HPC Software Engineer (C++ - Distributed Systems - Linux )

Company: KLA
Location: Ann Arbor
Posted on: February 19, 2021

Job Description:

Company OverviewKLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. 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 in 2019 we invested 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/DivisionWith 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. Central Engineering is KLA's largest engineering organization comprised of 9 Centers-of-Excellence (CoE) in various disciplines applied across all product groups in the company. These CoE include Handling & Automation, Precision Motion Control, Sensors & Image Acquisition, Platform Design, and Packaging Engineering, among others. Talent includes over 500 engineers across global centers in Israel, China, India, and the US. Each CoE contributes not just talent and deliverables per discipline toward product programs, but also subject matter expertise, best practices, roadmaps, specialized facilities, apparatus, models, and analytics. These differentiate KLA not only in WHAT we do, but also in HOW we do it.
ResponsibilitiesEngineers in the Software team will be working on building and maintaining infrastructure necessary for large scale experimentation and deployment of HPC solutions. Domains in which a successful candidate will be expected to contribute will include data management and data loading, support for machine learning and deep learning model training, experimentation and deployment.
Although familiarity with Machine Learning and Deep Learning solutions would be a big plus, this is primarily a Software Engineering position. Successful candidates are passionate about software and will have exceptional skills and hands on experience with development in C/C++ and Python in a Windows/Linux environment. Deep conceptual understanding of multi-threaded, multi process and distributed software systems is necessary.
Essential Skills1. Object Oriented Design & Programming in Java or C++2. Scripting languages like Java Script, Python;3. Data Structures and algorithms4. Linux System Programming5. Distributed systems
Desirable Skills1. Cloud technologies for network, storage, containerization and compute clusters.2. Building and configuring Linux kernels, and designing and troubleshooting network infrastructure;3. Linux Device Driver Development4. Understanding of various networking stacks5. GPU Architectures and CUDA (CuGraph, CuData, CuML etc).6. Distributing computing frameworks like Apache Spark, DASK;7. Creating the techniques and methods to integrate multiple hardware and software subsystems to solve advanced technical challenges;

Minimum QualificationsMaster's Level Degree or work experience of 0 years , Bachelor's Level Degree or work experience of 1 years
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