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Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies. No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration, research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and we invest 15% of sales back into R&D. Our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers work together with the world’s leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow’s electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us.Group/Division\nWith 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/PreferredQualifications\nRole:\nLead Software Engineer position to work on SFS division's SPx products based on Common software platform.\nEssential Responsibilities:\nAcquire and demonstrate technical knowledge of Surfscan software.\nBe the technology evangelist for Surfscan product division\nWorks on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.\nEnsuring that detailed designs, code, and unit tests, are consistent, robust, future-proof and scalable.\nUnderstand and make design and architectural improvements on existing software.\nParticipate in requirements definition and review process. Provide Technical assessment of the impact of any changes to product requirements.\nProviding technical expertise to the estimation process as input to the project plan\nAcquire knowledge of key use cases in Bare wafer inspection (IC & Wafer customers)\nFollow KT defined software development processes\nLead small teams to develop key features on need basis.\nIn conjunction with the Technical Manager, identify, highlight, review and mitigate technical risks\nContributes to the continued improvement of the organization’s development procedures, by looking for opportunities for improvement and proposing ideas for solutions.\nStay up to date with new technologies and methodologies that can enhance architecture, user experience, or development processes.\nDrive the architecture and technical design of various components within the platform.\n\nQualifications:\nBachelor's degree in Computer science / Electronics / Electrical or equivalent field with 6+ years of experience with large software systems and/or semiconductor products\n(Or)\nMaster's degree in Computer science / Electronics / Electrical or equivalent field with 4+ years of experience with large software systems and/or semiconductor products\nRequirements:\nStrong in programming fundamentals, C#, C++, COM.\nExperience in Architecting systems from scratch, leading project teams.\nDiverse Experience in analysis, design, development, and unit testing\nThorough knowledge of SDLC and software engineering\nExperience in developing enterprise applications in .NET/C# using object-oriented concepts.\nProficiency in object-oriented development principles, and relational database design patterns.\nMust 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.\nPossess excellent analytical, problem solving, organizational, interpersonal, and motivational skills, with the ability to move cleanly from theoretical to implementation thinking.\nWillingness to travel to US and other customer places on short assignments.\nPreferred Experience:\nExperience in developing COM/DCOM using MFC/ATL\nExperience in .Net and C#.\nKnowledge in STL, Boost Library, WinDBG and Windows Internals.\nKnowledge of CMM or other process models\nKnowledge of KT specific or general semiconductor domain\nMinimum Qualifications\nMaster's Level Degree , Bachelor's Level Degree or work experience of 1 yearsWe 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.\nKLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer\nBe aware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiting activity by persons that are currently posing as KLA employees. KLA never asks for any financial compensation to be considered for an interview, to become an employee, or for equipment. Further, KLA does not work with any recruiters or third parties who charge such fees either directly or on behalf of KLA. Please ensure that you have searched KLA’s Careers website for legitimate job postings. KLA follows a recruiting process that involves multiple interviews in person or on video conferencing with our hiring managers. If you are concerned that a communication, an interview, an offer of employment, or that an employee is not legitimate, please send an email to  to confirm the person you are communicating with is an employee. 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