Software Engineer Intern - AI​/ML Diagnostics & Calibration

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.

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 RAPID division leads the industry in reticle inspection solutions, helping ensure high lithography yields and cost-effective semiconductor manufacturing. Its systems support both mask shops and fabs by detecting defects early in the process, enabling faster, more reliable production.

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

• Develop Python-based software and AI/ML prototypes that combine analytical models with image-based diagnostics.
• Prepare representative image and signal datasets and assess selected metrics: resolution, noise, spectral content, sampling and aliasing, uniformity and contrast, and optical or system aberrations.
• Evaluate prototypes quantitatively against analytical baselines and expert assessments; document accuracy, uncertainty, and failure cases.
• Identify performance-limiting parameters and likely contributors to degradation, and recommend calibration actions for human review.
• Build reproducible code, tests, and technical documentation; collaborate with engineers using approved data and AI tools while protecting proprietary information.
• Explore AI-assisted troubleshooting, engineering analysis, or workflow automation with your mentor to support the core diagnostics work.

• Exposure to image or signal processing, optics, imaging systems, or calibration methods.
• Experience with PyTorch, Tensor Flow, or scikit-learn, and familiarity with software testing, version control, or reproducible experimentation.
• Familiarity with LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation, AI coding assistants, or workflow automation is helpful but not required.

Required qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a BS, MS, or PhD program in computer science, electrical engineering, applied mathematics, physics, or a related discipline.
• Proficiency in Python and scientific computing, with foundational knowledge of machine learning.
• Experience analyzing data through coursework, research, or projects; strong problem-solving skills and clear written and verbal communication.

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Base Pay Range: $37.00 - $58.00 per hour based on pursuit of a Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. Primary

Location:

USA-CA-Milpitas-KLA

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