Software Engineeer jobs at Kla in Taiwan, Hsinchu

This role is ideal for someone passionate about using software to address system-level challenges and eager to work in a multifaceted, multi-functional environment.

• Learn and understand existing software, and lead software development to achieve the project goals.
• Contribute to ongoing development, testing, and iterative software solutions improvement.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams in the cleanroom environment to support software testing, tackle issues, document investigation findings, and contribute to solution implementation. Perform software issue investigation, root cause analysis.
• Conclude practical solution to address improvement of software reliability, maintainability, and performance. .
• Develop creative solutions to exciting problems rarely found elsewhere, collaborate multi-functionally with hardware, subsystem, system, manufacturing and service teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Will spend time in cleanroom environments in performing integration and tests (50%)
• Occasional global travel to headquarter for training and supporting engineering projects (10%)

Required skills

• Multidisciplinary background in either Physical science, Mechanical engineering, Computer science, or relevant fields.
• Hands-on experience in problem-solving, demonstrate the ability to analyze and resolve issues in multi-component system involving software, hardware, and optics.
• Practical experience working with precision instrumentation, imaging equipment, or experimental setup in lab or cleanroom environments.
• Skilled in identifying, isolating, and resolving software and hardware issues during bench-level and system-level testing
• Proficient in LabVIEW for crafting and implementing software applications.
• Experience with computer vision or image analysis methodologies.
• Self-motivated with excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Possess high curiosity, be a fast learner, and have the strive to turn ideas into quality production code used in most meaningful applications

• Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD)
• Experience in one or more programming languages such as python, C++, C#, other than LabVIEW, is a plus.
• Track record of completed team projects for solution connecting hardware and software.
• Hands-on development in semiconductor CAPEX business segment

Minimum Qualifications

Master's Level Degree and 0 years related work experience; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 2 years

Qualifications

• Support SPTS division software team with troubleshooting, CIP implementation, technical info consulting.
• Communication with customer tool owners, IT and Automation teams.
• Coordinate with Technical Support and Customer Service teams on issue escalations.
• Manage resolution plans with customers, in alignment with the SPTS division software team.
• Collection and analysis of diagnostic data.
• Actively involved in root cause fault analysis.
• Reporting out on software quality metrics.

Key Behavioral Competencies

• Experience of SPTS 200mm/300mm equipment, including Factory Automation integration
• Experience of equipment software/hardware support and troubleshooting
• Good knowledge of 200mm/300mm Automation related SEMI standards
• Self-motivated and can work independently
• Competency in communication, teamwork, problem solving and customer focus

Minimum Qualifications

• Mandatory to be able to communicate technically in local language and English.
• Major in EE/ME/CS or engineering related degree.
• Over 3 years working experience at SEMI conductor industry
• Knowledge/experience of PVD/Etch process over 2 years is a plus

• Essential Responsibilities:

  • Acquire and demonstrate technical knowledge of OMD software
  • Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
  • Ensuring that detailed designs, code, and unit tests, are consistent, robust, future-proof and scalable.
  • Understand and make design and architectural improvements on existing software.
  • Participate in requirements definition and review process. Provide Technical assessment of the impact of any changes to product requirements.
  • Providing technical expertise to the estimation process as input to the project plan
  • Acquire knowledge of key use cases in overlay metrology
  • Follow KLA defined software development processes
  • Lead small teams to develop key features on need basis.
  • In conjunction with the Technical Manager, identify, highlight, review and mitigate technical risks
  • Contributes to the continued improvement of the organization’s development procedures, by looking for opportunities for improvement and proposing ideas for solution.

  Requirements:

  • Strong in programming fundamentals, C++, .Net and C#.
  • Strong problem solving abilities
  • Diverse Experience in analysis, design, development and unit testing
  • Thorough knowledge of SDLC and software engineering
  • Must be able to interact and communicate with all levels of staff and project management in both the business and the technical areas, with the ability to keep discussions at the appropriate level of abstraction.
  • Possess excellent analytical, problem solving, organizational, interpersonal, and motivational skills, with the ability to move cleanly from theoretical to implementation thinking.
  • Willingness to travel to US and other customer places on short assignments.

  Preferred Experience:

  • Knowledge of KLA specific or general semiconductor domain