Manufacturing Engineering Sustaining Lead — Hybrid

Lam Research Corporation; Victoria; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Lam Research Corporation seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Sustaining Supervisor to lead a multidisciplinary team in sustaining manufacturing processes, test systems, and product support. You will drive continuous improvement, manage lifecycle changes, and ensure readiness for high-volume production while maintaining quality standards.

You will balance day-to-day factory support with long-term capability development, guiding teams through problem solving and cross-functional collaboration to

Qualifications

• BS / MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related engineering.
• Degree or equivalent with 6+ years of related experience as SME and people manager.
• Technical writing skills to communicate and document designs and procedures.
• Verbal communication skills with suppliers, pilot manufacturing, and design engineering.
• Ability to accomplish assigned tasks with minimal technical guidance.
• WFE knowledge and Dry/Wet Dep & Etch are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Manufacturing Engineering Sustaining team, including Shift Manufacturing Engineers and Test Technicians.
• Lead sustaining engineering strategies to support manufacturing operations, product quality, and factory performance.
• Establish team priorities, resource planning, and execution plans to meet objectives and customer commitments.
• Own product lifecycle sustainment activities including engineering change implementation and issue resolution.
• Oversee manufacturing test strategy, fixture design and validation, software maintenance, and production test readiness.
• Monitor and improve FPY, cycle time, productivity, reliability, and cost of quality.
• Lead root cause investigations for factory non-conformances and field issues.
• Support High Volume Manufacturing product transfers and capacity expansion.
• Lead process optimization, automation, standardization, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Ensure documentation, test procedures, specs, and work instructions are maintained and improved.
• Evaluate and recommend equipment, test systems, fixtures, and process improvements.
• Develop team capability through coaching, mentoring, performance management.
• Serve as primary escalation point for Manufacturing Engineering Sustaining activities.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, regulatory, and company requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Cross-functional collab

Strategic execution

People leadership

Education

BS / MS in Electrical Engineering

Mechatronics or related engineering

6+ years SME/people manager

Tools

WFE knowledge

Dry/Wet Dep & Etch

Test equipment familiarity

Job description

Lam Research Corporation seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Sustaining Supervisor to lead a multidisciplinary team in sustaining manufacturing processes, test systems, and product support. You will drive continuous improvement, manage lifecycle changes, and ensure readiness for high-volume production while maintaining quality standards.

You will balance day-to-day factory support with long-term capability development, guiding teams through problem solving and cross-functional collaboration to