Camera System Firmware Engineer

KLA•Milpitas, CA

11d

About The Position

KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies. No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration, research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and we invest 15% of sales back into R&D. Our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers work together with the world’s leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow’s electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us. We are seeking a Camera System Firmware Engineer with strong expertise in Python, including Python GUI development. This role involves providing Python camera models and deep test infrastructure for our hardware. A system-level understanding of camera hardware is highly desirable.

Requirements

Extensive experience in python development, with a strong system level understanding of embedded systems.
Deep familiarity with Windows and embedded Linux environments (timesys, petalinux, yocto)
Expertise in performance profiling, debugging, and system optimization.
Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git)
Strong problem-solving, analytical skills.

Responsibilities

Automation Framework Development: create and maintain test automation frameworks for our cameras using Python and Jython. These frameworks operate stand-alone (Python) and large tool software environment (Jython)
Scripting: develop automated test scripts for functional, regression and API testing.
Test Suite Integration: Develop camera interfaces for existing Labview test suites based on python.
Develop engineering/scientific GUIs for data visualization using PyQt/PyQtGraph, or similar libraries.
Develop python test scripts for hardware interfaces in test benches. Power supplies, oscilloscopes, other test equipment
Collaborate with hardware, FPGA and firmware engineers to understand the camera systems and benches.
Prototype firmware using python and provide requirements to embedded software engineer.
A deep understanding of C/C++ is required to be able to verify embedded code output
Debugging & Analysis: Identify, log, and track bugs to closure, analyzing test results to ensure high product quality.