# Sr. Mechanical Engineering Manager — Vacuum Systems

Hiring organization: [KLA-Tencor](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/kla-tencor)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/1b965420-8e52-4a4c-b1cd-6647d3c103b9

Listed on KLA-Tencor's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Management
- Location: Milpitas, CA
- Salary: 181000 – 307700 USD per year

## Summary

This role leads a mechanical engineering team developing precision hardware for next-generation EUV light sources in semiconductor reticle inspection equipment, operating in extreme vacuum and thermal environments. It suits an experienced engineering manager who has built capital equipment at high complexity and wants to own subsystem architecture across vacuum, optics, and thermal-mechanical integration.

_Our summary, not KLA-Tencor's wording._

## Skills named

Vibration Analysis

## Required

- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
- 10+ years developing complex hardware such as semiconductor tools or precision vacuum systems
- 5+ years leading engineers through concept-to-release
- Expertise in multiple of: vacuum/UHV design, precision mechanisms, rotating machinery, thermal-structural design, vibration/dynamics, contamination-aware design, design-for-manufacturability

## Nice to have

- EUV-adjacent source or illumination subsystem experience
- High-power laser-integrated hardware experience
- Precision opto-mechanical alignment system experience
- Cryogenic mechanism and vacuum feedthrough design for reliability and maintainability
- Production transfer and sustaining engineering track record

Apply on KLA-Tencor's site: https://kla.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Search/job/Milpitas-CA/Senior-Mechanical-Engineering-Manager---EUV-Source-Mechanical-Development_2634018