Storage Engineer HPC; Linux​/storage stacks

Position: Staff Storage Engineer HPC (Linux/storage stacks)
Company Overview

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.

Group/Division With over 40 years of semiconductor process control experience, chip makers 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 Broadband Plasma Division (BBP) provides market-leading patterned wafer optical inspection systems for leading-edge IC manufacturing. Logic, foundry, and memory customers depend on BBP products to detect yield-critical defects for process debug and excursion monitoring at advanced process nodes. BBP flagship products include the 29xx and 39xx series which leverage Broadband Plasma technology to capture a wide range of defects with ultimate sensitivity at the optical inspection speeds needed for inline defect monitoring.

Job Description /Preferred Qualifications Architect scalable, high-performance storage solutions across BBP platforms, aligned with long-term product roadmaps

Evaluate and optimize storage architectures across diverse workloads (real-time processing, AI/DL pipelines, high-throughput data ingest)
Analyze tradeoffs across performance, cost, reliability, and scalability (NVMe / SSD / HDD tiering, network fabrics, file systems)
Perform hands-on performance characterization, benchmarking, and tuning of storage and I/O subsystems

Identify and address performance bottlenecks across Linux, network, and storage stacks

Drive internal innovation by going beyond standard vendor solutions and influencing architectural direction

Collaborate with cross-functional teams (hardware, systems, applications, field) to:

Gather requirements

Understand workload characteristics

Generate architectural options

Drive alignment toward optimal solutions

Support evaluation, POC, and productization of storage solutions for future BBP platforms

Contribute to internal knowledge base, documentation, and best practices for storage design and tuning

Minimum Qualifications

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Deep expertise in Linux systems, including I/O stack, kernel behavior, and performance tuning

Strong experience designing and deploying storage solutions in HPC or high-performance environments

Strong understanding of storage technologies:

NVMe, SSD, HDD, RAID, Tiered storage

High-speed interconnects (Infini Band, RoCE, or equivalent)
Hands-on experience with performance benchmarking, profiling, and tuning

Strong understanding of distributed systems and cluster architectures

Hands-on expertise with parallel file systems, including:

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BeeGFS (BGFS)
Doctorate (Academic) Degree and related work experience of 3 years;
Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 6 years;
Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 8+ years

Base Pay Range: $ - $ Annually Primary

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