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# Regional Applications Development Engineer

- **Company:** KLA-Tencor
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $102,000.0 - $173,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Application Notes, Software Debugging, Software Engineering
- **Published:** August 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://kla.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Search/job/Austin-TX/Regional-Applications-Development-Engineer_2639349

## About the Role

* 3+ Years of Semiconductor Process Experience or inside a Semiconductor Fab
 * 3+ years in Semiconductor Capital Equipment industry or inside a Semiconductor Fab
 * Understanding of Semiconductor Manufacturing process: Etch, CVD/PVD/ALD, CMP, or lithography
 * Familiarity with Process and Metrology concepts
 * Travel (International/Domestic) up to 40%, with rare possibility of last minute travel to support customer emergency
 * Hands-on Experience with AI - Building agents/Skills
 * 1 to 3 years of experience in Program Management
 * Experience in Advanced Packaging
 * Experience in Semiconductor Metrology

Soft Skills:

 * High Ownership & responsiveness
 * Customer-focused mindset with high responsiveness
 * Ability to operate in global, cross-cultural environments
 * Ability to convey complex technical material to simple, easy to understand bite sized information
 * Good Presentation skills - Both verbal and written
 * Team Player
 * Strong communication and interpersonal skills, Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years

Degree must be in a technical background in Chemical Engineering, Material Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or related technical discipline.

Strong understanding of semiconductor processing technologies, including one or more of:

 * CVD/ALD/PVD
 * Plasma etch
 * Thermal processing
 * Wafer handling and automation
 * Advanced packaging

## Description

Success Metrics:

 * Customer adoption and utilization of SensArray products.
 * Successful execution of evaluations and demonstrations.
 * Technical contribution to product roadmap and application development
 * Customer satisfaction and issue-resolution effectiveness.
 * Revenue growth supported through technical engagement.

Technical Responsibility:

 * Strong working knowledge of customer use cases for Semiconductor Fabrication
 * Understand and resolve customer pain points inside the fabs
 * Provide technical support for SensArray products at customer sites and remote engagements.
 * Develop application methodologies for etch, deposition, lithography, wafer handling, Factory Automation, Advanced Packaging
 * Analyze process and equipment performance data and present recommendations to customers
 * Maintain high uptime of SensArray metrology Tools through technical debug and support

Customer Engagement:

 * Support customer-facing activities including: Product demonstrations, Evaluation planning and execution & Technical troubleshooting and issue resolution

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

 * Interface with Engineering, Advanced Development, SW, FW, Ops, Manufacturing to provide customer-first experience

Content Development:

 * Develop and maintain customer presentations and product overview materials & Application notes and technical documentation
 * Develop and publish white papers, publications, Product Spec sheets


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