High Performance Computing (HPC) - Software Engineer
KLA•Milpitas, CA
•$94,600 - $160,800•Onsite
About The Position
Develop, deploy, and support software infrastructure for High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems used for semiconductor data processing, computational lithography, AI workloads, and distributed compute platforms. Work with Linux-based clusters, schedulers, storage systems, networking fabrics, virtualization platforms, and automation frameworks to improve reliability, scalability, and performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Level Degree and 0-2 years related work experience
- BS/MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- 2+ years of software development or systems engineering experience.
- Strong Linux fundamentals.
- Experience with Python and Shell scripting.
- Experience with Git and modern software development practices.
- Understanding of TCP/IP networking, DNS, DHCP, NFS, and system services.
- Familiarity with virtualization technologies such as VMware, Proxmox, or KVM.
Nice To Haves
- HPC cluster experience.
- SGE, SLURM, Kubernetes, or container technologies.
- GPU computing (CUDA/NVIDIA ecosystem).
- Configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt).
- CI/CD frameworks and DevOps workflows.
- Storage technologies including NFS, NAS, RAID, and parallel file systems.
- Independently implement features and fixes.
- Own small-to-medium technical projects.
- Troubleshoot and resolve operational issues.
- Contribute to architecture discussions.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain Python, Bash, and system automation tools.
- Support Linux-based HPC clusters (RHEL, Rocky, AlmaLinux, Ubuntu).
- Assist with deployment and maintenance of compute nodes, storage, and networking infrastructure.
- Configure and troubleshoot schedulers such as SGE, SLURM, or equivalent.
- Develop tooling for cluster monitoring, provisioning, and software deployment.
- Collaborate with software, algorithm, systems, manufacturing, and field teams.
- Debug performance, scalability, and reliability issues across distributed systems.
- Participate in code reviews, CI/CD, testing, and release activities.
- Create operational runbooks, deployment procedures, and technical documentation.
- Support customer and manufacturing escalations.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life
- 401(K) including company matching
- employee stock purchase program (ESPP)
- student debt assistance
- tuition reimbursement program
- development and career growth opportunities and programs
- financial planning benefits
- wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP)
- paid time off
- paid company holidays
- family care and bonding leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
