KLA
semiconductor manufacturing
ApplicationGroupManager
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“Application Group Manager at KLA. Skills: Technical leadership, Customer engagement, Team management. Lead a team of Applications Engineers. Demonstrate product value”
What You'll Achieve.
Maximize team throughput; Maximize team responsiveness; Meet customer needs; Drive product differentiation
Industry & Context.
Tackling really hard problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Ability to manage multiple parallel tasks and competing priorities, Proven experience managing teams of 10 + direct reports and 30+ matrix/dotted-line engineers, customer-facing skills, Deep understanding of system behavior and application workflows, background in semiconductor metrology, inspection, or process engineering
Nice to Have
Solid understanding of semiconductor manufacturing processes
What You'll Do.
Lead a team of Applications Engineers
Demonstrate product value
Validate new capabilities
Enable customer adoption
Ensure solutions meet manufacturing requirements
Drive product differentiation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with product management; Work with customers
Communication Scope
Customer-facing skills
Process & Methodology
Prioritization
Full Job Description
**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, voice-controlled 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 problem-solvers work together with the world’s leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow’s 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 next-generation devices to volume production quickly and cost-effectively. Enabling the movement towards advanced chip design, KLA's Global Products Group (GPG), which is responsible for creating all of KLA’s 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 Optical Metrology Division products are used for optical overlay metrology. The portfolio of products includes unique solution packages which are based on hardware and software systems to enhance yield and effectiveness. As a world leader in its field of expertise, the division's products are the most advanced in performance (measurement accuracy of nanometers and below), reliability, ease of use and
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