Customer Engagement Applications Engineer - Hillsboro, OR, United States
$102,000 - $149,600 USD yearly
Originally posted 7 October 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on overlay metrology solutions at customer fabrication facilities.
About the role
This role involves advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work in the area of customer engagement applications engineering, serving as a technical leader for KLA's overlay metrology solutions.
What you'll do
- Serve as the primary technical interface between KLA and customer. - Deliver applications support for KLA’s overlay metrology tools at customer fabrication facilities. - Lead customer engagements including product evaluations, new tool introductions, and drive competition. - Drive customer success by conducting acceptance tests, recipe development, hands-on training, and pre-sales technical enablement. - Cultivate strong customer relationships by understanding their technical needs, aligning solutions, and ensuring satisfaction through onsite support. - Develop and share Best Known Methods (BKMs), SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) materials, and technical documentation to empower global Field Applications teams.
What you'll need
- Master's Level Degree and 0 years related work experience; or Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 2 years.
Skills: overlay metrology, applications support, recipe development, customer engagements, fabrication facilities
This role has been open 3 days — well below the 67-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Metrology Inspection
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Open roles in category
125
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Median days open
67 d
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Median salary
$128k
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| Metric | KLA Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (125 roles · 7 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 91 | 125 |
| Median days open | 60 d | 67 d (−7 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $128k |
Skills observed across this category: overlay metrology, applications support, recipe development, customer engagements, fabrication facilities
Who's hiring in this category
- KLA Corporation (this employer) · 91 open roles · median 60 d
- Onto Innovation · 20 open roles · median 80 d
- Applied Materials · 5 open roles · median 96 d
- ASML · 3 open roles · median 89 d
- Micron Technology · 3 open roles · median 58 d
- Veeco Instruments · 2 open roles · median 73 d
How we counted: 125 open Applications FAE (Metrology Inspection) roles from 7 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.