
Product Engineer 5
Required skills
- semiconductor equipment
- customer issues
- product quality
- product development
- prototyping
- product release
- field support
- experiments
- tests
- prototypes
Nice to have
- product design
- technical engineering experience
- specifying
- operating
- maintaining
- hardware
Role summary
Lam Research is seeking a Product Engineer 5 to join their Global Operations Group. This role involves engineering innovative semiconductor equipment and process design solutions, leading product development projects from prototyping to release, and providing technical support to customers. The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree with 8+ years of experience or a PhD with 5+ years of experience in a relevant engineering or science field, possessing exceptional analytical, experimental design, problem-solving, and communication skills. The position requires customer engagement, including travel, and working in a cleanroom or fab environment. Preferred qualifications include prior product design experience and experience leading cross-functional teams.
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
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 customers and internal teams, you will provide real-time solutions to customer challenges and help enhance our products. Your passion for engaging with customers and innovative engineering drives progress in our industry, solving complex challenges once thought unsolvable.
What you’ll do
- Collaboratively engineer innovative semiconductor equipment and process design solutions to quickly resolve customer issues and improve product quality in a dynamic, fast-paced, challenging environment.
- Lead product development projects from product prototyping, development, deployment and product release, and initial field support.
- Independently design and conduct experiments, tests, and prototypes to resolve complex technical problems.
- Present analysis and support technical recommendations clearly and concisely.
- Collaborate with cross-functional and cross-cultural teams to guide the specification and development of products.
- Provide technical support for installation and/or diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing, and debugging complex product issues.
- Maintain a high degree of customer engagement including face-to-face and international travel to customer sites supporting near-term product releases and solving customer issues.
- Work in a cleanroom lab and/or customer semiconductor fab environment.
Who we’re looking for
- Master’s degree in Material Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optics, Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field with 8+ years of experience; or a PhD with 5+ years’ experience; or equivalent experience.
- Exceptional analytical and experimental design skills.
- Creative thinking, problem-solving, and troubleshooting capabilities.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
- Comfortable traveling up to 25% of the time.
Preferred qualifications
- Prior product design and technical engineering experience is beneficial.
- Experience designing, specifying, building, operating, and maintaining semiconductor, automotive, aerospace, or related hardware, tools, and equipment.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams.
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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Salary
CA San Francisco Bay Area Salary Range for this position: $125,000.00 - $270,000.00.
The above salary range for this position is relevant to applicants that reside or work onsite in the California, San Francisco Bay Area only. Salary offers will depend on factors that include the location you work from, your level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience and comparison to other employees already in this role. Actual salary may vary from salary offered due to numerous factors including but not limited to unpaid time off, unpaid leave, company mandated shutdown, and other relevant factors.
Our Perks and Benefits
At Lam, our people make amazing things possible. That’s why we invest in you throughout the phases of your life with a comprehensive set of outstanding benefits.
Sample Lam Research interview questions
- 1
Build a scalable cache layer for distributed systems.
system designmedium - 2
Connected Components in an Undirected Graph Determine the number of connected components in an undirected graph. Input: n = 4, edges = [[0,1],[2,3]] Output: 2 Explanation: The graph is split completely evenly into two distinct isolated components: nodes {0,1} and nodes {2,3}.
codingmedium - 3
Pacific and Atlantic Water Flow Calculate water flow from a matrix to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Input: heights = [[2,1],[1,2]] Output: [[0,0],[0,1],[1,0],[1,1]] Explanation: All cells can flow to both oceans because water can move to adjacent cells of equal or lower height or directly off the edges.
codingmedium - 4
Longest Substring with Two Distinct Characters Find the longest substring with at most two distinct characters. Input: s = "ccaabbb" Output: 5 Explanation: The substring "aabbb" contains exactly two distinct characters and has a maximum length of 5.
codingmedium - 5
Diameter of a Binary Tree Find the diameter of a binary tree. Input: root = [1,2] Output: 1 Explanation: The longest path is simply the single edge connecting the root node to its only child.
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