Senior Manufacturing Engineer

The Group You’ll Be A Part Of

The Global Operations Group brings information systems, facilities, supply chain, logistics, and high-volume manufacturing together to drive the engine of our global business operations. We help Lam deliver industry-leading solutions with speed and efficiency, while actively supporting the resilient and profitable growth of Lam's business.

The Impact You’ll Make

In a Manufacturing Engineer role, you will lead high profile project timelines and milestones.  You will manage projects for product development, quality development, quality initiatives, supplier selection, problem solving as well as designing and conducting independent experiments and tests.

What You’ll Do

• Lead cross-functional teams consisting of business development, engineering, manufacturing, processing engineering, field service, and suppliers during new product development launch through to production release.
• Be a leader for problem-solving skills: defining the problem, identifying objectives, assessing risk, developing approach, analyzing results and providing recommendations.
• Coordinate development activities with suppliers and product groups.
• Implement industry standard process control techniques such as six sigma techniques to manage and develop production efficiencies and quality.
• Develop continuous improvement plans (CIP) on existing manufacturing processes to increase first pass yield.
• Be the chief advocate for your product across company organizations.

Who We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Material Science or related field
• 8 years of experience in supplier / customer quality management with exposure flow control OEMs desirable.
• Strong foundation in flow controls or manufacturing of equipment.
• Experienced project management, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of Statistics Process Control (SPC), Design of Experiments (DOE), Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA), Root Cause-Corrective Action (RCCA), 8D & 5-Whys Problem solving.
• Prior experience with MS office tools (ppt, excel, project), statistical tools.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and successfully manage a variety of projects with changing priority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work as a team player in a fast-paced environment. Good presentation skills.
• Self-motivated, attention to detail, ability to prepare technical reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information, as well as write technical specifications and procedures.
• Demonstrated strong customer management and presentation skills.
• Previous experience leading cross-functional projects
• Comfortable with travelling about 15%.

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.