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How KLA Corporation hires

Truth index
A 90/100
Median time to fill
56 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
38%
Reposted roles
2%

KLA Corporation scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 93 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 38% have gone stale and 2% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 56 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Overview

KLA is an American supplier of process control and yield management equipment for semiconductor manufacturing, formed by the 1997 merger of KLA Instruments, founded in 1975, and Tencor Instruments. Its tools inspect wafers, reticles and packaging for defects and measure critical dimensions and overlay, giving chipmakers the feedback they need to keep yields acceptable at advanced nodes. Headquartered in Milpitas, California and listed on Nasdaq, it holds a dominant share of the wafer inspection market and also supplies specialty process and electronic assembly equipment.

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at KLA Corporation over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
297
Postings analysed
720
Stack modernity
79/100AI adopter
Languages
Python32%
C++15%
MATLAB15%
C#8%
Frameworks & libraries
TensorFlow3%
PyTorch3%
CUDA3%
PyTorch C++2%
Databases
Snowflake1%
Oracle1%
Milvus<1%
Neo4j<1%
Cloud & platforms
Windows11%
Linux10%
Power BI7%
Unix5%
AI & ML
LLM2%
ChatGPT1%
Claude1%
Codestral<1%
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$173k
Typical range
$50k – $384k
Open positions
243
221 Jobs
Intern 5.9%
Junior 19.5%
Middle 10.9%
Senior 46.6%
Staff 11.8%
Principal 0.9%
Architect 4.5%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Intern 13 $100k $64k – $138k
Junior 43 $122k $50k – $234k
Middle 24 $172k $64k – $232k
Senior 103 $173k $110k – $317k
Staff 26 $222k $118k – $308k
Principal 2 $251k $244k – $257k
Architect 10 $308k $163k – $384k
Highest paying role Director, Technical Program Management - Broadband Plasma (Capital Equipment) $384k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at KLA Corporation By role, level and city, against the market · 243 jobs with pay

Products

Specialty Semiconductor Process
Etch, deposition and inspection equipment for compound semiconductors, power devices and advanced packaging. The segment serves markets outside leading-edge logic and memory.
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Process Control Software
Analytics that combine inspection and metrology data across a fab to isolate yield excursions. It turns the installed tool base into a fleet-level data system.
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Reticle Inspection
Systems that qualify photomasks before and during production use. They are essential to extreme ultraviolet lithography workflows.
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Patterning Control
Metrology tools that measure overlay, critical dimensions and film thickness during lithography. The measurements feed back into scanner and etch settings.
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Wafer Inspection
Optical and electron-beam systems that find defects on patterned and unpatterned wafers. This is the company's largest and most defensible product line.
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People

