The Software Engineer will join the Diagnostics & Calibration software team at KLA in Milpitas, CA, focusing on designing and developing software for reticle inspection platforms. This role emphasizes collaboration with physicists and hardware engineers to create scalable diagnostic solutions. The ideal candidate will be passionate about AI and ML, leveraging modern tools to enhance engineering workflows. The position offers opportunities to prototype AI-driven applications and improve software reliability.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Physical Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Optics, Microscopy, or a related field.
• 4+ years of software development experience or 2+ years with a Master's degree in multi-developer environments.
• Proficiency with object-oriented design and experience with languages such as Python, C++, or C#.
• Genuine enthusiasm for exploring AI/ML and generative-AI tools with hands-on experience building applications.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and practices, including building and maintaining automated workflows.
• Strong background in software involving hardware-software interaction and system-level behavior.
• Demonstrated ability to translate user needs and system requirements into technical specifications.
• Strong problem-solving skills with experience diagnosing and resolving complex issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in globally distributed teams.
• Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

• Design, develop, test, and maintain LabVIEW-based and multi-language software for diagnosing and calibrating KLA's reticle inspection platforms.
• Learn the existing diagnostics and calibration software architecture and contribute clean, maintainable, well-tested code.
• Translate system-level and user requirements into software designs, implementations, and test plans.
• Explore and apply AI/ML and generative-AI techniques to build applications that improve diagnostics and calibration.
• Rapidly prototype AI-driven proofs-of-concept and mature promising ideas into production-ready tools.
• Improve software reliability, maintainability, performance, and scalability through sound design and refactoring.
• Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines and workflows for automated build, test, and release.
• Participate actively in design reviews, code reviews, and development best practices.
• Partner cross-functionally with hardware, subsystem, system, manufacturing, and service teams.
• Support root-cause analysis of complex system-level issues and drive effective solutions.
• Travel occasionally to global sites and customer locations to support integration and deployment activities.

• 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.