KLA

Decisions within a year

• Yongin training center expansion: In October 2025 it expanded the LKS Training Center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, to 2,211 m², about twice its previous size, and opened a new ECI demo lab capable of validating customized solutions for customers. Training programs total 1,600 weeks of content, up 176% from the center's founding, and the center's staff more than tripled within two years of its establishment.
• Korean talent development program: The launch ceremony for the 6th cohort of the KLA Foundation scholarship program was held in Suwon on July 29, 2026. The program has run since 2021; this cohort includes 28 teams and about 290 middle and high school students, and KLA Korea President Kim Yang-hyung attended.

People they will look for

• Inspection and metrology equipment field service engineer — with about 23% of revenue coming from services and maintaining equipment uptime at domestic customers' fabs as the core task, demand for field engineers is steady
• Application engineer since customized validation is done at the Yongin ECI demo lab, the company needs application staff to set equipment conditions to match customer processes
• Technical training instructor and training program manager — with training volume and staff at the Yongin center growing fast, the company needs people to design and teach equipment training

For hiring managers

Inspection and metrology equipment service and application engineers are sought by the Korean subsidiaries of global semiconductor equipment companies, domestic equipment makers and chipmakers' process organizations alike. Because the company is growing the Yongin center to train and use local talent directly, it is wise to secure experienced hires early who can also take on training roles.

For job seekers

Process or equipment experience handling inspection and metrology tools in a semiconductor fab, or field service experience at an equipment maker, is what this company values most right now.