Sr. HPC Product Development Engineer (Linux/Solutions Architect)

Company Overview

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

Group/Division

Enabling the movement toward advanced chip design, KLA's Measurement, Analytics and Control group (MACH) is looking for the best and brightest research scientists, software engineers, application development engineers and senior product technology process engineers to join our team. The MACH team's mission is to collaborate with our customers to innovate technologies and solutions that detect and control highly complex process variations—at their source—rather than compensate for them at later stages of the manufacturing process. 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. Our MACH team develops leading-edge solutions for patterning process analytics and control technologies, thereby providing customers with critical insight at the feature level, field level and cross-wafer analysis. Our teams also develop advanced modeling simulation, data analytics and process control modeling technologies. As a member of the MACH team, you’ll be joining the most sophisticated and successful process-control company in the semiconductor industry--working across functions to solve the most complex technical problems in the digital age.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

In this exciting role as an HPC Hardware Computer Product Engineer, the successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Design, and implement HPC server platform for use in high-volume semiconductor fabs with high availability

• Select, qualify and integrate components into the final design considering cost v. performance trade-offs.

• Develop & implement test plans to assess quality of components used in manufacturing and long-term (15yr +) sustaining support of hardware servers

• Understand and work closely with software applications hosted on server platform

• Perform SW-HW co-design while minimizing costs

• Perform QA testing of computer hardware and validating target software applications

• Evaluate effectiveness of existing server designs and recommend essential changes for continuous improvement & field support

• Work with third party HW & SW suppliers and system integrators

• Own beta installations and support customer field escalations

Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Computer Engineering or related discipline

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building computer systems running Linux and VMware

• Solid understanding of virtualization concepts

• Comprehensive knowledge of computer hardware

• Experience deploying TCP/IP networking

• System administrator level advanced programming skills using scripting languages such as Bash, Perl, etc.

Minimum Qualifications

Doctorate (Academic) Degree and 0 years related work experience; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years

Base Pay Range: $130,400.00 - $221,700.00 Annually

Primary Location: USA-CA-Milpitas-KLA

KLA’s total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(K) including company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement program, development and career g