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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.\nGroup/Division\nThe 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 Measurement, Analytics and Control (MACH) division is KLA’s software powerhouse, responsible for developing high-performance software platforms that support semiconductor manufacturing. MACH delivers cutting-edge technologies in patterning analytics, modeling, and data science-empowering chipmakers to ramp next-gen devices faster and more efficiently. Our cross-functional team of research scientists, software engineers, apps engineers and process engineers are solving the industry’s most complex technical problems.What You'll Do\nIn this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.\nPreferred Qualifications\nWe are seeking a highly talented individual for a software algorithm engineering position in MACH Division. 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The candidate is expected to possess good oral and written communications skills, and domestic or international travel involved for up to 30% (supporting cross-team collaboration projects, customer betas or visiting/training in China/US, etc.)\nDetailed responsibilities include:\nEvaluating and improving machine learning training sets and associated workflow processes\nEvaluating and improving machine learning model performance\nComparing and assessing various machine learning models\nEvaluating and implementing algorithms to improve signal to noise ratio from variety of image conditions (i.e., extracting information from noisy images)\nWorking with local and global teams in all phases of product lifecycles\nWorking with product engineering teams to define performance specifications and deliver to those specifications\nProviding technical support during product demos and beta testing, working with domain experts from other functional teams on customer engagement projects\nMinimum Qualifications\nMaster's Level Degree and 0 years related work experience; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 2 years\nAbout KLA\nWe provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. 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