Software Quality Engineer

KLA-Belgium; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

KLA in India (Chennai area) is seeking an automation-focused software engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable testing frameworks across desktop, web, API, and system-level tests. You will collaborate with developers to improve code testability and drive quality early in the lifecycle.

The role emphasizes building reusable tools, integrating tests into CI/CD, and leveraging AI-assisted testing to accelerate root-cause analysis, with opportunities to contribute to dashboards and DevOps

Qualifications

• Master's degree or Bachelor's with 2 years of related work experience.
• Proficient in C#, Java, Python or TypeScript and strong OOP/OOD concepts.
• Experience designing automation frameworks and test infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for desktop, web, API, and system-level testing.
• Develop reusable tools, libraries, and APIs to improve testability and productivity.
• Integrate automated validation into CI/CD pipelines and support release readiness.

Skills

C#

Java

Python

TypeScript

OOP

Selenium

Playwright

CI/CD

REST/JSON

Git

Debugging

Communication

Education

Master's Degree or Bachelor's with 2 years related experience in CS/Engineering

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

WinAppDriver

Coded UI

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

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.

Group/Division

The 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. KLA's Central Engineering organization is made up of nine Centers of Excellence (CoEs) spanning disciplines like automation, motion control, sensors, platform design, and packaging. Each CoE contributes not only technical deliverables but also deep expertise, best practices, and advanced tools that elevate both what we build—and how we build it.

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.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for desktop, web, API, and system-level testing.
• Develop reusable software tools, libraries, APIs, and utilities that improve testability and engineering productivity.
• Partner with developers to review designs, improve code testability, and drive Shift-Left quality practices.
• Integrate automated validation and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines.
• Apply AI and intelligent algorithms to generate tests, analyze logs, identify failure patterns, and accelerate root cause analysis.
• Automate the collection, transformation, and reporting of test results and quality metrics.
• Build actionable dashboards using Power BI or similar reporting tools.
• Support DevOps, continuous testing, and release-readiness initiatives.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Strong software development experience using C#, Java, Python, TypeScript, or a similar programming language.
• Strong understanding of OOP, OOD, data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and clean coding practices.
• Experience developing automation frameworks, developer tools, APIs, libraries, or test infrastructure.
• Experience with UI automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, WinAppDriver, or Coded UI.
• Experience with API testing frameworks such as RestAssured, Postman, SoapUI, JUnit, or TestNG.
• Knowledge of REST, SOAP, XML, JSON, SQL, Git, and web-service technologies.
• Experience integrating automated tests into Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Hands‑on exposure to Generative AI, AI‑assisted coding, prompt engineering, LLM APIs, intelligent test generation, or log and failure analysis using AI.
• Strong debugging, problem‑solving, and root cause analysis skills.
• Good communication and collaboration skills.
• Minimum Qualifications Master's Level Degree and 0 years related work experience; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 2 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.

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