Optical Engineer, Imaging System Design Lead

Base Pay Range : $132,600.00 - $225,400.00 Annually

Primary Location : USA-CA-Milpitas-KLA

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Company Overview

KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies.

No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us.

KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays.

The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration, research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and we invest 15% of sales back into R&D.

Our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers work together with the world's leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow's electronic devices.

Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us.

Group / Division

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 Surfscan group includes a team of engineers, technology development, apps engineers and product marketing focused on technology that enables wafer, IC and equipment manufacturers to develop, qualify and monitor their process tools.

Defects and process non-uniformities detected on Surfscan equipment allow for early identification of yield excursions. The flagship Surfscan products include the SPx platforms for wafer surface quality and wafer defect inspection tools and systems for inspection of polished wafers, epi wafers and engineered substrates during the wafer fabrication process.

Job Description / Preferred Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Develop the optical specifications for high NA imaging objective lens designs, guide the lens module fabricator integration of new high NA objectives and broadband imaging optics for inspection systems enabled by high precision optics products from world's leading suppliers.
• Effective use of CodeV or Zemax to design (using both local and global optimizers) to minimize residual aberrations in imaging lenses, pupil relays and zoom lenses both to evaluate the nominal design performance as well as the as-built Monte Carlo tolerance performance changes.
• Construct complex sequential and non-sequential models using above lens designs as well as polarization and attenuating components with all critical optical parameters needed to produce accurate raytracing simulations of Strehl / WFE performance, coherent and incoherent PSF, focal depth of fields and pupils, multiple bounce ghost analyses or stray light analyses, as well as polarization ray tracing to quantify transmission, retardance, and diattenuation.

Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree in Optical Engineering, Physics or Electrical Engineering with specialization or developmental engineering work experience involving one or more of the following areas : lens design, geometric aberration analysis, physical optics simulations, metrology design and / or Fourier optics theory system performance evaluation.

Minimum Qualifications

8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience;

or equivalent experience.

The company offers a total rewards package that is competitive and comprehensive including but not limited to the following : medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(K) including company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement program, development and career growth opportunities and programs, financial planning benefits, wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP), paid time off and paid company holidays, and family care and bonding leave.

KLA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please contact us at talent.acquisition@kla.com or at +1-408-352-2808 to request accommodation.