Position: Principal Algorithm Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time
Job Description:
The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) Division provides industry leading metrology solutions for worldwide semiconductor IC manufacturers. The FaST Division portfolio of metrology products includes hardware and software solutions for optical film thickness, optical critical dimension (CD), composition, and resistivity measurement systems. These products are essential for the IC manufacturers as they provide critical metrology capabilities for the development and implementation of their advanced IC processes. The FaST division is committed to support our customers to achieve performance entitlement of our solution and we effectively partner with our customers from their early research and development phase to the high volume in-line manufacturing implementation specific for their process needs. The division consists of a global team located in US, Israel, China, and India.
Responsibilities:
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time
Job Description:
The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) Division provides industry leading metrology solutions for worldwide semiconductor IC manufacturers. The FaST Division portfolio of metrology products includes hardware and software solutions for optical film thickness, optical critical dimension (CD), composition, and resistivity measurement systems. These products are essential for the IC manufacturers as they provide critical metrology capabilities for the development and implementation of their advanced IC processes. The FaST division is committed to support our customers to achieve performance entitlement of our solution and we effectively partner with our customers from their early research and development phase to the high volume in-line manufacturing implementation specific for their process needs. The division consists of a global team located in US, Israel, China, and India.
Responsibilities:
1) Develop and maintain software architecture for algorithms/computational engines/data acquisition/signal processing and offline data analysis software.
2) Demonstrated ability in scientific programming; strong background in applied mathematics, computational electromagnetics (field theory), and knowledge of optical modeling especially as applied to scatterometry and thin film metrology. Knowledge of reflectometry and spectroscopic ellipsometry a plus.
3) Works on complex problems that impact the design success of current products or addresses broad design issues of future products or technologies. Tasks include: define future product development strategy, develop a problem statement, research into particular solutions, develop code, and test prototypes; design, code, and test/integrate into tool product software.
4) The candidate will be responsible for developing and improving measurement capabilities, system optical models, calibrations development, and analysis tools for optical metrology applications.
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
PhD in Computational Physics highly desired with 10 yrs industrial experience.
Proficiency in computational methods, C++, and object oriented design.
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
Doctorate (Academic) with at least 7 years of experience.
OR
Master's Level Degree with at least 8 years of experience.
OR
Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 10 years of experience.
Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com
Kindly send your resumes to Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com