AI Engineering Architect – Agentic AI & Digital Engineering
KLAAI Engineering Architect – Agentic AI & Digital Engineering
KLALocation
Milpitas, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
5/23/2026
Compensation
$186,200 - $316,500 per year
Job description
The Advanced Technology of the RAPID Division at KLA is seeking an AI Engineering Architect to lead the development and deployment of AI solutions for EUV source and actinic inspection engineering. This role emphasizes ownership of the AI roadmap and focuses on enhancing engineering productivity through intelligent automation and analytics. The team is dedicated to addressing engineering bottlenecks and improving decision-making processes. Candidates will work closely with engineering teams to implement AI-assisted workflows and digital transformation initiatives.
Requirements
- Doctorate degree with 5 years of related work experience, or a Master's degree with 8 years of experience, or a Bachelor's degree with 12 years of experience.
- Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, AI/ML, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong hands-on experience building and deploying AI/ML solutions for complex engineering or industrial workflows.
- Experience with integrating AI into engineering data, software, or workflow systems.
- Experience with engineering data such as sensor streams, logs, structured/unstructured technical documents, or time-series datasets.
Responsibilities
- Own the AI roadmap for EUV source and digital engineering use cases, identifying and prioritizing high-value opportunities.
- Build AI solutions for source health analytics, anomaly detection, and predictive monitoring using engineering telemetry and operational data.
- Develop AI-assisted workflows for alarm audit, root-cause analysis, and engineering task automation.
- Partner with engineering teams to enable AI-assisted modeling, digital thread, and knowledge-grounded engineering workflows.
- Define AI observability, evaluation, tracing, and safe production deployment practices for engineering AI systems.
Benefits
- Employees at KLA are often offered competitive pay with bonuses, a 401(k) match, an employee stock purchase program, and financial perks like student-debt assistance, planning support, and group insurance discounts. Health and lifestyle benefits typically include medical/dental/vision, life and other voluntary coverages, paid time off and holidays, family leave, backup care, wellness rewards, gym discounts, and community-volunteering opportunities. Employees also get strong growth support through tuition reimbursement, KLA’s corporate learning center, education awards, and engineering certification programs.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Kla Corporation
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
63
FY2026
Approval rate
96.3%
FY2026
LCA certified
84
FY2026
Entry-level share
7.1%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
-2%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-79%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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