Staff HPC Product Development Engineer

KLA • Milpitas, CA

140d • $154,900 - $263,300

About The Position

We are looking for a first-rate HPC engineer to join KLA’s Broadband Plasma (BBP) Image Computing team. As a staff HPC Product Development Engineer on that team, you will play a key role in designing, optimizing and supporting a cutting-edge Linux HPC infrastructure that is embedded to the world’s premier Wafer Inspection tools to execute image processing algorithms in real time.

Requirements

• Strong Linux administration skills.
• Proven Linux kernel module development experience.
• Proven experience with designing and supporting a 100+ node cluster in an enterprise or research computing environment.
• Deep understanding of computer architecture.
• Proven experience with Configuration Management tools, such as Ansible, Salt, Puppet and Chef.
• Experience with automation and CI/CD.
• Experience with Nvidia GPU compute.
• Good network administration skills, and experience with InfiniBand or RoCE.
• Experience with containers, such as Docker, Podman, and Singularity/Apptainer.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency in Python, C/C++ and Shell programming.
• Strong performance optimization skills.
• Proven expertise in parallel storage, such as Lustre, BeeGFS, Ceph, etc.
• Proven expertise in distributed computing and parallel computing.
• Excellent writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Come up with innovative technologies to optimize cost and computation time.
• Collaborate with peers to design, optimize the embedded HPC cluster.
• Work with multiple stakeholders to drive hardware / OS stack qualification.
• Project-manage the development effort.
• Develop engineering documentation.
• Support L4 escalations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits.
• 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 and paid company holidays.
• Family care and bonding leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees