Metrology Solution Architect jobs at Kla in United States, Milpitas

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, prototype, test, and implement advanced metrology algorithms
• Collaborate closely with algorithm developers, software engineers, applications engineers, and scientists to deliver high-performance solutions
• Optimize algorithms for speed and efficiency using instruction pipelining, SIMD, and multi-core parallelism
• Contribute to modular, object-oriented software design and development
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including defect tracking, source control, and release management

Required Skills and Experience:

• Strong proficiency in C++
• Experience with CUDA is preferred
• Familiarity with or willingness to learn C#, MATLAB, and/or Python
• Proven experience in developing and optimizing speed-efficient algorithms
• Solid understanding of instruction-level optimization and parallel computing techniques
• Knowledge of best practices in modular software architecture and object-oriented programming
• Experience with software lifecycle tools and processes
• Background in metrology or the semiconductor industry is a plus
• Electromagnetics understanding is a plus
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset for working in diverse, cross-functional teams

Minimum Qualifications

or at +1-408-352-2808

Day-Day activities:

• Attention to detail is required

• Explore & coordinate modern HPC software adoption into KLA’s tools.

• Documentation – Ability to produce detailed documentation such asproposals/architecture/build/test/assemblydocs, Visio drawings

• Strong fundamental understanding and knowledge of Servers, GPUs, HW /SW based networking, and processing infrastructures.

• Align / coordinate with appropriate vendors for hardware roadmaps, equipment purchasing, shipping, RMA’s

• Schedule and status HPC system programs development which includes requirements, concept/detailed design, implementation,evaluation/validation,regulatory and packaging testing and release activities.

• Design, Test, Install and validate hardware (Servers, GPUs, Networking, packaging) for early-stage evaluation and prototyping.

• Own CI/CD pipelines that ensure stability of system-level HPC software deployments

• Support and drive improvements to in house and customer solutions to reach the highest level of system uptime. Travel (10%) to root cause and understand the issues firsthand

Your Encouraged Background

• Proven experience designing and developing high performance computing (HPC) hardware/software infrastructure for AI applications.

• Deep understanding of Server and networking hardware, operating systems, and high-performance applications for high speed data IO and storage.

• 10+ years of previous experience generating custom OS images for Linux servers

• Strong Scripting Skills (Bash, Python)

• Proven understanding of Kubernetes and Docker or other container based systems

• Experience with system management and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, collected (and its plugins)

• Ability to work well with developers & test engineers

• Passion to maintain a stable high-quality cluster amidst all odds!

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 12 years and Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 8 years

or at +1-408-352-2808

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Being a lead optical person, responsible of creating optical architecture, conducting key optical analysis and modeling and providing leadership team with technical recommendations.
• Investigate various design options and find the best option through evaluating tolerances, optical performance, manufacturability, light budgets and other trade-offs.
• Translate system or subsystem requirements into optical design and manufacturing requirements.
• Perform thorough tolerancing analysis to have a complete system design with full consideration of alignment process and metrology, system calibrations and opto-mech design limitations by interfacing with other groups (systems, ME).

• Design and implement optical alignment and metrology process, test/tooling fixtures to achieve targeted optical performance.

• Follows complete design process, including design reviews, part procurement from vendors, testing, integration and release.

Qualifications

The preferred candidate will have experience and capability in the following areas:

• Excellent optical system design such as high precision imaging system, illumination design, preferably in semiconductor tools
• Designing and building off-axis mirror system in high precision
• Understand of optical coating in various wavelength such as EUV, UV, and IR and coating modeling in optical software
• High proficiency in optical design software such as CodeV or Zemax or LightTools
• Statistical optical component tolerancing
• Able to create specifications of precision opto-mechanical assemblies
• Understand optics manufacturability and reflect it in optical design
• Strong understanding in optical metrology tool and data
• Building and aligning complex optical system using diverse mechanical, collimation, point source microscope, CGH, and interferometry.
• Deliver solid design reviews and achieve design approvals from multi-disciplinary stakeholders
• Working knowledge with diverse optical devices and components: objectives, collimation and relay optics, fibers, cameras and detectors
• EUV experience is preferred but not a must
• Basic CAD skill is preferred not a must

Experience

• Highly desired to have more than 10 years of professional experience in high precision optical system development, preferably in semiconductor tools
• Experience of working with top tier optical suppliers to develop high precision optics and optical assembly
• Strong emphasis on creative problem solving and effective communication.
• Be able to interface with multidisciplinary groups and work effectively in a team and be willing to take on responsibility, follow through and keep multiple simultaneous assignments on schedule.
• Be able to quickly acquire technical knowledge from documentation and on-the-job training and be capable of thoroughly investigating technical issues (analytically and hands-on in a lab).
• Strong communication and presentation skill. Must have the capability to clearly communicating progress and status of ongoing investigations to managers and to customers; Candidate will be required to write reports documenting investigations carried out.
• Experience of presenting executive leadership team highly complex technical topics.

