Product Development Engineer (Mechanical Engineering)

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

KLA Instruments is hiring a Product Development Engineer with a strong Mechanical Engineering focus to support the development of advanced inspection and metrology systems for scientific and semiconductor manufacturing. This role is part of a global product development organization working closely with engineering and product teams across the USA UK and India.

The successful candidate will contribute to the design integration testing and validation of precision mechanical and opto mechanical subsystems supporting products from early development through release to manufacturing and sustaining support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design develop and verify precision mechanical and opto mechanical subsystems for metrology tools.
• Collaborate with systems optics electrical software manufacturing and service teams to develop robust and manufacturable designs.
• Perform mechanical analysis (structural thermal vibration/modal) to support design decisions and performance optimisation.
• Support system level integration alignment and verification of mechanical assemblies and subsystems.
• Develop and execute test plans to validate mechanical performance reliability and compliance with specifications.
• Support new product introduction (NPI) activities including prototype builds validation design release and transition to manufacturing.
• Participate in root cause analysis and troubleshooting of mechanical and system level issues during development and customer escalations
• Produce clear technical documentation including drawings specifications tolerance analyses assembly procedures and test reports.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. For this role we are looking for someone who has:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Experience in mechanical design and development within a product development or engineering environment.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD tools (e.g. Creo SolidWorks) and generation of detailed drawings with GD&T.
• Experience with mechanical analysis and simulation (structural thermal vibration/modal FEA).
• Exposure to optomechanical systems optical alignment or precision instrumentation.
• Experience supporting prototype builds verification testing and design release to manufacturing.
• Familiarity with motion systems precision stages or vibrationsensitive designs.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes (machining sheet metal castings tolerancing and DFM/DFA principles).
• Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary geographically distributed teams.
• Strong analytical problemsolving and communication skills.
• Experience with data analysis tools such as Python or MATLAB.

What we will offer you

KLAs benefits package includes:

Annual leave starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays) contributory pension scheme cash health plan cycle to work scheme global bonus plan share scheme rewards scheme and life assurance!

Minimum Qualifications

Masters Level Degree; Bachelors Level Degree and related work experience

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

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