Senior Research Specialist, AI & ML

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. Our inspection, metrology, and analytics systems detect and monitor defects across logic and memory chips, specialty semiconductors, wafers, reticles, advanced packaging, process equipment and materials. We also develop technologies for specialty processes, IC substrates, and PCB manufacturing, including etch and deposition, component inspection, and imaging and analytics. At KLA, physics and data are at the core of everything we do. Our AI and Modeling Center of Excellence drives innovation across KLA products by combining expertise in physics modeling, high-performance computing (HPC) and AI. The group is comprised of top-tier physicists, machine learning engineers, HPC architects and data scientists that collaborate to develop scalable, cutting-edge solutions for our customers. We’re hiring across multiple disciplines—this is your opportunity to make a global impact.

The work spans both applied and fundamental research. You will identify high-value research problems, formulate them mathematically, develop novel learning methods, build proof-of-concept systems, and conduct rigorous evaluations. Successful research outcomes will be translated into scalable solutions through collaboration with multidisciplinary engineering and domain teams.

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