KLA Corporation

Staff Material Scientist

KLA Corporation
Equipment EngineeringSingapore, SingaporeFull-time2 weeks ago

About the role

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Staff Material Scientist role at KLA, a semiconductor equipment company, focusing on developing advanced inorganic materials for cutting-edge applications. The scientist will design, synthesize, and characterize complex inorganic compounds, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure feasibility for KLA products.

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Key Responsibilities

  • Design and synthesize inorganic compounds and solid-state materials.
  • Optimize reaction conditions to achieve high-purity and well-defined material structures.
  • Perform material characterization using techniques such as TGA, XRD, SEM and XPS.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including optics engineers, opto-mechanical engineers and laser scientists, to perform failure analysis and ensure the feasibility of new materials/processes for KLA products.

Requirements

  • Strong expertise in inorganic compound synthesis, sintering, material science, surface science, phase transfer science and solid-state chemistry (familiarity with optics materials such as non-linear optics is a plus).
  • Strong practical skills in experimental synthesis.
  • Proficiency in structural characterization tools such as TGA, XRD, SEM and XPS.
  • Strong team player with a positive and proactive attitude.
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
  • Doctorate (Academic) Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 6 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 8 years