HPC Storage 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. KLA's Central Engineering organization is made up of nine Centers of Excellence (CoEs) spanning disciplines like automation, motion control, sensors, platform design, and packaging. Each CoE contributes not only technical deliverables but also deep expertise, best practices, and advanced tools that elevate both what we build—and how we build it.

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.

Design, test, and tune storage systems that power real HPC workloads! The Computational Solutions Infrastructure Group (CSIG) at KLA builds scalable, high‑performance infrastructure used by engineers running compute‑ and data‑intensive workloads. We’re seeking an HPC Storage Engineer who wants hands‑on experience working with production HPC storage systems. This role offers strong technical mentorship, real‑world impact, and a clear path to senior‑level HPC storage engineering!

Job Duties, but not limited to:

HPC Storage Development & Support

• Contribute to the design and implementation of high‑performance storage for HPC environments
• Support storage configurations using NVMe, SSDs, RAID, and enterprise components
• Help balance performance, reliability, and cost under guidance from senior engineers

Integration & Delivery

• Work with product, hardware, and HPC teams to integrate storage into shipped systems
• Support new product introduction (NPI), production ramps, and component changes
• Assist with storage qualification, testing, and documentation

Performance & Troubleshooting

• Execute storage benchmarks aligned to real engineering workloads
• Analyze I/O behavior, throughput, latency, and metadata performance
• Troubleshoot storage and performance issues in Linux environments

Learning & Collaboration

• Partner closely with senior HPC storage engineers and architects
• Learn best practices for production‑grade HPC storage design
• Build depth across hardware, OS, file systems, and performance tooling

Qualifications, but not limited to:

• 2–4 years experience in storage, systems, HPC, or infrastructure engineering
• Hands‑on experience working in Linux environments

• Exposure to high‑performance or enterprise storage systems
• Understanding of storage fundamentals: IOPS, latency, bandwidth
• Familiarity with:
  • NVMe or SSD‑based storage
  • RAID and data protection concepts
  • Parallel or distributed storage concepts (Lustre‑like architectures)

Nice to Have

• Exposure to HPC clusters or compute‑heavy workloads
• Basic knowledge of networking concepts related to storage
• Experience supporting systems that ship to customers

Why Join the Team:

• Hands‑on experience with real HPC storage systems
• Strong mentorship and a clear growth path
• Work on systems that are shipped, supported, and used globally

Minimum Qualifications

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

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: $105,900.00 - $180,000.00 Annually
Primary Location: USA-MI-Ann Arbor-KLA

KLA’s 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.

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Equal Opportunity Statement

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