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# Applications Development Engineer - Surfscan

- **Company:** KLA-Tencor
- **Location:** Milpitas, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $97,800.0 - $166,300.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Engineering, Beta Testing
- **Published:** July 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://kla.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Search/job/Milpitas-CA/Applications-Development-Engineer---Surfscan_2638817-1

## About the Role

PhD Level Degree and / or Master's Level Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Material Science, Engineering or related field.

## Description

* Characterization of next-generation, state-of-the art semiconductor wafer inspection products.
 * Develop and review feature requirements, design test plans, collect data, perform analysis, publish results and recommendations in the form of applications notes and best-known methods.
 * Conduct new tool demonstrations to showcase differentiated performance and develop use cases on new features that help drive tool sales.
 * Product value demonstration during beta testing, head-to-head (H2H) and evaluation tools in the ramp phase, thereby enabling product penetration and adoption at customer sites.
 * Investigate semiconductor manufacturing yield issues and develop corresponding inspection solutions to monitor them.
 * Create and share product value statements and use cases with engineering, marketing and sales groups.
 * Optics background is a plus.
 * Semiconductor processing knowledge is a plus.


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