Software Tech Lead

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 worlds leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrows electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us.

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. Enabling the movement towards advanced chip design KLAs Global Products Group (GPG) which is responsible for creating all of KLAs metrology and inspection products is looking for the best and the brightest research scientist software engineers application development engineers and senior product technology process engineers. The LS-SWIFT Division of KLAs Global Products Group provides patterned wafer inspection systems for high-volume semiconductor manufacturing. Its mission is to deliver market-leading cost of ownership in defect detection for a broad range of applications in the production of semiconductors. Customers from the foundry logic memory automotive MEMS advanced packaging and other markets rely upon high-sample wafer inspection information generated by LS-SWIFT products. LS (Laser Scanning) systems enable cost-effective patterned wafer defect detection for the industrys most sophisticated process technologies deployed in leading-edge foundry logic DRAM and NAND fabs. SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafer Inspection at Fast Throughput) systems deliver all-wafer-surface (frontside backside and edge) macro inspection that is critical for automotive IC MEMS and advanced packaging processes as well as foundry/logic and memory fabs. LS-SWIFT operates from a global footprint that includes the US Singapore India and Germany and serves a worldwide customer base across Asia Europe and North America.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Responsibilities:

• Design recommend and implement software solutionsusing the best suitable technologies from the suite of latest technologies.

• Lead design & code reviews with the team and provide actionable feedback that ensures best practices (e.g. adherence to requirements testability efficiency and style guidelines etc.)

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to define and refine project goals requirements and timelines.

• Design and develop SW to deploy various components of the software across various nodes and manages multiple side by side instances of the SW.

• Identify potential technical issues early and develop strategies to address them.

• Keep abreast of the latest industry trends technologies and best practices.

• Contribute to existing documentation or knowledge base that expedites resolution time of queries from stakeholders like quality team customer support global service team etc.

• Triage SW issues and track them and debug to identify the root causes of issues resolve with fast turnaround time - Creating impact on overall system and quality.

• Proactively identify and mitigate technical challenges and risks.

• Conduct thorough code reviews and provide actionable feedback.

Required Skills:

• Strong object-oriented programming skills in C# or Java

• Extensive knowledge in Inter-Process Communication (IPC) techniques and tools viz: WCF gRPC REST GraphQL protobuf JSON etc.

• Experience with container orchestration and management tools - Dockers K8s Helm Charts etc.

• Desirable Experience in database management system including

  • SQL Database: SQL Server SQLite

  • No SQL Databases: MongoDB

  • Time Series Databases: Prometheous InfluxDB

• Familiarity with observability tools and practices- Opentelemetry Grafana Elastic Kibana Logstash etc.

• Proficiency in scripting languages like python shell and ansible for automation solutions.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Minimum Qualifications

Masters Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years (OR)

Bachelors Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years

We offer a competitive family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer

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