FPGA Firmware Design Manager

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

Group/Division 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 Broadband Plasma (BBP) division is the market-leading optical inspection system used by logic, foundry, and memory customers to detect critical defects at advanced nodes. These tools combine broadband plasma technology with unmatched sensitivity and speed to support high-volume manufacturing.

What You'll Do In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

We are seeking an experienced FPGA Firmware Design Manager to lead a team of FPGA and firmware engineers responsible for developing high-performance digital solutions for advanced semiconductor inspection and metrology systems. This role combines technical leadership, people management, and multi-functional collaboration to drive FPGA firmware architecture, implementation, verification, release, and support throughout the product lifecycle. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in FPGA development, digital system architecture, and engineering leadership, with demonstrated experience of delivering complex products in a fast-paced environment.

• Technical Leadership Lead the architecture, design, implementation, verification, and maintenance of FPGA firmware for advanced inspection and metrology systems.
• Drive FPGA design reviews and establish standards for coding, simulation, verification, documentation, and release processes.
• Provide technical guidance on:
  High-speed digital interfaces;
  Data acquisition systems;
  Image processing pipelines;
  Motion control systems;
  Real-time embedded systems; FPGA-based signal processing.
• Ensure designs are scalable, maintainable, and reusable across multiple product platforms.
• Participate in system architecture definition and technology roadmap planning.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of FPGA firmware engineers.
• Set project priorities and allocate resources across multiple programs.
• Manage employee performance, provide coaching, and support career development.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, innovation, and collaboration.
• Recruit, interview, and onboard high-performing engineering talent.

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of FPGA firmware development experience.
• Strong expertise with FPGA development tools and methodologies.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field or equivalent combination of any relevant education and experience.
• 8+ years of relevant experience with proven ability to lead including 4+ years of management experience.

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and…