AIML Software Engineer

To make electronics you need chips wafers transistors reticles and... To make these you must see test and manufacture them at scalefaster and better than ever before. Thats where KLA comes in. Whether youre early in your career or an experienced professional youll solve complex challenges work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

Group/Division

KLAs IT group supports business growth and productivity by connecting people process and technology around the world. We work to improve the technology that drives our business to thrive and focus on empowering employee use of technology. This integrated approach to customer service creativity and technological excellence enhances employee productivity business analytics and process excellence.

What Youll Do

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

We are seeking an AI/ML Engineer to help build agentic AI solutions that automate workflows and support better decisionmaking across the this role youll collaborate with senior engineers and product partners to deliver reliable productiongrade AI services contribute to agent orchestration approaches and continuously improve evaluation and monitoring for quality and performance.

The ideal candidate brings proven software engineering fundamentals and experience with modern AI frameworks. This is a handson builder role focused on collaborative design implementation and deployment of agentic AI systems. If you enjoy building experimenting and learning while deploying real AI systems wed love to hear from you! This role will be based at our Midwest HQ in Ann Arbor MI

Key Responsibilities

• Build and deploy agentbased AI systems including autonomous and semiautonomous agents that can reason plan use tools and collaborate effectively.
• Support benchmarking efforts for model performance across different deployment environments.
• Collaborate in the design and implementation of scalable and reliable AI/ML systems that support evolving workloads.
• Help ensure solutions align with enterprise standards for security compliance observability and operational efficiency.
• Run focused experiments (e.g. A/B tests workflow refinements) to improve agent performance.
• Work closely with crossfunctional partners to deliver impactful business outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with enterprise AI/ML platforms or managed AI services.
• Exposure to model evaluation monitoring or performance tuning in production settings.
• Familiarity with MLOps practices and modern deployment workflows.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Data Science AI or a related field. Masters and/or PhD preferred
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in AI/ML with a proven track record of deploying solutions in a production environment.
• Proficiency in Python or similar languages with experience in libraries like TensorFlow Scikit-learn etc. Experience with RAG is essential.
• Strong background in statistics machine learning algorithms deep learning neural networks and system architecture.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms DevOps practices and data processing technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects and work effectively in matrix environments.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical team members and business partners.
• Familiarity with software engineering best practices including version control (Git) CI/CD pipelines agile methodologies and system design patterns.

About KLA

We provide advanced inspection tools metrology systems process solutions and computational analytics that make electronics possible tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place join us.

Total Rewards

Base Pay Range: $105900.00 - $180000.00 Annually Primary Location: USA-MI-Ann Arbor-KLA

KLAs total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to: medical dental vision life and other voluntary benefits 401(K) including company matching employee stock purchase program (ESPP) student debt assistance tuition reimbursement program development and career growth opportunities and 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 the benefits listed. 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.

Use of AI Statement

At KLA our interviews seek to understand your individual skills problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation the use of AI recording tools or other technologies to generate suggest or provide responses during interviewswhether virtual or in personis not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI and we value candidates who share this mindset.

Equal Opportunity Statement

KLA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at or at 1- to request accommodation.

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