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Senior HPC Software & Systems Architect

KLA

Location

Milpitas, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

7/28/2026

Compensation

$186,200 - $316,500 per year

PhD with 5+ Years of Experience
Master's with 5+ Years of Experience
Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202696.3% approval-2% YoY
💎 Strong sponsor

Job description

In this role, you will design and architect next-generation High Performance Computing platforms that support semiconductor manufacturing and AI workloads. You will be part of KLA's Measurement, Analytics and Control group, which focuses on innovating technologies to control complex process variations in semiconductor manufacturing. The position requires leading architecture decisions across various domains including software, hardware, and cloud-integrated HPC infrastructure. You will also provide technical leadership and mentor engineers while defining the HPC platform roadmap.

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 12-15 years of experience.
  • Expert knowledge of Linux distributions such as RHEL, Rocky, AlmaLinux, Ubuntu, and SUSE.
  • Experience with HPC technologies including SGE, SLURM, and Kubernetes.
  • Strong understanding of distributed computing architectures and GPU workload scheduling.
  • Proficiency in software development using Python, C++, and Bash.

Responsibilities

  • Define architecture for enterprise-scale HPC clusters.
  • Develop compute, network, storage, and virtualization strategies.
  • Lead platform scalability planning from tens to thousands of cores.
  • Design distributed software services supporting HPC infrastructure.
  • Provide technical leadership across software, systems, manufacturing, operations, and field organizations.

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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