Embedded Systems Engineer — Real-Time Motion Control

KLA; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 232,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) with company matching

Employee stock purchase program (ESPP)

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off & holidays

Wellness programs

Job summary

KLA in Milpitas, CA is hiring a software engineer to develop and maintain embedded software and firmware for semiconductor equipment control, motion control, automation, diagnostics, and system integration. You will design, implement, test, and debug software for precision motion systems and real-time signal processing.

You will build diagnostic, configuration, calibration, and validation tools in C++ and Python for engineering, manufacturing, and field-support teams, and you will support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong C/C++ for embedded systems and real-time control.
• Working knowledge of Python for diagnostics and scripting.
• Experience with embedded peripherals and hardware interfaces.
• Ability to read schematics and use basic lab instruments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain embedded software and firmware for semiconductor equipment control, motion control, automation, diagnostics, and system integration.
• Design, implement, test, and debug software for precision motion systems, machine automation, and real-time signal processing.
• Build diagnostic, configuration, calibration, and validation tools in C++ and Python for engineering, manufacturing, and field-support teams.
• Support hardware bring-up, system integration, performance tuning, and root-cause analysis across software, electronics, motion-control hardware, sensors, imaging subsystems, and mechanical components.
• Partner with electrical, FPGA, mechanical, optical, systems, product engineering, manufacturing, and field teams to bring complex equipment platforms from concept through production.
• Contribute to requirements analysis, design documentation, coding, testing, software integration, troubleshooting, and on-tool qualification.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Python

Embedded systems

Debugging

Diagnostics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/EE

Master’s or PhD with relevant experience

Tools

Galil motion controllers

MATLAB

LabVIEW

Git / Source control

C++ development practices

Job description

KLA in Milpitas, CA is hiring a software engineer to develop and maintain embedded software and firmware for semiconductor equipment control, motion control, automation, diagnostics, and system integration. You will design, implement, test, and debug software for precision motion systems and real-time signal processing.

You will build diagnostic, configuration, calibration, and validation tools in C++ and Python for engineering, manufacturing, and field-support teams, and you will support