Now Hiring - Applications Engineer in Fairport, NY

Base Pay Range: $86,000.00 - $146,200.00 Annually Primary Location: USA-NY-Fairport-KLA KLA’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. Filmetrics, a KLA company, is the market leader in 3D optical surface profiling and thin-film thickness measurement systems. Filmetrics products combine innovative hardware solutions with intuitive, easy to use software, tied together with a pioneering online platform. Filmetrics is part of KLA Corporation which develops industry-leading equipment and services that enable innovation throughout the electronics industry. We provide advanced process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. In close collaboration with leading customers across the globe, our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers design solutions that move the world forward. The Instruments Group is passionate about development of state-of-the-art inspection and metrology equipment used in production and research and development environments. Organization is globally located in US, China, and Singapore. We provide critical cost-effective solutions for power electronics, LED, communications, automotive, data storage, and other related nanoelectronics and materials science applications. We partner with our customers to provide state of the art hardware and software to improve yield and lower overall production costs by supplying world-leading inspection, metrology and review systems. In addition to developing valuable product solutions, the group provides support to customers to achieve performance entitlement through sharing and implementation of application BKMs (Best Known Methods).

• Understand customers’ characterization requirements and provide solutions using KLA’s various optical and interferometry-based techniques.
• Conduct product and measurement demonstrations
• Define, prepare, and present quotes to customers and close sales opportunities efficiently
• Support sales and product management as the key expert and provide technical phone support for installed systems
• Train customers on key technologies and product use
• Assist with business development, qualifying new applications, markets, and customers
• Author white papers, product application notes, and technical papers for conferences
• Willing to travel up to 25%

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Physics or Engineering with background in optics
• Ability to work independently under minimal supervision
• Ability to deliver effective technical presentations and product demonstrations to customers
• Strong understanding of optical properties of materials and other forms of elastic/inelastic light-matter interaction
• Experience in a customer-facing role for a minimum of 2 years is required related to thin-film deposition, metrology, or surface characterization