Diagnostics Software Engineer

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

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, KLA's Global Products Group (GPG), which is responsible for creating all of KLA’s 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 RAPID division is the world leading provider of reticle inspection solutions for the semiconductor industry. The company provides inspection solutions to both the mask shops and the semiconductor fabs to ensure that lithography yields are consistently high thus enabling cost-effective manufacturing.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

We are seeking a highly motivated and technically skilled Software Engineer to join our interdisciplinary team. You will collaborate with physicists, hardware engineers, and external vendors to design, develop, and maintain sophisticated software systems that diagnose and calibrate our ground breaking inspection platforms.

This role is ideal for someone passionate about crafting software solution to address system-level challenges and eager to work in a dynamic, multi-functional environment.

• Learn and understand existing LabVIEW software architecture, and lead software development to achieve the project goals.
• Design, implement and maintain software solutions using LabVIEW and other programming languages.
• Translate user needs and system-level requirements into well-structured software specifications and working code.
• Drive design-of-excellence to improve software reliability, maintainability, and performance.
• Develop creative solutions to exciting problems rarely found elsewhere, collaborate multi-functionally with hardware, subsystem, system, manufacturing and service teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Perform ongoing development, testing, root cause analysis of issues and iteratively implement software solutions.
• Will spend time in clean-room environments in performing integration and tests (10%-20%)
• Occasional global travel to customer sites to support installations (10%-20%)

Qualifications

Required skills

• Experience with particle beam physics, electron optics, SEM technology or microscopy at large and their related instrumentation is highly desirable .
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze and resolve system-level issues.
• Proficiency in LabVIEW object-oriented design and programming. Experience with one or more programming languages such as python, C++, C#.
• Experience with computer vision, image processing or image analysis methodologies.
• Experience developing medium/large scale software application and working in multi developer software teams.
• Demonstrated experience converting user input into technical specifications and functional software.
• Self-motivated with excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Possess high curiosity, be a fast learner, and have the strive to turn prototype ideas into quality production code used in most meaningful applications

Preferred but not required

• Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD)