Software Manager

Group/Division

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.

Essential Responsibilities:

As a Software Manager within this group, you will be responsible for building and leading a team of highly skilled software engineers to advance our wafer inspection products, leveraging cutting-edge technologies and the latest advancements in software engineering and AI/ML/DL. You will apply your proven leadership experience to guide your team in conceiving, designing, and deploying robust and scalable software solutions for high-volume production and real-time applications.

Key responsibilities include driving the evolution toward next-generation software architecture, potentially incorporating new technology stacks, while supporting and enhancing existing features within the current platform.

Required Expertise:

Proficiency in C#/.NET, user experience (UX), AI/ML, and open source technologies.

Value Proposition for This Role:

•Deliver incremental value and make technical decisions aligned with strategic objectives

•Utilize prior experience to prevent suboptimal approaches and steer the team toward robust, scalable solutions

•Translate customer and business requirements into comprehensive technical solutions through detailed analysis

•Effectively integrate with legacy frameworks while adopting and implementing modern technologies

•Communicate complex technical and business information clearly and effectively

•Acquire in-depth knowledge of LS-SWIFT product software

•Meet product delivery schedules while ensuring high-quality standards

•Address complex problems requiring thorough analysis of various factors

•Ensure that designs, code, and unit tests are consistent, robust, future-proof, and scalable; identify and implement architectural improvements

•Demonstrate motivation to independently learn and adopt new software technologies

•Provide technical inputs during project estimation and collaboratively develop project plans; regularly update senior management on progress

•Develop expertise regarding key use cases in patterned wafer inspection

•Identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks in partnership with the Product Manager

•Contribute to process improvement initiatives across the organization by proposing and implementing effective solutions

•Collaborate with cross-divisional and cross-functional teams across global locations to deliver optimal software solutions

•Foster a culture of growth and help team members achieve their full potential

Essential skills:

•Strong technical problem-solving ability

•Comprehensive understanding of design patterns and programming proficiency in C#, C++, and Python

•Thorough knowledge of architecture patterns

•Solid grasp of open-source and other diverse technologies (web and thick client) with an analytical approach to evaluating the strengths and limitations of different software architectures

•Sound rational decision-making for technical and project-related matters