Electrical Design Engineer (FPGA, RTL, DSP/Image Processing)

Company Overview

KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies. No laptop smartphone wearable device voicecontrolled gadget flexible screen VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles integrated circuits packaging printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and we invest 15% of sales back into R&D. Our expert teams of physicists engineers data scientists and problemsolvers work together with the worlds leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrows electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us.

Group/Division

With over 40 years of semiconductor process control experience chipmakers around the globe rely on KLA to ensure that their fabs ramp nextgeneration devices to volume production quickly and costeffectively. Enabling the movement towards advanced chip design KLAs Global Products Group (GPG) which is responsible for creating all of KLAs metrology and inspection products is looking for the best and the brightest research scientist software engineers application development engineers and senior product technology process engineers. The Broadband Plasma Division (BBP) provides marketleading patterned wafer optical inspection systems for leadingedge IC manufacturing. Logic foundry and memory customers depend on BBP products to detect yieldcritical defects for process debug and excursion monitoring at advanced process nodes. BBP flagship products include the 29xx and 39xx series which leverage Broadband Plasma technology to capture a wide range of defects with ultimate sensitivity at the optical inspection speeds needed for inline defect monitoring.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

As an Image Computer (IMC) team member this engineer will work with other team members to design build and test highspeed highthroughput IMC using offtheshelf and custombuilt components.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in all phases of FPGA design flow from concept to wafer inspection tool integration.

• Able to derive FPGA design requirements from system requirements.

• Responsible for RTL design and verification as well as hardware bringup.

• Implement logic/control blocks including custom filters DSP/image processing blocks a highspeed image data path and a processor and memory interface to support realtime processing.

• Optimize FPGA designs for the area speed and power to meet system requirements; analyze architectural tradeoffs and validate for system sample rate and latency.

• Verify DSP/image processing blocks against Python/MATLAB models and collaborate with systems engineers.

• Run implementation tools such as Xilinx Vivado and Intel Quartus; perform timing closure for your designs.

• Bring up and validate FPGA design in the lab and use various lab equipment.

• Collaborate with software engineers to integrate the design into the wafer Inspection tools.

• Contribute to all phases of hardware development including creating design documents reviewing schematics bringing up new hardware and defining/overseeing/performing unit and system tests.

• Validate FPGA design for manufacturing release.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing DSP and/or image processing datapath

• Experience in working with FPGAs

• Some experience designing hardware (schematic entry layout etc.) is a plus

• Strong programming and scripting skills: MATLAB Python C/C Perl Tcl

• Understanding of clock domain crossing (CDC) techniques

• Experience in FPGAs evaluation boards and knowledge of FPGA design flow

• Understanding industrystandard interfaces protocols and architectures: PCIe Ethernet DDR etc.

• Experience in developing automated selfchecking test benches and/or UVM

• Experience in EDA tools such as simulators (e.g. Questa) and FPGA tools (e.g. Vivado Quartus)

• Knowledge of timing closure techniques for highspeed design

• Strong interpersonal/written/verbal communication skills and experience with multifunctional collaboration

• Strong teamwork skills combined with the ability to work autonomously as an individual contributor

Minimum Qualifications

Ph.D.; Masters degree with at least three years experience; Bachelors degree with at least five years experience

Base Pay Range: $114100.00 $194000.00 Annually

Primary Location: USACAMilpitasKLA

KLAs total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to: medical dental vision life and other voluntary benefits 401(K) including company matching employee stock purchase program (ESPP) student debt assistance tuition reimbursement program development and career growth opportunities and programs financial planning benefits wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP) paid time off and paid company holidays and family care and bonding leave.

Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed. Our pay ranges are determined by role level and location. The range displayed reflects the pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual pay depends on several factors including state minimum pay wage rates location jobrelated skills experience and relevant education level or training. We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state minimum wage requirements where applicable. If applicable your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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