Agentic AI Software Engineer - Equipment Data Analytics - Milpitas, CA, United States
$136,300 - $199,900 USD yearly
Originally posted 7 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves developing intelligent software platforms for AI-driven analytics and automation solutions in advanced semiconductor manufacturing systems. It focuses on combining large-scale equipment data, hardware telemetry, machine diagnostics, and Agentic AI technologies to improve equipment performance, reliability, and productivity.
What you'll do
- Design and develop production-quality software solutions supporting AI-driven equipment diagnostics, monitoring, and predictive maintenance.
- Build and enhance Agentic AI frameworks that integrate large language models (LLMs) with engineering and equipment data systems.
- Develop software that interfaces with complex hardware platforms, equipment telemetry streams, machine control systems, and manufacturing data sources.
- Integrate AI technologies with scalable data platforms, including streaming architectures, NoSQL databases, vector databases, and knowledge management systems.
- Build secure APIs, services, and orchestration layers that support intelligent workflows and automated decision-making.
- Develop high-performance data pipelines that transform equipment and operational data into actionable insights.
What you'll need
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience developing production applications.
- Strong programming skills in Python and at least one object-oriented language such as Java, C++, or C#.
- Experience developing scalable backend services, APIs, databases, and distributed software systems.
- Experience working with hardware-integrated software systems, industrial equipment, manufacturing systems, instrumentation, embedded interfaces, controls software, telemetry systems, or IoT platforms.
- Experience building data-intensive applications using SQL, NoSQL, streaming platforms, or large-scale data processing technologies.
- Familiarity with cloud-native development, CI/CD pipelines, source control, automated testing, and modern software engineering practices.
Nice to have
- Experience with semiconductor equipment, manufacturing systems, inspection systems, industrial automation, robotics, or scientific instrumentation.
- Experience developing applications utilizing LLMs, Agentic AI frameworks, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), tool/function calling, or AI orchestration frameworks.
- Experience with vector databases, knowledge graphs, machine learning pipelines, or predictive analytics solutions.
- Experience developing React-based user interfaces or modern web applications.
- Understanding of equipment diagnostics, predictive maintenance, reliability engineering, or operational analytics.
- Experience deploying software in secure, disconnected, or air-gapped environments.
Skills: AI-driven analytics, Agentic AI frameworks, equipment data, hardware telemetry, semiconductor manufacturing systems
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 42-day median for Software Engineering Semiconductor roles.
Software Engineering Semiconductor · AI EDA Design
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Open roles in category
103
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Median days open
42 d
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Median salary
$178k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | KLA Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (103 roles · 31 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 10 | 103 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 198 | 6047 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 43 d | 42 d (+1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $178k |
Skills observed across this category: AI-driven analytics, Agentic AI frameworks, equipment data, hardware telemetry, semiconductor manufacturing systems
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 14 open roles · median 32 d
- Applied Materials · 10 open roles · median 53 d
- KLA Corporation (this employer) · 10 open roles · median 43 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 8 open roles · median 23 d
- Lam Research · 8 open roles · median 13 d
- Keysight Technologies · 7 open roles · median 30 d
How we counted: 103 open Software Engineering Semiconductor (AI EDA Design) roles from 31 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.