.
- Knowledge of lasers and understanding of laser damage threshold and DUV degradation mechanisms.
- PhD or MS in Optics, Physics, EE or related field with a minimum of 5 years relevant industry experience.