Applications Engineer
Responsibilities
Responsible for providing high level applications support of KLA-Tencor’s Wafer
Inspection and Metrology products.
Job responsibilities include:
Work closely with many organizations including engineering, sales and marketing
within K-T and with customer engineers outside K-T.
Conduct new product introduction projects, e.g. product characterization, alpha
testing, beta testing and pilot tool support in the ramp phase.
Provide escalation support to onsite field service engineer; leading and coordinating
remote/local troubleshooting;
Perform experiments to characterize tool/subcomponent performance and develop
recipes to model complex optical applications;
Provide application support and training to customers. Applications engineer is also
responsible for generating best known method (BKM) documents and other training
materials and transferring product knowledge to K-T's worldwide Field Applications
team. Lastly, he/she will work closely with customers to develop solutions to
problems, and publish papers at industry symposiums or in technical journals.
In addition, applications engineer will manage in-house customer demonstrations
and head-to-head (H2H) activities at customer facilities.
Worldwide travel (no less than 50%, up to 90%, depending on different projects) is
required to support products.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong troubleshooting skills, combined with a methodical approach, and clear
communication
- Well-organized, strong follow-up abilities, demonstrated ability to thrive in a dynamic
environment.
- Have training in semiconductor or related fields. Having a background in IC
processing/Semiconductor equipment is a plus.
- Have excellent communication, organizational, analytical, leadership, and
interpersonal skill.
- Be self-driven and independent working capable, meanwhile a strong team player.
Minimum Qualification
-Have MS in Engineering, Physics, Material Science or related fields.
-Fluent in English: Listening/Speaking/Reading/Writing
-Comfortable of 50-90% traveling to customer site and headquarter:
Taiwan/Korea/Japan/Singapore/US/Europe