Technical Engagement Manager (Films and OCD)
$127,900 - $217,400 USD yearly
Own customer engagement and metrology strategy for SpectraShape optical CD and Aleris thin films systems across advanced logic and DRAM.
Originally posted 10 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As Technical Engagement Manager for films, OCD and wafer geometry metrology, you will own KLA's FaST engagement at a strategic account and lead an on-site team of Customer Engagement Applications Engineers. The scope covers measurement strategy and customer adoption across gate-all-around logic and DRAM layers from tool qualification through high-volume fab ramp.
What you'll do
- Define and execute account strategy for SpectraShape (optical CD), SpectraFilm, Aleris (thin films), and PWG (patterned wafer geometry), driving product penetration, share, and adoption.
- Act as primary technical owner for FaST programs across tool install, acceptance, qualification, recipe qualification, tool matching, reference metrology correlation, and APC feed-forward/feedback.
- Own measurement strategy across front-end, middle-of-line, and back-end layers for gate-all-around logic and DRAM, including model development and turnaround.
- Translate customer sampling plans into tool throughput and attach-rate models to support high-volume tool forecasts, quotes, and booking plans.
- Represent customer technical needs to the FaST product division, collaborating with marketing, applications, engineering, Service, and Sales to close escalations and align roadmaps.
- Hire, mentor, and lead on-site Customer Engagement applications engineers while driving best known methods and technical training.
What you'll need
- Master's degree or higher in Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field.
- 5 to 10 years of semiconductor fab, process control, or capital equipment experience, including optical CD or thin-film metrology.
- Customer-facing technical experience and complex problem-solving skills.
- Experience leading engineers or cross-functional technical programs.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of spectroscopic ellipsometry and reflectometry, thin-film optics, RCWA-based OCD modeling, and machine-learning-assisted modeling.
- Hands-on experience with KLA SpectraShape, SpectraFilm, or Aleris, and KLA modeling software such as AcuShape.
- Process control experience on gate-all-around or advanced logic structures, or DRAM experience.
- Familiarity with hybrid and reference metrology (TEM, CD-SEM, AFM) and wafer geometry for bonding, CMP, and stress control.
- Experience taking a fab or node from R&D through high-volume ramp.
- Willingness to work on site in a cleanroom environment and travel to KLA divisions.
Skills: optical CD, thin films metrology, SpectraShape, ellipsometry, RCWA
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 88-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Metrology Inspection
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Open roles in category
130
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Median days open
88 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$132k
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| Metric | KLA Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (130 roles · 8 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 95 | 130 |
| Median days open | 74 d | 88 d (−14 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $132k |
Skills observed across this category: optical CD, thin films metrology, SpectraShape, ellipsometry, RCWA
Who's hiring in this category
- KLA Corporation (this employer) · 95 open roles · median 81 d
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How we counted: 130 open Applications FAE (Metrology Inspection) roles from 8 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Nov 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.