Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Company: KLA-Tencor
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Location: Newport
Job Description:

Overview

As Platform Mechanical Design Engineer, you will design and validate core mechanical, thermal, and vacuum systems that integrate SPTS process equipment into customer fabs. You’ll work in a cross-functional, multi-disciplinary team to meet tight regulatory and project deadlines, while supporting manufacturing and service activities. You’ll contribute to obsolescence engineering and prototype testing, with opportunities for personal growth in a global, highly technical environment. This role combines hands-on design with collaboration across departments to enable advanced wafer processing solutions.

Pay / Benefits

  • 25 days annual leave
  • contributory pension scheme
  • cash health plan
  • cycle to work scheme
  • global bonus plan
  • share scheme

Responsibilities

  • Mechanical design from concept to release for product hardware
  • Designing components for vacuum environments
  • Collaborate in multi-disciplinary systems design teams
  • Pneumatic systems design
  • Obsolescence engineering
  • Produce design documentation and regulatory-relevant reports
  • Support Manufacturing, Commodity and NPL departments
  • Bill of materials cost control and supplier liaison
  • Build and test prototypes
  • Lead small projects from concept to implementation
  • Mentor junior engineers

Key requirements

  • Minimum Degree in Mechanical/Mechatronics engineering or related
  • 3D CAD experience with Solid Edge or similar
  • Proven development and design experience
  • CNC machining and fabrication design experience
  • Experience using FEA tools
  • Excellent knowledge of GD&T
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to work autonomously and in a team
  • Good IT skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • excellent communication
  • flexible and able to prioritise
  • autonomous and team player
  • 3D CAD (Solid Edge)
  • FEA (Finite Element Analysis)
  • GD&T

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Posted: September 27th, 2026