Engineer, Software 3
KLA is seeking a highly skilled Engineer, Software 3 to act as a Software Architect for the Surfscan (SFS) division's products. This pivotal role involves creating and driving the technology roadmap and significantly advancing developer productivity through innovative tools and processes. If you're a technology evangelist with a passion for solving complex problems and mentoring teams, this is your opportunity to make a significant impact.
Responsibilities
- Be the technology evangelist for the Surfscan product division.
- Work on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
- Acquire knowledge of key use cases in Bare Wafer Inspection (IC & Wafer customers).
- Create concepts / prototypes for software and help turn them into plans for execution.
- Be a vivid reader of technology and process trends in the industry to define the tools, coding standards, and platforms to be used by the software team.
- Interact with various software teams within and outside the division to understand their barriers and come up with suitable remedial (incremental and disruptive) solutions for productivity improvements and software modernization.
- Interact with various stakeholders , project managers, and developers to envision, model, and design solutions for problems at hand.
- Monitor code check-ins across the team regularly and review to ensure design quality, code clarity, and adherence to coding standards.
- Mentor and collaborate with the development team , continuously enhancing their knowledge.
- Develop software requirement specification and detailed design specification documents covering every aspect unambiguously—such as functionality, performance, viability, scalability, comprehensibility, security, and technological constraints.
Skills
Extensive technical and product knowledge.Strong coding skills in multiple programming languages.Whole-rounded assessment of competing alternatives to solve problems at hand.Ability to navigate from problem to requirements to solution , keenly aware of design tradeoffs and implications to the software roadmap.Exhibit consistency over all competencies in delivering great software repeatedly.Critical thinking, creative thinking, and strong problem-solving abilities.Clear communication, articulation , and the ability to enable a team to rally to achieve high-value results.Qualifications
Doctorate (Academic) Degree; or Master's Level Degree; or Bachelor's Level Degree.Skills Required
Software Architecture, Product Knowledge, Programming Language, Creative Thinking, Problem-solving, technology roadmapping