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 Surfscan group includes a team of engineers, technology development, apps engineers and product marketing focused on technology that enables wafer, IC and equipment manufacturers to develop, qualify and monitor their process tools. Defects and process non-uniformities detected on Surfscan equipment allow for early identification of yield excursions. The flagship Surfscan products include the SPx platforms for wafer surface quality and wafer defect inspection tools and systems for inspection of polished wafers, epi wafers and engineered substrates during the wafer fabrication process.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

• • Experience with Linux system administration, platform integration, and infrastructure support in enterprise or production environments, including Linux networking, file systems, storage technologies, and performance tuning.

  • Hands-on experience with Ansible, cluster provisioning solutions, infrastructure automation, configuration management, and deployment orchestration.

  • Strong scripting and software development skills using Python, Bash, or similar languages to automate installation, validation, monitoring, and operational workflows.

  • Experience deploying, administering, and troubleshooting Kubernetes, containerized applications, and distributed computing environments.

  • Understanding of Linux device drivers, kernel modules, operating system internals, hardware-software dependencies, and platform integration.

  • Experience evaluating and qualifying server platforms, including BIOS, BMC/IPMI firmware, hardware health, and system configurations across enterprise server technologies.

  • Knowledge of GPU-accelerated computing environments, including NVIDIA GPU drivers, CUDA, AI/ML infrastructure, and performance optimization for compute-intensive workloads.

  • Experience with high-performance networking technologies, including Mellanox/NVIDIA networking solutions, RDMA, RoCE, InfiniBand, and high-speed Ethernet infrastructures.

  • Experience with observability, monitoring, and cluster health management frameworks such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, or similar platforms.

  • Familiarity with modern software delivery practices including Git, CI/CD pipelines, Helm, Infrastructure-as-Code, and automated release management methodologies.

  • Experience supporting secure, mission-critical, or air-gapped production environments, including customer deployments, platform upgrades, and critical issue resolution.

  • Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills across software, infrastructure, networking, operating systems, GPUs, and hardware platforms, with the ability to collaborate effectively with vendors, cross-functional engineering teams, and customers.

  • Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally to support platform qualification, deployment, installation, and customer-facing activities.

Minimum Qualifications

Base Pay Range: $136,300.00 - $231,700.00 Annually

Primary Location: USA-CA-Milpitas-KLA

KLA’s total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(K) including company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement program, development and career growth opportunities and programs, financial planning benefits, wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP), paid time off and paid company holidays, and family care and bonding leave.

Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed reflects the pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual pay depends on several factors, including state minimum pay wage rates, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training. We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state minimum wage requirements where applicable. If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.