Description
/Preferred Qualifications
This role will be based in Celtic Lakes. Our new 237,000-square-foot Newport facility provides additional production and customer collaboration spaces, including 25,000 square feet of R&D clean rooms, 35,000 square feet of state-of-the-art manufacturing space and tool demo areas, all designed to support development of semiconductor process technologies across advanced packaging, power devices, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), radio frequency (RF) and photonics sector technology.
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!
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.
Your day-to-day responsibilities:
1. Prepare feedback on Design for Manufacture to Product Design and New Product Launch teams
2. Create and maintain product specs and BOMs with Solid Edge / Solid Works, and AutoCAD Electrical
3. Manage specifications with Enovia PLM - Training will be provided
4. Lead projects, working multi-functionally with our Operations and Engineering Teams
5. Investigate and resolve technical challenges to support manufacturing processes
6. Provide technical or product guidance to Supply Chain and Outsourcing teams
7. Perform root cause analysis and implement appropriate corrective and preventative actions
8. Generate, review, and approve Engineering Change Orders
9. Implementing 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:
10. Has minimum HNC qualification plus experience in an operational, manufacturing or engineering role
11. Has excellent interpersonal and communication skills
12. Is Degree qualified - desirable
13. Is proficient with Solid Edge, Solid Works, and AutoCAD Electrical - desirable but not essential
What will we offer you?
KLA’s benefits package includes:
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, life assurance, generous shift allowance and overtime premiums.
Minimum Qualifications
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