Sr / Product Install Engineer

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

Equipment Installation & Setup

• Perform mechanical, electrical, and software installation of semiconductor tools at customer sites.
• Execute system bring-up, calibration, and functional testing.
• Interpret engineering drawings, wiring diagrams, and installation documentation.
• Ensure all installation tasks comply with safety procedures and industry standards.

System Qualification

• Conduct system diagnostics, verification tests, and performance qualification.
• Troubleshoot installation issues and coordinate with engineering teams to resolve technical challenges.
• Document test results and ensure systems meet performance specifications before handoff.

Customer Interaction

• Serve as the primary on-site technical contact during installation.
• Provide customer training on basic system operation as part of the handover process.
• Communicate progress, risks, and timelines to internal stakeholders and customer teams.

Project Execution

• Manage time, resources, and tasks to meet installation project schedules.
• Support continuous improvement of installation processes and documentation.
• Collaborate with global teams to ensure alignment with product updates and best practices.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Physics, or related technical field (or equivalent hands-on experience).
• Experience with semiconductor manufacturing equipment or high‑precision electromechanical systems.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in mechanical, electrical, and software domains.
• Ability to work in cleanroom environments and follow strict EHS procedures.
• Willingness to travel internationally 80-90% of the time and work at customer sites.

About KLA

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Use of AI Statement 

At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.