Software Engineering Manager

Filmetrics, a KLA company, is the market leader in 3 D optical surface profiling and thin film thickness measurement systems. Filmetrics products combine innovative hardware solutions with intuitive, easy to use software, tied together with a pioneering online platform. Filmetrics is part of KLA Corporation, which develops industry leading equipment and services that enable innovation throughout the electronics industry.

As a Software Engineering Manager on this team, you will lead and grow a multidisciplinary group of software and firmware engineers who design, develop, release, and support our families of surface profiler, thin film, sheet resistance and nanoindentation measurement instruments. You will be responsible for both people leadership and technical direction spanning embedded firmware, Windows desktop applications, software architecture, and measurement and data analysis algorithms, leveraging cutting edge technologies and the latest advancements in software engineering and AI/ML/DL. You will partner closely with hardware, systems, product, and global engineering teams to deliver high quality products on schedule.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software and firmware engineers-setting clear goals, giving regular feedback, conducting performance reviews, and supporting career growth.
• Provide technical direction and oversight across embedded firmware, Windows desktop software (C#/.NET, C++), software architecture, and measurement, data analysis, and signal/image processing algorithms.
• Own planning and execution for your team-scope and estimate work, manage schedules and priorities, communicate risks and trade offs, and deliver releases on schedule.
• Drive sound architecture and design decisions through design and code reviews, and uphold engineering standards for quality, performance, reliability, and security.
• Recruit, hire, and onboard top engineering talent while building an inclusive, high performing, and collaborative team culture.
• Collaborate cross functionally with hardware, systems, product management, manufacturing, and customer facing teams to define requirements and align on roadmaps.
• Partner with globally distributed teams across the US, Europe, and Asia on system integration, software releases, and shared engineering best practices.
• Champion responsible adoption of AI/ML and AI assisted development tools under company security policies, remove obstacles, and foster root cause analysis and continuous improvement in process and product quality.

• Bachelor's degree (required) plus significant relevant experience.
• Master's or advanced degree (desired) plus relevant experience in Computer Science, Software, Electrical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, or Physics, including people management or technical lead experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and grow software and firmware engineering teams and to deliver complex products on schedule.
• Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals-software architecture, data structures, algorithms, design patterns, event driven and multithreaded design, testing, and debugging-sufficient to guide technical decisions across the team.
• Technical breadth across Microsoft .NET and C# for Windows desktop applications, C and C++ programming (including embedded firmware), software architecture for complex, real time systems, measurement, data analysis, or signal/image processing algorithms, source code control (Git), modern development practices, and software design and coding standards.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence peers, interdisciplinary engineering groups, customers, suppliers, and senior leadership, including delivering clear technical and program presentations.
• Adept at managing and collaborating with teams across the US, Europe, and Asia.
• Strong organizational, planning, and problem solving skills with a systematic, data driven approach to leading teams.

• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams spanning firmware/embedded, desktop application, and algorithm development.
• Experience in the semiconductor, metrology, inspection, or scientific instrument domain.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum and modern software development lifecycle and release management.
• Experience delivering AI/ML capabilities in products.
• Experience improving engineering processes, diagnostics/observability, and software quality for complex systems.

Occasional travel may be required to KLA headquarters, customer sites, or other business locations. Travel is expected to be less than 10% of working time.

• 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.
• Car allowance and life assurance.

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. 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.