HPC Linux Systems Engineer - Milpitas, CA, United States
$136,300 - $199,900 USD yearly
Originally posted 22 September 2026 by the employer.
This role sits at the intersection of Linux systems engineering, networking, Kubernetes orchestration, and advanced compute infrastructure.
About the role
This role involves architecting, developing, deploying, and supporting scalable Kubernetes environments on Linux-based HPC platforms for KLA's e-Beam division.
What you'll do
- Architect, deploy, and support Kubernetes clusters running on enterprise Linux platforms across HPC environments. - Design, configure, and optimize Linux-based compute infrastructure with a focus on scalability, performance, reliability, and automation. - Lead networking architecture and troubleshooting across servers, switches, storage systems, and Kubernetes environments. - Develop and automate infrastructure deployment, provisioning, and lifecycle management using scripting and configuration management tools. - Support scalable storage architectures and high-bandwidth interconnect technologies critical to HPC workloads. - Create and maintain golden images, deployment procedures, automation scripts, and technical documentation.
What you'll need
- Deep expertise administering and troubleshooting enterprise Linux environments (Red Hat, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, SUSE). - Strong hands-on experience designing, deploying, and maintaining Kubernetes clusters in production environments. - Deep understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP, LDAP, SMTP, routing, switching, and network troubleshooting. - Strong knowledge of HPC architectures, including compute servers, GPU platforms, storage systems, BIOS/BMC technologies, and cluster infrastructure. - Proficiency in Shell and Python scripting for automation, deployment, and operational support. - Experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Salt, Chef, or Puppet.
Nice to have
- Experience building and supporting Kubernetes platforms for HPC, AI/ML, or GPU-intensive workloads. - Familiarity with cloud-based compute architectures and hybrid infrastructure environments. - Experience optimizing networking and storage performance for large-scale distributed compute systems. - Experience supporting containerized workloads and cloud-native infrastructure.
Skills: Kubernetes, Linux, HPC, networking architecture, automation
This role has been open 19 days — well below the 60-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
680
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Median days open
60 d
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Median salary
$215k
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| Metric | KLA Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (680 roles · 73 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 680 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 204 | 6028 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 93 d | 60 d (+33 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $215k |
Skills observed across this category: Kubernetes, Linux, HPC, networking architecture, automation
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 165 open roles · median 75 d
- NVIDIA · 129 open roles · median 52 d
- AMD · 59 open roles · median 51 d
- Mobileye · 29 open roles · median 74 d
- Broadcom · 22 open roles · median 46 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 108 d
How we counted: 680 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 73 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 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.