Overview
Job Opening ID: 121385
Company Overview
Calling the adventurers ready to join a company that’s pushing the limits of nanotechnology to keep the digital revolution rolling. At KLA, we’re making technology advancements that are bigger—and tinier—than the world has ever seen.
Who are we? We research, develop, and manufacture the world’s most advanced inspection and measurement equipment for the semiconductor and nanoelectronics industries. We enable the digital age by pushing the boundaries of technology, creating tools capable of finding defects smaller than a wavelength of visible light. We create smarter processes so that technology leaders can manufacture high-performance chips—the kind in that phone in your pocket, the tablet on your desk and nearly every electronic device you own—faster and better. We’re passionate about creating solutions that drive progress and help people do what wouldn’t be possible without us. The future is calling. Will you answer?
Group/Division
The Global Service Support Organization (GSS) team headquartered in Milpitas, CA is our service organization that consists of Service Sales and Marketing, Spares Supply Chain management, Field Operations, Engineering, Product Training, and Technical Support. The GSS organization partners with our field teams and customers in all business sectors to maintain the high performance and productivity of our products through a flexible portfolio of services. Our comprehensive services include: proactive management of tools to identify and improve performance; expertise in optics, image processing and motion control with worldwide service engineers, 24/7 technical support teams and knowledge management systems; and an extensive parts network to ensure worldwide availability of parts.
The GSS organization’s Engineering group develops data systems for improved diagnostics and predictive maintenance. The data systems monitor the performance of fleets of KLA test and measurement equipment in semiconductor fabrication plant environments. They collect, transform, and store data. They provide visualizations, recommendations based on analytics, and alerts. This exciting position will enable you to interact with a wide variety of engineers and KLA system data.
Responsibilities
Lead and inspire team members to achieve software product excellence in quality, reliability, user experience and functionality.
Interact with multi-site team members (Michigan, California, India, and Israel) during software product life cycle for requirement analysis, design, coding, integration and testing
Contribute to feature development by being hands-on in design, development and testing
Work with software, hardware, service, applications, and marketing groups as needed to document product requirements, integrate features, and validate designs
Communicate and share information, learning, and methods with team members
Performance management and career development planning for team members
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:
Ability to manage, mentor and guide team of software engineers
Technical expertise in one or more programming language (C#/Java/C++/C)
Excellent software design/implementation capabilities
Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Motivated to learn new skills independently
Creative thinker with good problem-solving abilities
Desirable:
Experience with Agile Software Development Life Cycle and process workflow or other software life cycles
Proven track record of accomplishments as technical lead engineer or software engineering manager
Strong ability to mentor software engineers and motivate them to achieve software product excellence
Good understanding of statistics, data analytics, and machine learning
Experience with the following technical areas
Multi-threaded and multi-core software application programming
UML, OOP and OOD methodologies
Development of Python or MatLab applications
Web development (HTTP, REST, JavaScript, HTML, CSS)
Database systems (SQL/NoSQL)
Working with modern open-source tools for distributed computing (Apache Spark, Kafka, Redis, Hadoop)
Building distributed RESTful web services
Development with Service Oriented Architecture Design and implementation for large scale systems
Rational Team Concert source code and software requirements management tool, or a similar system
Building or troubleshooting scientific instruments or other mechanical, electrical, and/or optical systems
Semiconductor industry and semiconductor equipment – both software and hardware
Minimum Qualifications
Degree in a field such as Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical, or equivalent field.
Doctorate (Academic) with at least 3 years of experience. OR Master’s Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience. OR Bachelor’s Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience.
Equal Employment Opportunity
KLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.
