Product Development Engineering Intern

KLA makes electronics possible by providing advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics. The Semiconductor Products and Customers (Semi PC) business unit designs, builds, and sells KLA's product portfolio to help chip manufacturers meet high-quality standards for technologies like AI, data centers, automotive, and electronic devices. The Film and Scatterometry Technology (FaST) division delivers industry-leading metrology solutions essential to advanced semiconductor manufacturing, including systems for measuring film thickness, critical dimensions, composition, and resistivity.

Position Overview

The Product Development Engineering Intern will work with a multidisciplinary engineering team developing and supporting next-generation Critical Dimension (CD) metrology systems used in the semiconductor industry. This internship provides hands-on experience in advanced instrumentation, product development, and system characterization.

The intern will support engineers in technology evaluation, prototype testing, system performance analysis, and product validation. The role offers exposure to X-ray technology, optics, electronics, mechanics, software, and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Assist engineers with prototype and beta system testing, including system health checks, calibration, troubleshooting, and data collection.
• Support analysis of measurement performance and help identify trends through data analysis and visualization.
• Participate in system characterization and validation to verify performance against engineering requirements.
• Contribute to hardware or software development projects under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Assist in designing and executing experiments, documenting results, and presenting findings to the engineering team.
• Support root cause investigations of technical issues and help evaluate potential solutions.
• Collaborate with engineers across systems, mechanical, electrical, software, and algorithm development teams.
• Develop scripts or tools to automate data analysis, testing, or engineering workflows.
• Create technical documentation, reports, and presentations summarizing project outcomes.
• Participate in engineering reviews, team meetings, and technical discussions.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Optical Engineering, Materials Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related STEM discipline.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Basic programming experience in Python, MATLAB, C++, or a similar language.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data analysis and visualization.
• Exposure to optics, imaging systems, X-ray technology, instrumentation, or semiconductor manufacturing.
• Hands-on laboratory, research, or project experience involving hardware, electronics, or experimental systems.
• Familiarity with statistical analysis, modeling, or measurement systems.
• Experience using engineering tools such as Python, MATLAB, Git, or LabVIEW.

What You'll Gain

• Hands-on experience working on advanced semiconductor metrology systems.
• Exposure to product development from concept through system validation.
• Mentorship from experienced engineers across multiple technical disciplines.
• Opportunities to contribute to meaningful engineering projects and present results to technical leadership.
• Experience working in a collaborative, fast-paced engineering environment.