AI Ops Engineer

Company OverviewKLA 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. u00a0The 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/DivisionThe KLA Services team headquartered in Milpitas, CA is our service organization that consists of Service Sales and Marketing, Spares Supply Chain management, Field Operations, Engineering, Product Training, and Technical Support. u00a0The KLA Services organization partners with our field teams and customers in all business sectors to maintain the high performance and productivity of our products through a flexible portfolio of services. Our comprehensive services include: proactive management of tools to identify and improve performance; expertise in optics, image processing and motion control with worldwide service engineers, 24/7 technical support teams and knowledge management systems; and an extensive parts network to ensure worldwide availability of parts.Job Description/Preferred QualificationsWe seek a highly skilled and passionate Senior AI Ops Engineer to join our team. This role will be pivotal in architecting and delivering the automation layer that enables fast, reproducible, and scalable model development-spanning end-to-end experiment management, model fine-tuning pipelines, and Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF). We encourage you to apply if you're a systems-minded engineer who loves turning research workflows into reliable production-grade pipelines, setting standards, and mentoring others to raise the bar across the organization.Key Responsibilities:Implement and operate experiment tracking, lineage, and reproducibility standards (datasets, code, configs, artifacts, metrics) using MLflow/W&B or equivalents.Build CI/CD for ML: tests (unit/integration), packaging, reproducibility checks, policy gates, automated deployment and rollback strategies.Design workflow orchestration for large-scale ML jobs (scheduled runs, triggered retrains, parameter sweeps, gated releases) using tools such as Airflow/Kubeflow/Argo or equivalents.Architect, build, and own automated pipelines for model training, fine-tuning (e.g., PEFT/LoRA), evaluation, and promotion across environments (dev u00a0staging u00a0production).Establish standardized training

Created: 2026-01-15