Configuration Analyst

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

KLA has manufacturing sites worldwide. The Global Operations (GOPS) team, comprised of Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Installation and Quality, builds our leading-edge technology. GOPS partners with KLA's global supply base and design engineering teams to develop new products, working continuously to build better, faster and more cost-efficient solutions.

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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain accurate product configurations throughout the order and product lifecycle.
• Review and validate sales orders to ensure configuration accuracy, completeness, and manufacturability.
• Translate customer and business requirements into executable product configurations in collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Master Scheduling, and Operations.
• Support product releases, engineering changes, and configuration updates.
• Manage and analyze complex product structures, BOMs, configuration options, rules, and dependencies.
• Identify configuration gaps and risks and drive cross-functional resolution.
• Support operational readiness through accurate and timely configuration management.
• Drive data analysis, process improvement, standardization, and automation.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in configuration management, manufacturing, operations or planning.
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills; experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with global stakeholders.
• Self-driven and proactive team player with a strong sense of ownership and urgency.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of BOM structures, ECO processes, and complex manufacturing environments.
• Experience with SAP Variant Configuration (VC), product lifecycle management (PLM), or configuration management tools.
• Experience with data analysis, process improvement, or automation initiatives.
• Experience in the semiconductor or high-tech industry.
  
  

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.

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.

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.