Position: Software Engineer
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time
Job Description:
The Wafer Inspection Division (WIN) of KLA-Tencor designs and manufactures systems that are used for capturing yield-impacting defects at the front-end-of-line (FEOL) and the back-end-of-line (BEOL). A successful candidate will be joining a world leader in wafer inspection products and technologies designing and manufacturing the next generation of products.
Location: Milpitas, CA
Duration: Full time
Job Description:
The Wafer Inspection Division (WIN) of KLA-Tencor designs and manufactures systems that are used for capturing yield-impacting defects at the front-end-of-line (FEOL) and the back-end-of-line (BEOL). A successful candidate will be joining a world leader in wafer inspection products and technologies designing and manufacturing the next generation of products.
Responsibilities:
The Wafer Inspection Division (WIN) is seeking a Systems Software Engineer in our Milpitas, California campus. You will be a key member of our highly integrated multi-disciplinary team comprised of software, optical, mechanical, robotics, electronics, control systems and image processing engineers. You will be responsible for the creation of machine control, image computer and data storage software for next generation Semiconductor Wafer Inspection machines. You will also be responsible for integrating multiple hardware and software sub-systems to solve some of the most advanced technical challenges facing the semiconductor chip industry.
The software is primarily written in Java with various components developed in C or C++ in a multi-threaded and distributed environment. The application will be distributed on multiple networked servers running various operating systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
1) Experience with Object-Oriented software analysis and design using UML (Unified Modeling Language) modeling, Java and/or C++ programming.
2) Experience with multi-threaded/parallel processing applications.
3) Experience developing and debugging software to control electro-mechanical systems, opto-mechanical systems, instrumentation, or robotics.
4) Experience developing and debugging distributed high performance computing software applications.
5) Effective communication skills.
6) Image/data processing experience is a plus.
7) Knowledge of large scale storage technologies is a plus.
8) Semiconductor equipment industry experience is a plus.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.
OR
Master's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.
OR