AI​/ML Intern

Company Overview

KLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies. No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays.

The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration, research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and we invest 15% of sales back into R&D. Our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers work together with the world's leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow's electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems.

There is never a dull moment with us.

Group/Division

With over 40 years of semiconductor process control experience, chip makers around the globe rely on KLA to ensure that their fabs ramp next-generation devices to volume production quickly and cost-effectively. Enabling the movement towards advanced chip design, KLA's Global Products Group (GPG), which is responsible for creating all of KLA's metrology and inspection products, is looking for the best and the brightest research scientist, software engineers, application development engineers, and senior product technology process engineers.

The LS-SWIFT Division of KLA's Global Products Group provides patterned wafer inspection systems for high-volume semiconductor manufacturing. Its mission is to deliver market-leading cost of ownership in defect detection for a broad range of applications in the production of semiconductors. Customers from the foundry, logic, memory, automotive, MEMS, advanced packaging and other markets rely upon high-sample wafer inspection information generated by LS-SWIFT products.

LS (Laser Scanning) systems enable cost-effective patterned wafer defect detection for the industry's most sophisticated process technologies deployed in leading-edge foundry, logic, DRAM, and NAND fabs. SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafer Inspection at Fast Throughput) systems deliver all-wafer-surface (frontside, backside, and edge) macro inspection that is critical for automotive IC, MEMS, and advanced packaging processes as well as foundry/logic and memory fabs.

LS-SWIFT operates from a global footprint that includes the US, Singapore, India and Germany, and serves a worldwide customer base across Asia, Europe and North America.

Job Description /Preferred Qualifications

* Research and prototype anomaly/defect detection methods for high-resolution industrial vision data

* Design and implement proof-of-concept ML solutions from research ideas,

* Train, evaluate, and analyze computer vision models under real-world data constraints

* Iterate on models using quantitative metrics and qualitative failure analysis

Preferred Qualifications

* Currently pursuing or recently completed a Master's or PhD in AI/ML, CS, EE, or related field

* Hands-on experience implementing and modifying modern vision models (CNNs, Transformers) rather than only using pre-trained models.

* Demonstrated experience training at least one vision model end-to-end (data preparation → training → evaluation), documented via coursework, research, or projects.

* Strong Python skills; experience with PyTorch or Tensor Flow

* Experience with unsupervised or weakly supervised learning is a plus

* Exposure to multimodal or vision-language models is a plus

* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Minimum Qualifications

Working towards a MS or PhD in AI/ML, CS, EE, or related field

Base Pay Range: $48.00 - $58.00 per hour based on pursuit of a Masters and Ph.D.

Primary

Location:

USA-CA-Milpitas-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)…