Software Engineer

KLA•Milpitas, CA

14h•Onsite

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. With over 40 years of semiconductor process control experience, chipmakers around the globe rely on KLA to ensure that their fabs ramp next-generation devices to volume production quickly and cost-effectively. Enabling the movement towards advanced chip design, KLA's Global Products Group (GPG), which is responsible for creating all of KLA’s metrology and inspection products, is looking for the best and the brightest research scientist, software engineers, application development engineers, and senior product technology process engineers. The Surfscan group includes a team of engineers, technology development, apps engineers and product marketing focused on technology that enables wafer, IC and equipment manufacturers to develop, qualify and monitor their process tools. Defects and process non-uniformities detected on Surfscan equipment allow for early identification of yield excursions. The flagship Surfscan products include the SPx platforms for wafer surface quality and wafer defect inspection tools and systems for inspection of polished wafers, epi wafers and engineered substrates during the wafer fabrication process.

Requirements

Bachelor’s with 5+ years’ work experience / Master's Degree with 3+ year work experience or PhD majoring in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
Extensive experience in C++ development, with a strong foundation in object-oriented design, system-level programming, and software architecture.
Working knowledge of multithreading and multiprocessing concepts.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Deep familiarity with memory management/memory optimization.
Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines in production environments.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Solid grasp of object-oriented design principles and relational database design patterns.
Thorough knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and software engineering practices across analysis, design, development, and unit testing.
Familiarity with AI tools and technologies that accelerate development and testing.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of STL, the Boost library, WinDBG, and Windows internals.
Domain knowledge of semiconductor process control or wafer inspection.

Responsibilities

Developing and troubleshooting multidisciplinary SW/HW systems, ideally involving large software systems or semiconductor products.
Developing applications on Windows and/or Linux operating systems.
Debugging complex systems.
Performance profiling, debugging, and system optimization.
Interacting and communicating with all levels of staff and management, keeping discussions at the appropriate level of abstraction and moving cleanly from theory to implementation.
Traveling to customer sites on short notices for Software troubleshooting as needed.