HPC Engineer for Product Development

KLA•Milpitas, CA

8d•$136,300 - $199,900•Onsite

About The Position

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise. The Semiconductor Products and Customers (Semi PC) business unit designs, builds and sells KLA’s product portfolio to help chip manufacturers meet high-quality standards for technologies like AI, data centers, automotive and electronic devices. Our inspection, metrology, and analytics systems detect and monitor defects across logic and memory chips, specialty semiconductors, wafers, reticles, advanced packaging, process equipment and materials. We also develop technologies for specialty processes, IC substrates, and PCB manufacturing, including etch and deposition, component inspection, and imaging and analytics. The RAPID division leads the industry in reticle inspection solutions, helping ensure high lithography yields and cost-effective semiconductor manufacturing. Its systems support both mask shops and fabs by detecting defects early in the process, enabling faster, more reliable production.

Requirements

Skilled software developer with extensive experience in Python - Experience designing and implementing reusable modules and use of open-source libraries.
Data science background with the ability to develop high‑performance computational models
Knowledge of Parallel computing Frameworks MPI/OpenMPI, CUDA, OpenCL.
Experience with creating custom exporters for observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Search.
In-depth knowledge of one or more flavors of Linux: SUSE, Red Hat, Rocky, Alma, Ubuntu
Experience with customizing BIOS, Disk partitioning, RAID utilities, Net boot/PXE, System-D, and Linux HA.
Experience with few listed Configuration Mgmt utilities. (Ansible, Salt, Chef, Puppet etc.)
Interconnected Network configuration experience. Ex setup, customization, monitoring of InfiniBand, Ethernet, RDMA, ROCE v2.
Experience with Server Hardware, GPUs, Familiarity with CUDA, RAID/HBA Controllers, and Storage Technologies aggregation like Mdraid
Have superior understanding of x86 Hardware Platform stack, and proven track record for modelling workloads and benchmark performance.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of KLA processes & procedures added plus
Knowledge of PKI & SSL/TLS certificate management
Possess a strong DevOps focus: Knowledge of setting up a continuous development pipeline (Jenkins), Repository software (Git-based), Docker Containers.
Team Orientation & Interpersonal – Highly motivated, encouraging colleague, with ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with all levels within and external to the organization.
Organization & Time Management – Able to plan, schedule, organize, and follow up on tasks related to the job to achieve goals within or ahead of established time frames.
Multi-task - Ability to expeditiously organize, coordinate, manage, prioritize, and perform multiple tasks simultaneously to swiftly assess a situation, resolve a logical course of action, and apply the appropriate response.
Adaptability – Able to be flexible and supportive, and able to assimilate change positively and proactively in multifaceted growth environment.

Responsibilities

Lead and evolve global electrical engineering standards, specifications, and design guidelines across a diverse facilities portfolio.
Review electrical designs for capital projects, infrastructure upgrades, and critical facility improvements to support consistency, quality, and compliance.
Guide technical strategy for power distribution, UPS, generators, transfer systems, and other critical power infrastructure.
Partner with cross-functional teams to improve resiliency, operational readiness, and long-term facility performance.
Support renewable energy and electrification initiatives, including solar, battery storage, EV charging, and utility coordination where relevant.
Translate technical requirements into clear standards, design guidance, and executive-ready summaries.