Forward Deployed Engineer
Core
Build and own the internal AI platform and infrastructure that bridges advanced AI engineering with business unit needs, enabling scalable deployment of proprietary AI solutions.
Role type
Senior IC AI Infrastructure Engineer
Builds
Internal AI platform, agent scaffolding, eval frameworks, persistent context/memory systems, and on-prem inference infrastructure
Domain
Semiconductor manufacturing / Industrial AI
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Python, ML frameworks, model fine-tuning, inference optimization, on-prem deployment, plugin architecture, CI/CD, containerization, data governance
Preferred skills
Platform infrastructure design, marketplace systems, personalization systems, technical leadership, semiconductor/industrial ML experience
Technologies
Python, ML frameworks, containerization, orchestration, Infrastructure-as-Code
Responsibilities
Build and enhance AI products/tools for the business; Deploy AI capabilities into KLA's teams; Own the internal AI infrastructure; Architect and maintain reusable infrastructure; Design and build persistent context and memory systems; Build skill and plugin distribution systems; Design and operate on-prem inference infrastructure; Fine-tune or adapt foundation models on proprietary data; Build CI/CD pipelines for agents; Set technical standards and mentor junior engineers; Track the AI frontier at a deep technical level
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership
