Kla
Forward Deployed Engineer
Ann Arbor, MI · Junior
Sponsorship not specified$112k-$190kDetected 15 days ago
PythonCI/CDRESTMachine LearningSupply ChainCustomer SupportTest AutomationAR/VRResearchLeadershipCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- Company Overview KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem.
- No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us.
Responsibilities
- Build and enhance AI products and tools for the business, owning product quality and reliability end to end
- Architect and maintain reusable infrastructure: agent scaffolding, eval frameworks, and integration patterns
- Design and build persistent context and memory systems that make AI environments personalized and progressively more useful over time
- Build skill and plugin distribution systems that let one person's breakthrough become everyone's baseline
- Fine-tune or adapt foundation models on proprietary data where it creates meaningful capability uplift
- Build CI/CD pipelines for agents: testing, evaluation, versioning, and rollback
- lead design reviews and define golden paths for development
- Set technical standards and mentor junior engineers; lead design reviews and define golden paths for development
Requirements
- Doctorate (Academic) Degree and 0 years related work experience
- Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years
- Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
- Master's preferred
- 3+ years of experience building and operating ML/AI systems in production, including ownership of production-grade infrastructure
- Strong proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks and model fine-tuning techniques
- Hands-on experience with inference optimization and model serving infrastructure, including on-prem deployment patterns
- Experience designing plugin architectures, marketplace systems, or extensible platform components that scale adoption
- Working knowledge of CI/CD, containerization, orchestration, and Infrastructure-as-Code
- Experience designing evaluation harnesses and automated testing for AI systems
Skills
- Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies.
Compensation
- $111,900.00 - $190,200.00 Annually
- Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location.
- The range displayed reflects the pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting.
- Actual pay depends on several factors, including state minimum pay wage rates, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training.
- We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state minimum wage requirements where applicable.
- If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Benefits
- Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed.
- Actual pay depends on several factors, including state minimum pay wage rates, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training.
Company info
- We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state minimum wage requirements where applicable.
Equal opportunity
- KLA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Please contact us at talent.acquisition@kla.com or at +1-408-352-2808 to request accommodation.
- Equal Opportunity Employer.
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