At a Glance
- Tasks: Analyse and improve electrical systems for energy efficiency in semiconductor manufacturing tools.
- Company: Join KLA, a leader in semiconductor technology with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days annual leave, a pension scheme, and a global bonus plan.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for travel and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on sustainability while working with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field required.
The predicted salary is between 45450 - 55550 £ per year.
Company Overview: The SPTS division of KLA designs, manufactures and markets wafer processing solutions for the global semiconductor and related industries. SPTS provides industry leading etch and deposition process technologies on a range of single wafer handling platforms. End-market applications include micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), advanced packaging, LED, high speed RF device IC’s and power semiconductors.
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) is looking for the best and the brightest research scientists, software engineers, application development engineers, and senior product technology process engineers. Central Engineering is KLA's largest engineering organization comprised of 9 Centers-of-Excellence (CoE) in various disciplines applied across all product groups in the company.
Job Description/Preferred Qualifications: KLA is seeking an Electrical Engineer – Energy Efficiency to support engineering initiatives focused on reducing electrical energy consumption across KLA semiconductor manufacturing tools. This role contributes to tool-level energy efficiency improvements, supporting internal energy reduction objectives and customer sustainability requirements.
The Electrical Engineer will work on defined electrical subsystems and projects, performing analysis, implementing design improvements. Key Responsibilities include:
- Analyse electrical subsystems to identify energy reduction and power optimization opportunities
- Support design improvements for:
- Power supplies and power distribution systems
- Motors, drives, and motion control systems
- Heaters, RF power, and other high-power electrical loads
- Standby, idle, and peak power reduction strategies
- Support development of energy baselines, duty-cycle analysis, and KPIs
- Execute lab testing and validation to verify energy reduction results
- Collaborate with Mechanical, Systems, Software, and Product Safety engineers on integrated solutions
- Support compliance with applicable SEMI safety standards and internal design requirements
- Assist with evaluation of installed base energy efficiency improvements, including retrofit concepts
- Prepare electrical schematics, design documentation, and engineering change orders
- Support troubleshooting and root-cause analysis related to electrical power and energy performance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with energy efficiency or power optimization projects
- Familiarity with SEMI standards and electrical design
- Exposure to PLC, embedded control systems, or power management strategies
- Experience supporting complex industrial or semiconductor equipment
Additional Information: Travel up to 10% with the ability to be flexible for domestic and international travel based on business needs.
Our Benefits package includes: Annual leave starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays), contributory pension scheme, global bonus plan, cash health plan, cycle to work scheme, share scheme, rewards scheme, and life assurance.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's Level Degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or related field and relevant work experience.
KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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