HPC Systems Manager

Company Overview

KLA 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 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

With 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 LS-SWIFT Division of KLA’s Global Products Group provides patterned wafer inspection systems for high-volume semiconductor manufacturing. Its mission is to deliver market-leading cost of ownership in defect detection for a broad range of applications in the production of semiconductors. Customers from the foundry, logic, memory, automotive, MEMS, advanced packaging and other markets rely upon high-sample wafer inspection information generated by LS-SWIFT products. LS (Laser Scanning) systems enable cost-effective patterned wafer defect detection for the industry’s most sophisticated process technologies deployed in leading-edge foundry, logic, DRAM, and NAND fabs. SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafer Inspection at Fast Throughput) systems deliver all-wafer-surface (frontside, backside, and edge) macro inspection that is critical for automotive IC, MEMS, and advanced packaging processes as well as foundry/logic and memory fabs. LS-SWIFT operates from a global footprint that includes the US, Singapore, India and Germany, and serves a worldwide customer base across Asia, Europe and North America.

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of HPC infrastructure, experience in deriving hardware specs based on requirements, and proficiency in product lifecycle management. They will engage with teams to understand their requirements, drive development for our HPC platforms, and collaborate with other teams for integration. The candidate should also have expertise in hardware system design, Linux systems administration, container orchestration, networking, security, diagnostics tooling, and performance tuning. Experience integrating, testing, and optimizing the integration of HPC with storage and data platforms is also essential.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Drive team growth and development, providing mentorship and support to team members.

• Ensure the successful execution of projects, meeting deadlines and delivering high-quality results.

• Work with various OEMs to understand their product offerings and roadmaps to create optimal HPC solution offerings.

• Collaborate with other sub-system teams on developing HPC cluster roadmaps that meet product requirements.

• Collaborate within customer-focused teams to design, develop, test, and deploy embedded HPC infrastructure in alignment with business needs.

• Foster strong relationships with product and program management, software engineering, manufacturing, and service teams to ensure the HPC platforms effectively meet their requirements.

Qualifications/Skills:

• 3+ years’ experience in managing and mentoring teams.

• Knowledge of Linux hardware ecosystem centered around CPU, GPU, and PCIe architecture.

• Deep understanding of Linux operating systems, networking with practical experience in tuning HPC workloads.

• Experience with configuration management and automation tools, such as Chef, Ansible, Salt, Packer.

• Experience with building monitoring and alerting on logs and metrics with excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.

• Experience with and a strong understanding of containers (Docker/Singularity). Container orchestration with Kubernetes is a plus.

• Maintain a grounded approach, making decisions based on data and strategic goals rather than emotions and clearly articulate the decisions.

• International travel a couple of times a year will be required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Engineering degree (preferably CS, CE).

• Experience working with HPC technologies.

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.