Software Engineer Intern

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and more. These must be inspected, tested and manufactured at scale, faster and better than ever before. That is where KLA comes in. Whether you are early in your career or an experienced professional, you will solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

Group/Division

The Semiconductor Products and Customers (Semi PC) business unit designs, builds and sells KLA's product portfolio to help chip manufacturers meet high-quality standards for technologies like AI, data centers, automotive and electronic devices. Its inspection, metrology, and analytics systems detect and monitor defects across logic and memory chips, specialty semiconductors, wafers, reticles, advanced packaging, process equipment and materials. The unit also develops technologies for specialty processes, IC substrates, and PCB manufacturing, including etch and deposition, component inspection, and imaging and analytics.

The LS-SWIFT division delivers high-throughput patterned wafer inspection systems for advanced semiconductor manufacturing. Its mission is industry-leading defect detection with optimal cost of ownership across a wide range of applications. LS systems enable precise, cost-effective inspection for cutting-edge process nodes, while SWIFT systems offer comprehensive macro inspection of all wafer surfaces, which is especially critical for advanced packaging, as well as logic, memory, and automotive applications.

What You Will Do

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

• Design, develop, test, and enhance software using C#, C++, Java, and/or Python.
• Work with the Machine Control and backend software teams to improve software capabilities for semiconductor equipment.
• Develop scripts and engineering tools for automation, data analysis, visualization, and debugging.
• Analyze existing software workflows and identify opportunities to improve performance, execution time, reliability, and engineering productivity.
• Build tools that enable engineers to experiment, troubleshoot, and validate solutions more efficiently.
• Participate in software design, implementation, code reviews, integration, and testing.
• Work on projects involving image processing and engineering data analysis, where applicable.
• Learn the architecture of complex semiconductor equipment and understand interactions between software, hardware, sensors, motion/control subsystems, and computing systems.
• Investigate technical problems, analyze results, and collaborate with engineers to develop practical solutions.
• Explore new technologies and techniques that can be incorporated into existing products.

About KLA

KLA provides advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, the company pursues perfection at the most fundamental level of matter. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Total Rewards

KLA's total rewards package may include performance incentive programs and eligibility for benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(k) with company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement, development and career growth programs, financial planning benefits, wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP), paid time off and paid company holidays, and family care and bonding leave. Interns are eligible for some of these benefits.

Pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location, and the range shown reflects the primary location in this posting. Actual pay depends on factors such as state minimum wage rates, location, job-related skills, experience, and education or training. KLA complies with applicable federal and state minimum wage requirements. Your recruiter can share more about the pay range for your preferred location during hiring.

Use of AI Statement

KLA interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. The use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate or suggest responses during interviews, whether virtual or in person, is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI.

Equal Opportunity Statement

KLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities for the application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To request accommodation, contact [email protected] or +1-408-352-2808.