# Kaliappan J. > Software Engineer at Kateeva Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kaliappan Experienced Staff Software Engineer with 20 plus of experience demonstrated history of working in the semiconductors industry. Strong engineering professional skilled in Semiconductors, C#,C++, and Embedded Systems. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Kateeva Jan 2018 – Present | newark,ca ### Senior Software Engineer @ Applied Materials Jan 2012 – Jan 2018 ### Technical Lead @ HCL America Jan 2004 – Jan 2012 At Axcelis Technologies Currently handling the Optima MD implanter modules with hands on development in Wafer Handling , Motion control and IO interfaces Worked on Implementation of E87 , E99 and E84 factory automation modules Cross platform experience which involved testing & debugging on both the windows VxWorks environment . Contributed in the development of the New Framework for the next generation systems. ### Consultant HCL @ HCL America Jan 2004 – Jan 2008 ### Lead Engineer @ HCL Technologies Jan 2002 – Jan 2004 At HCL Chennai have worked with clients like August Technologies and ESI on semiconductor domain ### Software Engineer @ Voiceworkz Technologies Jan 1999 – Jan 2002 ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Data Analytics and Machine Learning Boston University ### Bharathiar University ### Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan ### Vidya Vikasini ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kalijana --- Source: https://flows.cv/kaliappan JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kaliappan/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-10