Originally posted 27 September 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on electron optics systems.
About the role
This role involves developing and optimizing manufacturing processes, assembly methods, alignment procedures, and test methodologies for high-precision electron optics systems.
What you'll do
- Develop and optimize manufacturing processes, assembly methods, alignment procedures, and test methodologies for high-precision electron optics systems.
- Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for yield, reliability, performance, and manufacturability issues.
- Identify manufacturing risks early in the product development cycle and drive mitigation plans through design reviews, process validation, and production readiness activities.
- Analyze data and/or utilize modeling to drive process, specifications, and design improvements.
- Setup complex project plans across multiple resource disciplines and drive to completion.
- Partner with suppliers and external manufacturing partners to develop and qualify critical components, processes, and technologies.
What you'll need
- Master's or Doctorate in Physics, Electron optics, or related fields.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills to support technical issues, set-up experiments, modeling, and data analysis.
- Ability to champion technical solutions to manufacturability issues found with the design.
- Ability to create effective technical presentations up to the divisional level.
Nice to have
- Experience with electron optics and high voltage for scanning electron microscopes or equivalent.
Skills: electron optics, high voltage, manufacturing processes, root-cause analysis, design reviews
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 54-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Metrology Inspection
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Open roles in category
182
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$159k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | KLA Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (182 roles · 24 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 69 | 182 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 423 | 9460 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 58 d | 54 d (+4 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $159k |
Skills observed across this category: electron optics, high voltage, manufacturing processes, root-cause analysis, design reviews
Who's hiring in this category
- KLA Corporation (this employer) · 67 open roles · median 58 d
- Applied Materials · 27 open roles · median 66 d
- Onto Innovation · 18 open roles · median 58 d
- Lam Research · 14 open roles · median 30 d
- Micron Technology · 8 open roles · median 57 d
- Entegris · 7 open roles · median 52 d
How we counted: 182 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Metrology Inspection) roles from 24 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.