Kenneth Levy
Co-founder
Kenneth Levy co-founded KLA Instruments in 1975 and served as chief executive and chairman. He built the company around automated optical inspection for photomasks.
Robert Anderson
Co-founder
Robert Anderson co-founded KLA Instruments with Kenneth Levy. The pair took their initials from the surname spellings that gave the company its name.
Rick Wallace
Chief Executive Officer
Rick Wallace has led the company since 2006 after joining as an applications engineer. He oversaw its expansion beyond inspection into broader process control.
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
78/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
823
235 opened / 156 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
54 days
faster than 26% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
39% ▼
Hardware
8%
Operations
8% ▲
Backend
6% ▼
Field & Service
6% ▲
DevOps
5% ▼
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+111 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Chongqing Oct 2026
Added TensorRT to stack Sep 2026
Added Triton Inference Server to stack Sep 2026
Added TensorRT-LLM to stack Sep 2026
Added SGLang to stack Sep 2026
Added RLHF to stack Sep 2026
Added NVIDIA NeMo to stack Sep 2026
Added NCCL to stack Sep 2026
Added Megatron-LM to stack Sep 2026
Added GitOps to stack Sep 2026
Added DeepSpeed to stack Sep 2026
New location: Rousset Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
54
Hiring now
54
Countries
16
Busiest office
Milpitas
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Milpitas United States
HQ
USA-MI-Ann Arbor-KLA
213 open roles 204 posted in 90 days 42% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff $202k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, DevOps
Three Technology Drive, Milpitas, CA, 95035
seen since Nov 2025 company site, job postings
Singapore Singapore
Plant / site
SGP-Central Singapore-Singapore-KLA
82 open roles 66 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 500-1000 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Operations
seen since Dec 2023 job postings
Ann Arbor United States
Plant / site
USA-MI-Ann Arbor-KLA
68 open roles 76 posted in 90 days 35% engineering 1% remote 500-1000 est. staff $154k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Industrial Engineering, Backend
seen since Nov 2024 job postings
Hsinchu Taiwan
Plant / site
TWN-Hsinchu-Zhubei-KLA
56 open roles 53 posted in 90 days 18% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, HR, Backend
seen since Jun 2025 job postings
Newport United Kingdom
Support & operations
GBR-Wales-Newport-Celtic Lakes-KLA
50 open roles 49 posted in 90 days 28% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Field & Service
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Migdal HaEmek Israel
Plant / site
ISR-North District-Migdal Ha'emek-KLA
37 open roles 33 posted in 90 days 30% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Operations, Backend
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Chennai India
Plant / site
IND-Tamil Nadu-Chennai-KLA
34 open roles 44 posted in 90 days 62% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Backend, Industrial Engineering, DevOps
seen since Jan 2026 job postings
Hillsboro United States
Plant / site
USA-OR-Hillsboro-Beaverton-KLA
28 open roles 30 posted in 90 days 11% engineering 200-500 est. staff $164k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Operations, DevOps
seen since May 2026 job postings
Phoenix United States
Regional office
USA-MI-Ann Arbor-KLA
26 open roles 26 posted in 90 days 15% engineering 200-500 est. staff $119k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Support, Education
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Totowa United States
Plant / site
USA-NJ-Totowa-KLA
25 open roles 30 posted in 90 days 20% engineering 200-500 est. staff $113k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Hardware
seen since May 2026 job postings
Shanghai China
Plant / site
CHN-Shanghai-Shanghai-KLA
25 open roles 27 posted in 90 days 16% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Marketing, Backend
seen since May 2026 job postings
Weilburg Germany
Plant / site
DEU-Hesse-Weilburg(Tarif)-KLA
24 open roles 21 posted in 90 days 13% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Field & Service, Industrial Engineering, Operations
seen since Mar 2026 job postings
Yavne Israel
Plant / site
ISR-Center District-Yavne-Orbotech LTD
22 open roles 24 posted in 90 days 27% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, DevOps, Operations
seen since May 2026 job postings
Tainan Taiwan
Plant / site
TWN-Kaohsiung-Zuoying-KLA
22 open roles 24 posted in 90 days 18% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Backend, Support
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Taichung Taiwan
Plant / site
TWN-Hsinchu-Zhubei-KLA
19 open roles 22 posted in 90 days 11% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Support, Backend
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Dresden Germany
Plant / site
DEU-Saxony-Dresden-City Center
19 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 26% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Product, DevOps
seen since Dec 2025 job postings
Hwaseong South Korea
Plant / site
KOR-Gyeonggi-do-Icheon-si-KLA
18 open roles 17 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, DevOps, HR
seen since Nov 2024 job postings
Chandler United States
Plant / site
USA-MI-Ann Arbor-KLA
18 open roles 16 posted in 90 days 11% engineering 50-200 est. staff $110k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Support, Operations
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Kaohsiung Taiwan
Plant / site
TWN-Kaohsiung-Zuoying-KLA
14 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 7% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Support
seen since Nov 2025 job postings
Yokohama Japan
Plant / site
JPN-Hiroshima-Higashihiroshima-KLA
13 open roles 12 posted in 90 days 8% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Backend, Field & Service
seen since Nov 2025 job postings
Pyeongtaek South Korea
Plant / site
KOR-Gyeonggi-do-Pyeongtaek-KLA
12 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Support
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Boise United States
Plant / site
USA-TX-Richardson-KLA
11 open roles 16 posted in 90 days 9% engineering 50-200 est. staff $176k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Analytics, Marketing
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Icheon South Korea
Plant / site
KOR-Gyeonggi-do-Icheon-si-KLA
10 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 10% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Support
seen since Nov 2024 job postings
Austin United States
Plant / site
USA-TX-Austin-KLA
10 open roles 13 posted in 90 days 10% engineering 50-200 est. staff $138k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, AI/ML, Operations
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Beijing China
Plant / site
CHN-Shanghai-Shanghai-KLA
9 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Support, Marketing
seen since May 2026 job postings
Taoyuan Taiwan
Plant / site
TWN-Hsinchu-Zhubei-KLA
8 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Backend, Hardware
seen since Nov 2025 job postings
Shenzhen China
Plant / site
CHN-Guangdong-Shenzhen(non-GOPS)-KLA
6 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Backend, Marketing
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Jena Germany
Plant / site
DEU-Thuringia-Jena-Orbotech-LIS
6 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Operations, Legal, Management
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Leuven Belgium
Regional office
BEL-Flemish Brabant-Leuven-KLA
6 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Industrial Engineering, AI/ML
seen since Nov 2025 job postings
Richardson United States
Plant / site
USA-TX-Richardson-KLA
5 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Dublin Ireland
Plant / site
IRL-Dublin-Dublin-KLA
5 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Product, Operations
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Kumamoto Japan
Plant / site
JPN-Kumamoto-Kumamoto-KLA
5 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Chiayi Taiwan
Plant / site
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware
seen since Jun 2026
San Diego United States
Plant / site
USA-CA-San Diego-KLA
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $57k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Hefei China
Plant / site
CHN-Anhui-Hefei-KLA
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Backend
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Cheongju South Korea
Plant / site
KOR-Gyeonggi-do-Icheon-si-KLA
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Westwood United States
Plant / site
USA-MA-Westwood-KLA
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 10-50 est. staff $98k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, DevOps
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
USA-NM-Rio Rancho-KLA
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $75k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Field & Service
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Guangzhou China
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Aug 2026
Xiamen China
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Aug 2026
Hiroshima Japan
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Nov 2025
Kulim Malaysia
MYS-Kedah-Kulim-KLA
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend, Operations
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
George Town Malaysia
MYS-Penang-Penang-KLA
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Backend, Industrial Engineering
seen since Feb 2024 job postings
Chengdu China
CHN-Sichuan-Chengdu-KLA
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Hangzhou China
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Aug 2026
Wuxi China
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Aug 2026
Monza Italy
ITA-Monza e Brianza-Agrate Brianza-KLA
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Stuttgart Germany
DEU-Baden-Wurttemberg-Stuttgart-Remote-KLA
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% remote 1-10 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Gumi South Korea
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Sep 2026
West Covina United States
USA-CA-West Covina-KLA
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Oak Ridge United States
USA-TN-Oak Ridge-KLA
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $113k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Rousset France
FRA-Bouches-du-Rhone-Rousset-KLA
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Chongqing China
CHN-Chongqing-Chongqing-KLA
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Allentown United States
USA-PA-Allentown-KLA
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff $147k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Earlier presence
Suzhou, China 2 open roles · last posting Jul 2026

