Computing; HPC - Software Engineer

Position: High Performance Computing (HPC) - Software Engineer
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

Enabling the movement toward advanced chip design, KLA's Measurement, Analytics and Control group (MACH) is looking for the best and brightest research scientists, software engineers, application development engineers and senior product technology process engineers to join our team. The MACH team's mission is to collaborate with our customers to innovate technologies and solutions that detect and control highly complex process variations-at their source-rather than compensate for them at later stages of the manufacturing process.

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. Our MACH team develops leading-edge solutions for patterning process analytics and control technologies, thereby providing customers with critical insight at the feature level, field level and cross-wafer analysis. Our teams also develop advanced modeling simulation, data analytics and process control modeling technologies.

As a member of the MACH team, you'll be joining the most sophisticated and successful process-control company in the semiconductor industry--working across functions to solve the most complex technical problems in the digital age.

Job Description /Preferred Qualifications

Position Summary

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.

Responsibilities

* Develop and maintain Python, Bash, and system automation tools.

* Support Linux-based HPC clusters (RHEL, Rocky, Alma Linux, 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.

Preferred Qualifications

* HPC cluster experience.

* SGE, SLURM, Kubernetes, or container technologies.

* GPU computing (CUDA/NVIDIA ecosystem).

* Configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt).

* CI/CD frameworks and Dev Ops 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.

Minimum Qualifications

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.

Base Pay Range: $94,600.00 - $ Annually

Primary

Location:

USA-CA-Milpitas-KLA

KLA's total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(K) including company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance,…