Personal skills

• Should be able to work, and deliver self-independently with minimum supervision
• Can observe and respond to people and situations and interact with others encountered in the course of work.
• Strong customer focus and commitment to customer satisfaction through prioritization, quality, efficiency and professionalism.
• Ability to complete assignments with attention to detail and high degree of accuracy.
• Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding environment with changing workloads and deadlines.
• Result driven-demonstrate ownership and accountability.
• Identifies bottlenecks and drives improvements.
• Work independently or as part of a team and follow through on assignments with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrate open, clear, concise and professional communication.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with manager, co-workers and customer.
• Work according to a strict set of procedures within the provided timelines.

Minimum Qualifications

• This is a senior engineering role. Advanced degree is a must.
• Doctorate in Optics/Physics and 5+ years of work experience, or a Master's Degree and 8+ years of work experience.

Education

• MS or Ph.D in Optical engineering (preferred) or Physics
• Highly desired to have strong background in following disciplines, Geometrical optics, Fourier optics, Lens design, Radiometry, Optical metrology, Illumination optics, Optical imaging system, Optical alignment

Minimum Qualifications

Qualifications:

Candidate must have the following: experience in the laser photonics, optical engineering, or optical metrology fields. Candidate should also have all requisite skills to operate high-fluence/DUV laser systems and inspection/metrology equipment while handling multiple vendor interactions and internal/external design reviews. This would include but is not limited to proficiency in commercial Diffractive and Metalens fabrication techniques and coherent wave propagation optics design theory to specify, review, and validate using simulations and measurement tools, the expected and actual behavior of DUV DOE/MOE based optical systems. Understanding of other photonics component theory of operation such as laser beam profilers and wavefront sensors, PMTs and CCDs is also required. Candidate must demonstrate track record of successful completion of internal project milestones and deliverables on time and with limited supervision and ability to track project milestones and deliverables is a must. Knowledge of optical fabrication, metrology, assembly and alignment techniques and protocols is highly desirable. Ability to travel both in US and abroad is required but will not compose the major proportion of this job’s function or priority.

Minimum Qualifications

Doctorate (Academic) Degree and 0 years related work experience; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years

or at +1-408-352-2808

Customer Engagement & Technology Assessment

• Partner with semiconductor manufacturers to assess their technology roadmaps and process integration challenges.
• Identify evolving metrology requirements based on industry trends, customer needs, and device scaling roadmaps.
• Collaborate with customers to define technical specifications and success criteria for new metrology solutions.

Solution Definition & Feasibility Analysis

• Translate customer requirements into clear problem statements and develop conceptual solutions.
• Lead cross-functional teams to assess the feasibility of different technical approaches, considering performance, cost, and manufacturability.
• Identify gaps in existing metrology capabilities and define development priorities for next-generation solutions.

Development Leadership & Technical Validation

• Guide R&D, engineering, and applications teams to implement proposed solutions, ensuring alignment with customer needs.
• Define and oversee validation methodologies for new metrology solutions, including offline and in-fab evaluations.
• Drive risk assessment and mitigation strategies to ensure robust solution deployment.

Customer Site Validation & Deployment

• Oversee the execution of beta testing and customer site validation to ensure product reliability and performance.
• Work closely with field teams to troubleshoot and refine solutions based on real-world application feedback.
• Provide technical guidance and training to customer teams to facilitate adoption of new metrology capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of semiconductor fabrication processes and metrology techniques (e.g., optical, e-beam, AFM, X-ray, etc.).
• Experience with AI/ML-driven metrology applications.
• Knowledge of semiconductor process control and fab automation.
• Familiarity with software-driven metrology solutions and data analytics.
• Experience developing hardware for semiconductor capital equipment industry.

