Optical Architect
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Milpitas
Posted on: October 25, 2024
Job Description:
Base Pay Range: $154,000.00 - $261,800.00 AnnuallyPrimary
Location: USA-CA-Milpitas-KLAKLA's total rewards package for
employees may also include participation in performance incentive
programs and eligibility for additional benefits identified below.
Interns are eligible for some of the benefits identified below. Our
pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range
displayed above reflects the minimum and maximum pay for this
position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual
pay depends on several factors, including location, job-related
skills, experience, and relevant education level or training. If
applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay
range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
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 RAPID division
is the world leading provider of reticle inspection solutions for
the semiconductor industry. The company provides inspection
solutions to both the mask shops and the semiconductor fabs to
ensure that lithography yields are consistently high thus enabling
cost-effective manufacturing.Job Description/Preferred
Qualifications Job Description KLA is looking for a staff- level
principal optical engineer. This person will be an optical
architect/lead optical engineer in the optical engineering group in
the photomask inspection division. Specific deliverables include
ultra-high precision optical system design, optical alignment
methodology, and analysis of various optical modules. This person
will also lead the design of a custom metrology system to verify
and adjust the optical performance of our primary optical system.
The candidate will interact closely with the systems engineering
group and other hardware engineering groups to define performance
criteria and system level specification. Other Specific tasks
include creating optical models, statistical tolerance analysis,
performance predictions, leading design reviews, creating test
procedures, and selecting suppliers.Responsibilities
- Being a lead optical person, responsible of creating optical
architecture, conducting key optical analysis and modeling and
providing leadership team with technical recommendations.
- Investigate various design options and find the best option
through evaluating tolerances, optical performance,
manufacturability, light budgets and other trade-offs.
- Translate system or subsystem requirements into optical design
and manufacturing requirements.
- Perform thorough tolerancing analysis to have a complete system
design with full consideration of alignment process and metrology,
system calibrations and opto-mech design limitations by interfacing
with other groups (systems, ME).
- Design and implement optical alignment and metrology process,
test/tooling fixtures to achieve targeted optical performance.
- Follows complete design process, including design reviews, part
procurement from vendors, testing, integration and
release.QualificationsThe preferred candidate will have experience
and capability in the following areas:
- Excellent optical system design such as high precision imaging
system, illumination design, preferably in semiconductor tools
- Designing and building off-axis mirror system in high
precision
- Understand of optical coating in various wavelength such as
EUV, UV, and IR and coating modeling in optical software
- High proficiency in optical design software such as CodeV or
Zemax or LightTools
- Statistical optical component tolerancing
- Able to create specifications of precision opto-mechanical
assemblies
- Understand optics manufacturability and reflect it in optical
design
- Strong understanding in optical metrology tool and data
- Building and aligning complex optical system using diverse
mechanical, collimation, point source microscope, CGH, and
interferometry.
- Deliver solid design reviews and achieve design approvals from
multi-disciplinary stakeholders
- Working knowledge with diverse optical devices and components:
objectives, collimation and relay optics, fibers, cameras and
detectors
- EUV experience is preferred but not a must
- Basic CAD skill is preferred not a mustExperience
- Highly desired to have more than 10 years of professional
experience in high precision optical system development, preferably
in semiconductor tools
- Experience of working with top tier optical suppliers to
develop high precision optics and optical assembly
- Strong emphasis on creative problem solving and effective
communication.
- Be able to interface with multidisciplinary groups and work
effectively in a team and be willing to take on responsibility,
follow through and keep multiple simultaneous assignments on
schedule.
- Be able to quickly acquire technical knowledge from
documentation and on-the-job training and be capable of thoroughly
investigating technical issues (analytically and hands-on in a
lab).
- Strong communication and presentation skill. Must have the
capability to clearly communicating progress and status of ongoing
investigations to managers and to customers; Candidate will be
required to write reports documenting investigations carried
out.
- Experience of presenting executive leadership team highly
complex technical topics.Personal skills
- Should be able to work, and deliver self-independently with
minimum supervision
- Can observe and respond to people and situations and interact
with others encountered in the course of work.
- Strong customer focus and commitment to customer satisfaction
through prioritization, quality, efficiency and
professionalism.
- Ability to complete assignments with attention to detail and
high degree of accuracy.
- Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding
environment with changing workloads and deadlines.
- Result driven-demonstrate ownership and accountability.
- Identifies bottlenecks and drives improvements.
- Work independently or as part of a team and follow through on
assignments with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrate open, clear, concise and professional
communication.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working
relationships with manager, co-workers and customer.
- Work according to a strict set of procedures within the
provided timelines.Minimum Qualifications
- This is a senior engineering role. Advanced degree is a
must.
- Doctorate in Optics/Physics and 5+ years of work experience, or
a Master's Degree and 8+ years of work experience.Education
- MS or Ph.D in Optical engineering (preferred) or Physics
- Highly desired to have strong background in following
disciplines, Geometrical optics, Fourier optics, Lens design,
Radiometry, Optical metrology, Illumination optics, Optical imaging
system, Optical alignmentMinimum QualificationsDoctorate (Academic)
Degree and related work experience of 5 years; Master's Level
Degree and related work experience of 8 years; Bachelor's Level
Degree and related work experience of 12 yearsThe 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.
Keywords: Disability Solutions, Fremont , Optical Architect, Professions , Milpitas, California
Didn't find what you're looking for? Search again!
Loading more jobs...