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title: 'Data Scientist - Manufacturing Data (KR) at Gauss Labs'
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# Data Scientist - Manufacturing Data (KR) at Gauss Labs

- **Company:** Gauss Labs
- **Location:** Seoul, South Korea
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-20
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/gausslabs/ddb8f41e-73b8-4b80-aa7d-048e79fb3d95

## About Gauss Labs

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Gauss Labs revolutionizes manufacturing by building industrial AI solutions that leverage machine-generated data to make factories more intelligent.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funded by a single corporate round in 2020)
- **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Mike Young-Han Kim (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Industrial AI, Semiconductor Manufacturing Intelligence, Software Development
- **Target customers**: B2B – primarily large semiconductor manufacturers (e.g., SK hynix) and other advanced manufacturing firms
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “We normalize AI. We revolutionize manufacturing.” – Gauss Labs aims to reshape manufacturing through innovative industrial AI systems beyond human capabilities.

## Products & Services
- **Panoptes VM (Virtual Metrology)**: An AI-based solution that predicts wafer manufacturing process outcomes, enabling real-time process control and reducing the need for physical measurements. Deployed at SK hynix since 2023.
- **Panoptes IM (Image Metrology)**: An end-to-end image metrology solution covering image processing, metrology, and analytics. Helps extract highly precise and repeatable measurements from manufacturing images.
- **Manufacturing Data Intelligence (MDI) Solutions**: A broader suite of proprietary AI algorithms that turn machine-generated data into actionable insights for factory optimization.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $55 million (corporate round, led by SK Hynix, September 2020)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: SK Hynix (sole investor and strategic partner), with published research at SPIE AL 2024 on AI-based semiconductor metrology.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Headcount growth of +2.8% YoY (64 employees as of 2025)
  - Active job postings in US and Korea (6 open roles)
  - Deployment of Panoptes VM at SK hynix’s wafer fabrication lines
  - Patent filings in end-to-end process control and anomaly detection (2024)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep domain expertise**: Combines cutting-edge AI/ML knowledge with hands-on manufacturing domain knowledge, especially in semiconductor fabrication.
- **Proprietary AI algorithms**: Developed in-house for manufacturing data intelligence, validated through real-world deployments at scale.
- **Tight partnership with SK hynix**: Access to real-world manufacturing data and a channel for immediate impact, creating a strong moat in the semiconductor AI space.
- **Global distributed team**: Offices in Palo Alto (HQ), Seoul, and Vancouver, enabling 24/7 development and close collaboration with Asian manufacturing hubs.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Scaling its AI-based virtual metrology and image metrology solutions to additional semiconductor fabs and expanding into other manufacturing verticals.
- **Growth direction**: Continued investment in R&D (patents, SPIE publications) and hiring for AI, software engineering, and forward-deployed roles to deepen product capabilities and customer reach.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture highlights**: Gauss Labs emphasizes “normalizing AI” and values ownership, fearless experimentation, and collective learning. The company is described as having a balanced and inspiring leadership.
- **Remote/hybrid/office policy**: 
  - Palo Alto: Hybrid working environment
  - Seoul: Hybrid working environment
  - Vancouver: Full remote working environment
  - Generous PTO, flexible hours, and remote work options
- **Notable perks**: Comprehensive health insurance (medical, vision, dental) for employees and dependents; 401(k) with company matching in the US; group insurance and private health plan in Korea; robust savings plans; career development programs; team-building events.
- **Engineering culture**: High proportion of technical staff (38% technical, 14% research), with strong talent drawn from top companies like SK hynix, Samsung, Amazon, and AWS. Employees report a 3.8/5.0 employer rating (Work-Life 4.0, Compensation 4.2, Culture 3.5).

## Sources
1. [gausslabs.ai](https://www.gausslabs.ai/about-us) – About Us page
2. [gausslabs.ai](https://www.gausslabs.ai/career) – Careers page
3. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/gauss-labs-ai) – LinkedIn company page (aggregated data)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/gauss-labs) – Built In company profile
5. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/gausslabs) – Current job openings

## Other roles at Gauss Labs

- [Senior Data Scientist - Manufacturing Data (US)](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-data-scientist-manufacturing-data-us-gauss-labs-palo-alto-1rkgkj4qjpj3) — Palo Alto, CA
- [Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (KR)](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-talent-acquisition-partner-kr-gauss-labs-seoul-3cww2bns41s0) — Seoul, South Korea
- [Senior Site Reliability Engineer (KR)](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-site-reliability-engineer-kr-gauss-labs-seoul-gdg4bf0588qt) — Seoul, South Korea
- [Senior Data Scientist - Manufacturing Data (KR)](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-data-scientist-manufacturing-data-kr-gauss-labs-seoul-7mxybzg57532) — Seoul, South Korea
- [Senior AI Engineer - Machine Learning (US)](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-ai-engineer-machine-learning-us-gauss-labs-palo-alto-my50txca82ab) — Palo Alto, CA
- [AI Scientist - Machine Learning (KR/US)](https://feeny.ai/job/ai-scientist-machine-learning-kr-us-gauss-labs-palo-alto-8fggv3qzs4n1) — Palo Alto, CA / Seoul, South Korea
- [Talent Pool (KR)](https://feeny.ai/job/talent-pool-kr-gauss-labs-seoul-fk05db67et2a) — Seoul, South Korea
- [Talent Pool (US)](https://feeny.ai/job/talent-pool-us-gauss-labs-palo-alto-n4vhgcyr9zdv) — Palo Alto, CA