Algorithm Engineer

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... 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.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

In this role, you will:

• Research and develop innovative algorithms for next-generation optical metrology solutions for semiconductor manufacturing.
• Work closely with customers and internal application teams to understand technical challenges and translate them into algorithmic solutions.
• Support the deployment, optimization, and troubleshooting of algorithm solutions in customer environments.
• Work in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment that encourages creativity, technical excellence, and customer focus.
• Collaborate with highly skilled engineers, physicists, application specialists, and other technical experts.

Job Responsibilities Include:

• Customer Problem Solving: Analyze complex customer and system issues, identify root causes, and develop effective algorithmic solutions.
• Algorithm Research & Development: Own the full algorithm lifecycle, including problem definition, feasibility research, concept development, implementation, qualification testing, and on-tool deployment.
• Algorithm Performance Support: Support the qualification, optimization, and troubleshooting of algorithms based on system and customer data.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with application, system, software, and other engineering teams to address customer needs and deliver robust solutions.
• Analyze complex datasets and evaluate multiple factors, methods, and trade-offs when developing solutions.
• Demonstrate sound technical judgment in selecting appropriate methods and techniques.
• Communicate technical findings, recommendations, and solution status effectively to senior internal stakeholders and customers.
• Work independently with limited supervision on day-to-day activities while taking ownership of assigned technical challenges.

Minimum Qualifications:

• M.Sc., M.A., or Ph.D. in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Optical engineering or a related technical field.
• Strong background in signal processing and/or image processing.
• Experience in algorithm development and implementation using MATLAB and/or Python.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate complex system and customer issues.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively with customers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Self-driven, proactive, and able to independently take ownership of technical challenges from problem definition through solution and implementation.
• Willingness to provide hands-on technical support for algorithm-related customer challenges.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with optical systems, microscopy, computational imaging, or optical metrology.
• Experience in the semiconductor industry, particularly semiconductor metrology or inspection.
• Previous experience supporting technical products or algorithm solutions in a customer-facing environment.

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

About KLA

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Use of AI Statement 

At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.

We 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.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.