Customer Engagement Applications Engineer (인재DB 등록)

K-T G.M.B.H. Germany

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Hwaseong-si, Korea Icheon-si Gyunggi-do, Korea Until 8/22/2026 0+ years exp First posted March 27, 2025 Last posted March 27, 2025
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

The Customer Engagement (CE) team is our field based, customer facing organization consisting of Technical Engagement Managers and Application Engineers. The team partners closely with our customers to provide a comprehensive portfolio of products, software, and expertise, to help customers manage yield throughout their fabrication process—from research and development to final volume production. Responsibilities of this group include maintaining strategic client relationships, partnering with our sales team in identifying and closing sales opportunities, ensuring our products meet performance capabilities & expectations, providing critical solutions for improved yield performance, and collecting requirements for future products by understanding customer processes and technology trends. Partnering with our sales organization and factory divisions, this diverse and dynamic team helps ensure alignment between customer needs and product offerings to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.

Job Description

1. Responsible for providing technical applications support for the development and implementation of KLA systems. Makes presentations on all aspects of products.

2. Be responsible for acceptance test, customers training, recipe setup, project execution, alpha/beta testing and related pre-sales activities.

3. Assists Marketing and Account Sales in assessing potential application of company products to meet customer needs.

4. Provides follow-up support in disseminating technical information on specific applications.

5. Reports regional requirement and updates to product division.

6. Escalates field apps issue to division and follow up for issue fix. Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.

7. Works with customers and division to maximize the benefit of KLA equipments.

8. Generate Best Known Methods, project summary report, customer's use cases summary and product value pitch information summary.

9. Traveling to customer sites is required; Domestic travel based on assignment is required.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's Level Degree or work experience of 0 years , Bachelor's Level Degree or work experience of 1 years

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

Be aware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiting activity by persons that are currently posing as KLA employees.  KLA never asks for any financial compensation to be considered for an interview, to become an employee, or for equipment. Further, KLA does not work with any recruiters or third parties who charge such fees either directly or on behalf of KLA. Please ensure that you have searched KLA’s Careers website for legitimate job postings.  KLA follows a recruiting process that involves multiple interviews in person or on video conferencing with our hiring managers.  If you are concerned that a communication, an interview, an offer of employment, or that an employee is not legitimate, please send an email to talent.acquisition@kla.com to confirm the person you are communicating with is an employee. We take your privacy very seriously and confidentially handle your information.

About this role

Summary

Support development and implementation of KLA systems; train customers; handle complex technical issues.

Job title

Customer Engagement Applications Engineer (인재DB 등록)

Experience level

entry level

Minimum experience

0+ years exp

Industry

electronics

Location requirements

On-site in Hwaseong-si or Icheon-si, Korea; travel required

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

applications supportcustomer trainingrecipe setuppre-sales supportproblem solving

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

applications supportsemiconductor equipmentcustomer trainingpre-sales activitiestechnical support
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

On-site City

Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

On-site City