Product Engineer 4

The Group You’ll Be A Part Of

The Customer Support Business Group focuses on enabling our customers with premier customer support throughout their lifecycle with Lam. We drive performance, productivity, safety, and quality of customers installed base performance and deliver service and lifecycle solutions for their most critical equipment and processes.

The Impact You’ll Make

At Lam, as a Product Engineer, you thrive in high-stakes, dynamic environment, driving product development at the forefront of the semiconductor equipment industry. Collaborating closely with local and field teams, you will support development of solutions to solve customer challenges and to enhance our products. Your passion for engaging with innovative engineering drives progress in our industry, tackling the once unsolvable.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and execute experimental test plans for on-site lab equipment, and analyze data against success criteria to validate product performance.
• Actively participate in technical brainstorming activities and problem-solving methodologies for effective solution path determination.
• Support risk identification and mitigation/avoidance actions. Leverage results for qualification strategy development.
• Coordinate engineering development activities with other groups within Lam and act as focal for long term technical strategies.
• Document testing results in reports and presentations, create and/or update end user technical documentation, products specifications, and supplier procedures.
• Present on project status and final engineering results at various settings including business organization level review meetings.
• Coordinate offsite testing at Lam Research customers or vendors for qualification of new products or solutions.
• Provide support for supplier issues by dispositioning at-risk material, offering technical guidance and approval on root cause/corrective actions.
• Provide technical assessments of new projects to estimate scope of resourcing needed, including potential project approach, key risks, costs, duration, and engineering headcount.
• Provide engineering support for resolving customer escalations related to product issues.

Who We’re Looking For

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 6+ years applicable experience in manufacturing processes and design, preferably in the semiconductor industry, including equivalent experience from an advanced degree in relevant technical fields.
• BS/MS degree in the following technical fields: Material Science, Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering; Advanced degree PhD desirable, but level of work experience also considered.
• Knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC), statistical measurements/analysis and hypothesis tests, as well as proficiency with statistical analysis software such as JMP, Origin, or MiniTab.
• Knowledge of fundamental electromagnetics, RF power delivery, and plasma processing chemistries.
• Demonstrated capability for hands-on equipment operation and troubleshooting.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word software.
• Creative thinking and problem solving capabilities.
• Exceptional clear written and verbal communication as well as presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in Material Science, Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering with 3+ years applicable experience in semiconductor industry.
• Strong project management, communication/presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in risk identification and mitigation efforts, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and problem solving as well as Root Cause-Corrective Action (RCCA) for projects.
• Knowledge of plasma chamber equipment subsystems and operating principles.
• Experience with wafer metrology equipment such as SEM, CDSEM, Ellipsometry, and Optical Defect Inspection.
• Knowledge of semiconductor device manufacturing, including common operations such as lithography, wet and dry etching, deposition, electroplating, and CMP.
• General knowledge of dry etch process applications as well as effect of process parameters (power, pressure, temp, chemistry, etc.) on etch results such as etch rate, selectivity, profile, and defectivity.

Our Commitment

We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results.

Lam Research ("Lam" or the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaffirms support of equal opportunity in employment and non-discrimination in employment policies, practices and procedures on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees.

Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories – On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. ‘On-site Flex’ you’ll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. ‘Virtual Flex’ you’ll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time.

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