
Laboratory Service Engineer
Required skills
- preventative maintenance
- corrective maintenance
- upgrades
- calibrations
- mechanical
- electromechanical
- electronic
- vacuum equipment
- hazardous gas
- hazardous liquid materials
Nice to have
- electrical systems
- fluidic systems
- vacuum systems
- hand tools
- electronic test equipment
- cleanroom environment
Role summary
Lam Research is seeking a Laboratory Service Engineer to maintain and upgrade equipment in their applications lab. This role involves hands-on work with state-of-the-art equipment, performing preventative and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration. The engineer will diagnose and repair mechanical, electromechanical, and electronic systems, ensure safe handling of hazardous materials, and support R&D activities by installing and documenting prototype equipment. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential. The position requires a technical degree with 2+ years of experience or equivalent work experience, and offers a hybrid work model.
The group you’ll be a part of
In the Global Products Group, we are dedicated to excellence in the design and engineering of Lam's etch and deposition products. We drive innovation to ensure our cutting-edge solutions are helping to solve the biggest challenges in the semiconductor industry.
The impact you’ll make
As a Laboratory Service Engineer at Lam, you're a pivotal force in maintaining and upgrading equipment in our applications lab. It’s not the typical lab; you’ll be hands-on with state-of-the-art equipment performing maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration. You'll support innovative equipment providing installation and documentation, making you an integral part of our technology’s success.
What you’ll do
- Operate in an R&D environment performing preventative and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, upgrades, and calibrations on equipment.
- Diagnose and repair mechanical, electromechanical, electronic, and vacuum equipment.
- Ensure safe handling of hazardous gas and liquid materials using required Personal Protective Equipment.
- Partner with cross-functional teams, including process development, hardware, and software engineering, to support R&D activities, customer demos, and equipment operations.
- Install and provide support for prototype equipment, developing procedures and documentation.
- Maintain alignment on priorities across tasks that vary from highly dynamic to routine, with clear and proactive communication.
Who we’re looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field with 2+ years of experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or Associates degree in a technical field or equivalent military training with 4+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent work experience.
- Schedule is Sun-Thurs 2pm-11pm.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience troubleshooting electrical sytems, electro-mechanical, fluidic systems, and vacuum systems.
- Proficient in the use of a variety of hand tools and electronic test equipment for maintenance, repair, and assembly tasks.
- Capable of working in a cleanroom environment, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), or a cleanroom suit.
- Semiconductor industry experience or understanding of Lam products is a plus.
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: $27.88 - $59.62.
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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