Minimum Qualifications

Doctorate (Academic) Degree and related work experience of 5 years; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 8 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 12 years

or at +1-408-352-2808

In this exciting role as an HPC Hardware Computer Product Engineer, the successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Design, and implement HPC server platform for use in high-volume semiconductor fabs with high availability

• Select, qualify and integrate components into the final design considering cost v. performance trade-offs.

• Develop & implement test plans to assess quality of components used in manufacturing and long-term (15yr +) sustaining support of hardware servers

• Understand and work closely with software applications hosted on server platform

• Perform SW-HW co-design while minimizing costs

• Perform QA testing of computer hardware and validating target software applications

• Evaluate effectiveness of existing server designs and recommend essential changes for continuous improvement & field support

• Work with third party HW & SW suppliers and system integrators

• Own beta installations and support customer field escalations

Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Computer Engineering or related discipline

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building computer systems running Linux and VMware

• Solid understanding of virtualization concepts

• Comprehensive knowledge of computer hardware

• Experience deploying TCP/IP networking

• System administrator level advanced programming skills using scripting languages such as Bash, Perl, etc.

• DevSecOps Strategy & Implementation: Define and execute a DevSecOps roadmap that integrates security into CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, serverless applications, and AI-driven chatbot platforms

• Azure Chatbot Security: Implement secure AI and chatbot architectures in Azure, ensuring compliance with security standards, data protection, and access control.

• Databricks Security & Data Protection: Secure data lakes, ML models, and Databricks notebooks by implementing role-based access control (RBAC), encryption, and compliance monitoring

• Security Automation & Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automate security controls using Terraform, Ansible, Bicep, and Azure Policy to enforce security in cloud-native deployments

• Azure Key Vault & Secrets Management: Design and implement secure identity and secrets management strategies, ensuring API keys, encryption keys, and credentials are properly managed.

• Digital Rights Management (DRM): Implement data protection, rights management, and access controls to ensure secure handling of intellectual property, digital assets, and sensitive data across applications and data platforms

• Cloud & Container Security: Establish best practices for securing containers, Kubernetes, microservices, and serverless functions, including runtime security and policy enforcement

• MITRE ATT&CK-Based Threat Modeling & Risk Management: Utilize MITRE ATT&CK techniques to enhance threat modeling, detection engineering, and security response strategies for applications, infrastructure, and data environments

• Zero Trust & API Security: Enforce security controls around OAuth, SAML, JWT, Zero Trust, and API gateways to secure applications, chatbot interactions, and Databricks data pipelines

• Security Monitoring & Incident Response: Leverage MITRE ATT&CK tactics to design threat hunting, detection, and response strategies using SIEM, XDR, and threat intelligence tools

• Compliance & Governance: Ensure DevSecOps implementations align with NIST, CSA, CIS, ISO 27001, and regulatory requirements (e.g., SOX, GDPR, CMMC, HIPAA)

• Collaboration & Training: Partner with development, IT, and security teams to build security awareness and advocate for secure coding, DevSecOps best practices, AI security, and data security

• Security certifications (CISSP, CSSLP, CCSP, CKS, OSCP, GCSA, or similar)

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, ArgoCD, etc.)

• Expertise in Azure Security Services, including Azure Key Vault, Azure Sentinel, Defender for Cloud, and Security Center

• Experience securing AI-driven chatbot platforms (Azure Bot Service, OpenAI GPT, or similar)

• Strong knowledge of cloud security (Azure, AWS) and container security (Kubernetes, Istio, Docker)

• Experience securing Databricks workloads, data lakes, ML pipelines, and Spark environments

• Familiarity with Digital Rights Management (DRM) strategies for protecting sensitive assets

• Strong experience leveraging MITRE ATT&CK for threat modeling, detection engineering, and adversary simulation

• Experience implementing SAST, DAST, SCA, and RASP security solutions in DevOps workflows

• Familiarity with SOAR, SIEM, XDR, and threat intelligence tools

• Experience working with API security, OAuth2, JWT, SAML, and microservices security

• Strong understanding of secure coding principles, threat modeling, and OWASP Top 10

• Excellent communication skills to influence development teams, data engineering teams, and executive leadership

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience in a related field

• Minimum five (5) years of experience in DevSecOps, cloud security, or cybersecurity architecture

• Hands-on expertise in securing cloud-based AI/chatbot solutions, data platforms (Databricks), CI/CD workflows, and software development

• Strong background in cloud security, automation, and compliance

• Ability to design scalable and secure application architectures

• Passion for fostering a security-first DevOps culture

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