Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer

About the role

KLA's Central Engineering team is looking for an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer to design mechanical parts and subsystems for next-generation wafer inspection tools. The role sits within the Semiconductor Products and Customers business unit, which supplies inspection, metrology and analytics systems to chip manufacturers. The engineer leads the full design process and works closely with Systems and Manufacturing engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the complete design process, including requirements, concept, design, testing, BOM structure and scheduling.
• Drive implementation of design best practices that meet requirements, SEMI standards, manufacturability and reasonable cost.
• Carry out thermal, vibration and FEA analysis, and detailed design using Creo Parametric, detailed drawings, design reviews, prototype procurement and testing, and handoff to manufacturing.
• Work with Systems and Manufacturing engineers to ensure seamless integration and subsystem or system-level testing.
• Develop supporting documentation such as assembly and test procedures.

Required profile

• Solid understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals such as mechanics, thermodynamics and structural analysis.
• Ability to collect requirements, generate conceptual and detailed designs and evaluate design feasibility.
• Experience in detail drawing creation, interpretation of GD&T (ASME Y14.5) and welding (AWS A2.4) symbols, and familiarity with engineering materials and manufacturing processes.
• Minimum qualification: doctorate with 0 years of experience, master's degree with 3 years, or bachelor's degree with 5 years of related work experience.

Required skills

• 3D solid/CAD modeling, preferably Creo/Parametric (formerly Pro/Engineer)
• Structural FEA, preferably Pro/Mechanical and/or ANSYS Mechanical
• CFD analysis, preferably ANSYS Icepak/Fluent/CFX or similar

What we offer

• Base pay range of $117,800 to $172,800 annually, depending on role, level and location.
• Possible performance incentives and benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) with company match, ESPP, tuition reimbursement, EAP, paid time off and family care leave.