Jobs

≈ $52k – $111k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Singapore
Machine Learning
Robotics
EtherCAT
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$141k – $207k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Milpitas
Python
C++
Machine Learning
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Linux
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$100k – $147k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Ann Arbor • Milpitas
SQL
Machine Learning
Analytics
Tableau
Power BI
Microsoft Excel
Management
Asana
Monday.com
ClickUp
Smartsheet
Jira
Scrum
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$111k – $163k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Ann Arbor
Python
Copilot
Claude
ChatGPT
AI Agents
LLM
RAG
Machine Learning
DevOps
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
IAM
Cybersecurity
OWASP Top 10
Zero Trust
Least Privilege
Threat Modeling
DLP
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≈ $41k – $97k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Shanghai
Python
MATLAB
Machine Learning
Chips/EDA
Altium Designer
Cadence Allegro
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In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Shanghai
Python
C++
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
DevOps
HPC
Linux
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In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Kulim • George Town
Machine Learning
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≈ $71k – $192k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Hwaseong
Machine Learning
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$100k – $147k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Allentown
Machine Learning
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$196k – $287k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Milpitas
Machine Learning
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$136k – $200k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Milpitas
Python
Java
SQL
C#
C++
Function Calling
AI Agents
RAG
Knowledge Graph
Machine Learning
DevOps
CI/CD
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$97k – $142k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Ann Arbor
Python
Machine Learning
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Financials

Est. Annual Revenue
$13.6B
2026
Total raised
$194k
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
3
Revenue +12% YoY
Estimate Modelled from public signals, not audited accounts - read it as an order of magnitude.
Est. Annual Revenue, 2015 — 2026
YearEstimateLowHigh
2015 $2.8B $2.8B $2.8B
2016 $3B $3B $3B
2017 $3.5B $3.5B $3.5B
2018 $4B $4B $4B
2019 $4.6B $4.6B $4.6B
2020 $5.8B $5.8B $5.8B
2021 $6.9B $6.9B $6.9B
2022 $9.2B $9.2B $9.2B
2023 $10.5B $10.5B $10.5B
2024 $9.8B $9.8B $9.8B
2025 $12.2B $12.2B $12.2B
2026 $13.6B $13.6B $13.6B
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Grant 2020 $52k Details
Grant 2015 $20k Details
Grant 2015 $122k Details