Software Engineer

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 Surfscan division develops unpatterned wafer inspection systems that detect nanoscale particles and surface defects early in semiconductor manufacturing. Its systems monitor wafer quality across a wide range of applications, enabling faster issue identification and improved process control.

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

Candidate must have a 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.

Proven experience developing and troubleshooting multidisciplinary SW/HW systems, ideally involving large software systems or semiconductor products. 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. Hands-on experience developing applications on Windows and/or Linux operating systems. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on debugging complex systems. Deep familiarity with memory management/memory optimization.

Expertise in performance profiling, debugging, and system optimization.

Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines in production environments.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Required Skills & Competencies 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. Ability to interact and communicate with all levels of staff and management, keeping discussions at the appropriate level of abstraction and moving cleanly from theory to implementation.

Ability to travel to customer sites on short notices for Software troubleshooting as needed.

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

Minimum Qualifications Education and experience (one of the following):
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or a related field, with 5+ years of relevant experience. Master's degree in a related field with 3+ years of relevant experience. Doctorate in a related field with 1+ year of relevant experience. About KLAWe provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that…