Specialist, Software Technology
KLA
Specialist, Software Technology at KLA is a full time role based in Chennai, India. It was published on 22 July 2026 and was open at last check.
| Role | Specialist, Software Technology |
|---|---|
| Company | KLA |
| Location | Chennai, India |
| Employment type | Full Time |
| Published | 22 July 2026 |
| Status | Open at last check |
Company Overview
Group/Division
Job Description/Preferred Qualifications
Essential Responsibilities:
- Acquire and demonstrate technical knowledge of OMD software.
- Be the technology evangelist for OMD product division.
- Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
- Ensuring that detailed designs, code, and unit tests, are consistent, robust, future-proof and scalable.
- Understand and make design and architectural improvements on existing software.
- Participate in requirements definition and review process. Provide Technical assessment of the impact of any changes to product requirements.
- Providing technical expertise to the estimation process as input to the project plan
. Possesses wide-ranging experience and applies both professional expertise and company objectives to solve complex issues creatively and effectively
- Acquire knowledge of key use cases in overlay metrology
- Follow KLA defined software development processes
- Lead small teams to develop key features on need basis.
- In conjunction with the Technical Manager, identify, highlight, review and mitigate technical risks
- Contributes to the continued improvement of the organization’s development procedures, by looking for opportunities for improvement and proposing ideas for solution.
. Typically operates with limited supervision and is expected to independently drive solutions
Requirements:
- Strong in programming fundamentals, C++, C#, Python
- Experience in Architecting systems from scratch, leading project teams.
- Diverse Experience in analysis, design, development and unit testing
- Thorough knowledge of SDLC and software engineering
- Must be able to interact and communicate with all levels of staff and project management in both the business and the technical areas, with the ability to keep discussions at the appropriate level of abstraction.
- Possess excellent analytical, problem solving, organizational, interpersonal, and motivational skills, with the ability to move cleanly from theoretical to implementation thinking.
- Willingness to travel to US and other customer places on short assignments.
Preferred Experience:
- Experience in AI
- Knowledge of process models Waterfall, Agile
- Knowledge of KLA specific or general semiconductor domain
Minimum Qualifications
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
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