Specialist, Software Technology

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

Group/Division

The Semiconductor Products and Customers (Semi PC) business unit designs, builds and sells KLA’s product portfolio to help chip manufacturers meet high-quality standards for technologies like AI, data centers, automotive and electronic devices. Our inspection, metrology, and analytics systems detect and monitor defects across logic and memory chips, specialty semiconductors, wafers, reticles, advanced packaging, process equipment and materials. We also develop technologies for specialty processes, IC substrates, and PCB manufacturing, including etch and deposition, component inspection, and imaging and analytics. The LS-SWIFT division delivers high-throughput patterned wafer inspection systems that support advanced semiconductor manufacturing. Its mission is to provide industry-leading defect detection with optimal cost of ownership across a wide range of applications. LS systems enable precise, cost-effective inspection for cutting-edge process nodes, while SWIFT systems offer comprehensive macro inspection of all wafer surfaces—capabilities that are especially critical for advanced packaging, as well as logic, memory, and automotive applications.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

Responsibilities

 

Technical:

• Responsible for software development activities using Java and C#/C++
• Good debugging skills in a complex software setup involving multi-process/multiple systems in Windows/Java environment with good OS concepts
• Good with SW design skills/architecture
• Optional skills: Knowledge of working with HPC, Linux, and Win32 understanding Acquire and demonstrate technical knowledge of inspector software Participate in end-to-end product development lifecycle activities Acquire knowledge of key use cases in defect inspection using SWIFT tools

 

Team work / Soft skills and others

• Leading/working together productively in a team setup with other team members
• Keenness to learn new technology and see how they can be a suitable fit to the existing product
• Collaborate with teams across different geographical zones to develop / deliver software solutions
• Being flexible with work timings, attending to technical discussions with business team/peer teams across the globe
• Work across groups including systems/hardware, marketing, applications and manufacturing on all aspects of software project including requirement definition, design, development, deployment, support and service
• Understand and apply software development best practices
• Travel to other KLA sites and customer sites on a needed basis

 

 

Qualifications

• BE/BTech/MS/MCA/MTech with 10+ years of SW development experience
• Strong in programming fundamentals, Java / .NET and C#/C++ with good software design exposure.
• Good analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Thorough knowledge of SDLC and software engineering
• Strong verbal and written communication and team-work skills
• Come across as an integrator/energizing/captivating person – helping achieve divisional goals

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

• BE/BTech/MS/MCA/MTech (CS/Electronics/Physics/ECE degree)

Experience:

• Minimum work experience of 10 years in the relevant areas

About KLA

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Use of AI Statement 

At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.