NPI Engineer (ECO Preparation/Submission - Document Control)
KLA · Milpitas, CA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Controls
- Base pay
- $95k–$139k
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 14 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level controls role at KLA (industrial) in Milpitas, CA. In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Automation, AutoCAD, SAP
- Base pay
- $95k–$139k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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How this role compares
Against 82 other live controls postings in California.
- Base pay
- About 23% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $124k–$179k, from 54 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Automation 60%
- PLC 45%
- Python 40%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 37%
- Robotics 31%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for SAP, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Controls team at KLA
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- 2
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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Bring proof to the interview
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This plant: KLA in Milpitas
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What You'll Do
In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.
The New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineer will work with development engineers and create a product structure, BOM, and review all drawings and procedures to make sure they meet KLA standards before an ECO (Engineering Change Order) is submitted. The engineer will work closely with manufacturing and engineering services on ECO process and release all specifications to manufacturing.
Required
- ✓BSME (or other engineering degree)
- ✓Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel
- ✓Proficient in electrical and mechanical drawing standards
- ✓Strong critical thinking, initiative, interpersonal skills, and clear, effective communication
Qualifications
Master's Level Degree and 0 years related work experience; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 2 years
About KLA
We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.
Total Rewards
Primary Location: USA-CA-Milpitas-KLA
KLA’s total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(K) including company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement program, development and career growth opportunities and programs, financial planning benefits, wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP), paid time off and paid company holidays, and family care and bonding leave.
Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed reflects the pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual pay depends on several factors, including state minimum pay wage rates, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training. We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state minimum wage
requirements
where applicable. If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Use of AI Statement
At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual
qualifications
and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.
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To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.
Group/Division
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. Our inspection, metrology, and analytics systems detect and monitor defects across logic and memory chips, specialty semiconductors, wafers, reticles, advanced packaging, process equipment and materials. We also develop technologies for specialty processes, IC substrates, and PCB manufacturing, including etch and deposition, component inspection, and imaging and analytics. KLA's Central Engineering organization is made up of nine Centers of Excellence (CoEs) spanning disciplines like automation, motion control, sensors, platform design, and packaging. Each CoE contributes not only technical deliverables but also deep expertise, best practices, and advanced tools that elevate both what we build—and how we build it.
More about NPI Tasks
- •Coordinate with design teams to validate design deliverables for new product releases.
- •Coordinate communications associated with the release effort between multi-functional teams in several global locations.
- •Document build process of new products through checklists and procedures.
- •Plan and implement new product releases with high level focus on impact to business systems.
Desired
- +Five years' experience as a manufacturing engineer in the semiconductor industry
- +Exposure to Enovia (PLM), SAP (MRP)
- +Familiarity with CREO/PDMLink, and Autocad
