Senior Software Development Engineer

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll 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. 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. The SPTS division provides advanced wafer processing solutions—including etch, deposition and vapor-based technologies—designed for R&D through high-volume production. With a global presence and strong customer support network, SPTS helps manufacturers across industries improve performance, yield and cost-efficiency. It also offers comprehensive service and spare parts through a worldwide network of service centers and qualified local agents.

What You'll Do

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

Business Unit

Responsible for the growth of our world leading wafer handling and process systems, the Platform Engineering Group are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team based in Newport, Wales.

***KLA is proud to be an inclusive and diverse employer. To enhance our diverse workforce and business growth we offer a flexible working culture, please let us know how we can support your needs - full time, part time, job share, flexible hours, support with your application/interview process ***

Purpose of the role

Working with the Software Manager, this important role within the team will utilise your knowledge and experience in Object-Orientated Design and Object-Orientated Programming to develop, test, release and maintain new and legacy software.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Developing industrial control software using OOD/OOP under Microsoft Windows
• Writing, testing, and deploying high-quality code
• Documenting work, to include software design specifications, test plans and release notes
• Testing software on suitable hardware within a multi-disciplinary team
• Ensuring all software meets required standards of safety, quality, performance, and security

Experience, knowledge & qualifications required:

• An experienced Senior Software Engineer, ideally gained in a technical industry
• With proven experience and/or degree qualified in Software Engineering, Computer Science
• Be up to date with software development methods and technologies
• Experienced in software development with the use of OOD/OOP (JAVA, C++, C#, etc)
• Previous experience of working in multi-disciplined project team(s)
• An appreciation of the full software development life cycle
• Experience of data analytics and/or AI in a machine controls environment is desirable

For this role we are looking for someone who has:

• Excellent logical/analytical skills coupled with strong problem-solving abilities
• Good time-management / multi-tasking skills to deliver results within strictly defined release timelines
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team
• Resilient with the ability and flexibility to respond to changing priorities
• Comfortable working collaboratively across the business to enable successful delivery of products

Occasional domestic and international travel(5-10%), including to the United States, may be required as part of this role

KLA benefits package includes:

Annual leave starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays), contributory pension scheme, cash health plan, cycle to work scheme, global bonus plan, share scheme, rewards scheme, and life assurance.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors Degree with related work experience; Master's Level Degree and related work experience

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.

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 interviews—whether virtual or in person—is 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.

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.