Manufacturing Engineer

At KLA we design, develop, and manufacture high-tech capital equipment for the global semiconductor industry. Based at our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Newport, South Wales, this role presents the opportunity to work with innovative technology and learn precision manufacturing processes. This is an exciting role within our Manufacturing Design Engineering (MDE) team, focused on the design and development of improvements to product and processes to support manufacturing growth, new product, and continuous improvement projects.

Within this team, the MDE will play a critical role in ensuring manufacturing and its support teams are planning and completing to the correct specifications, in the most efficient way possible, to deliver high value products, on time, to exacting quality standards. To be most effective, our MDEs have an input in activities across the organisation and, as a result, have a unique ability to develop multi-functional relationships and contribute to the growth of both the MDE and their support teams' technical capabilities. To hit the ground and make an immediate impact, we expect MDEs to have a broad understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and a desire to continually improve processes to maximise yield.

Your day-to-day responsibilities:

• Create and maintain product specs and BOMs.
• Manage specifications with Enovia PLM - Training will be provided.
• Lead multiple projects, working multi-functionally with our Operations and Engineering Teams.
• Investigate and resolve technical challenges on PCBA to support manufacturing processes; you will be able to troubleshoot at device level.
• Release, update, and control of Standard Operating procedures (SOPs).
• Provide technical or product guidance to Supply Chain and Outsourcing teams.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement appropriate corrective and preventative actions.
• Generate, review, and approve Engineering Change Orders.
• Implement change, right first time, following our Product Lifecycle (PLC) process.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. For this role, we are looking for someone who:

• Is Degree qualified in Manufacturing Engineering or Electrical Engineering field or has equivalent experience.
• Has experience of Lean manufacturing implementation and application 5S, VSM, SMED and cellular manufacturing.
• Able to work with complex data sets and handle Statistical Process Control.
• Is willing to travel to other KLA sites for extended periods to learn, document and move production processes.
• Is proficient with CAD - desirable but not essential.
• Has excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

What will we offer you?

This position offers an excellent opportunity for people who are looking to establish a career in a fast-growing, award-winning company in the Semiconductor manufacturing industry! KLA benefits include annual leave starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays), contributory pension scheme, cash health plan, cycle to work scheme, global bonus plan, share scheme, rewards scheme, and life assurance.