Associate Technical Lead, Software Development

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.

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 LS-SWIFT Division of KLA’s Global Products Group provides patterned wafer inspection systems for high-volume semiconductor manufacturing. Its mission is to deliver market-leading cost of ownership in defect detection for a broad range of applications in the production of semiconductors. Customers from the foundry, logic, memory, automotive, MEMS, advanced packaging and other markets rely upon high-sample wafer inspection information generated by LS-SWIFT products. LS (Laser Scanning) systems enable cost-effective patterned wafer defect detection for the industry’s most sophisticated process technologies deployed in leading-edge foundry, logic, DRAM, and NAND fabs. SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafer Inspection at Fast Throughput) systems deliver all-wafer-surface (frontside, backside, and edge) macro inspection that is critical for automotive IC, MEMS, and advanced packaging processes as well as foundry/logic and memory fabs. LS-SWIFT operates from a global footprint that includes the US, Singapore, India and Germany, and serves a worldwide customer base across Asia, Europe and North America.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Job Description:

KLA is looking for a highly skilled and seasoned Lead Software Developer to develop an infrastructure that orchestrates the SW and its deployment across various workloads in a cluster, manage multiple instances of the SW side by side. The ideal candidate shall possess a robust background in software engineering, brings in fresh ideas, enthusiastic to take any new problem, be versatile and passion for spearheading cutting-edge solutions. As a lead developer,  you will guide the development team, mentor junior developers and contractors, ensure seamless execution of projects. 

Responsibilities:

• Design, recommend and implement software solutions using the best suitable technologies from the suite of latest technologies.
• Lead design & code reviews with the team and provide actionable feedback that ensures best practices (e.g., adherence to requirements, testability, efficiency and style guidelines, etc.,) 
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to define and refine project goals, requirements, and timelines.
• Design and develop SW to deploy various components of the software across various nodes and manages multiple side by side instances of the SW.
• Identify potential technical issues early and develop strategies to address them.
• Keep abreast of the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices.
• Contribute to existing documentation or knowledge base that expedites resolution time of queries from stakeholders like quality team, customer support, global service team, etc.,
• Triage SW issues and track them and debug to identify the root causes of issues, resolve with fast turnaround time - Creating impact on overall system, and quality. 
• Proactively identify and mitigate technical challenges and risks.
• Conduct thorough code reviews and provide actionable feedback.

Required Skills:

• Strong object-oriented programming skills in C# or Java
• Extensive knowledge in Inter-Process Communication (IPC) techniques and tools viz: WCF, gRPC, REST, GraphQL protobuf, JSON, etc.,
• Experience with container orchestration and management tools - Dockers, K8's, Helm Charts, etc.,
• [Desirable] Experience in database management system, including 
  • SQL Database: SQL Server, SQLite
  • No SQL Databases: MongoDB
  • Time Series Databases: Prometheous, InfluxDB
• Familiarity with observability tools and practices - Opentelemetry, Grafana, Elastic, Kibana, Logstash, etc.,
• Proficiency in scripting languages like python, shell and ansible  for automation solutions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years

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KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer

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