Product Support Engineer 3

LAM RESEARCH Corporation; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Lam Research is seeking a Regional Product Support Engineer to back field engineers and product support personnel. You will diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair complex electro‑mechanical equipment, robots, and associated systems across assigned regions.

Travel up to 30% (domestic and international) is required. You will provide escalation support, mentor fellow engineers, and collaborate with account teams to align on technical solutions and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience.
• Ability to read electrical and mechanical schematics and operation manuals.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to account teams and customers where the product is highly technical or sophisticated in nature.
• Formulate root cause hypotheses, data-driven analysis and action plans with clear problem statements and success criteria.
• Provide quality remote and on-site escalation support and escalation management.
• Troubleshoot technical problems and coordinate multiple tasks to resolution.
• Work directly with customers to meet their needs with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with customers and coworkers while adhering to safety policies.
• Able to work in a clean room environment and wear required PPE, with long hours in a demanding setting.
• Work flexible shifts and be on-call including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Develop customer confidence through credible recommendations and understanding of customer perspective to support sales and service.
• Participate in Lam’s worldwide technical community and share knowledge to enhance learning.
• Act as technical mentor for field and account engineers and may conduct training sessions.
• Liaise between account teams and GPS for equipment support issues.

Skills

Etch tool experience

Electro‑mechanical systems

Technical troubleshooting

Root cause analysis

Customer support

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Data analysis tools

MS Office

Diagrams & schematics tools

Job description

Overview

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.

Impact

As a Regional Product Support Engineer at Lam, you’re the backbone of technical support for field engineers, technicians, and product support personnel in the region. Your expertise is crucial in diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing, and debugging complex electro‑mechanical equipment, robots, computer systems, software, or networked and wireless systems. Your swift action in responding to situations is critical in resolving issues and ensuring satisfaction of Lam's valued customers.

Responsibilities

Locations for this position are Oregon, Arizona, or Fremont.

• Must have Etch tool experience such as 2300e, Sense.i.
• Must have the ability to travel up to 30% both domestic and international.
• Provide support to account teams and customers where the product is highly technical or sophisticated in nature.
• Formulate root cause hypothesis, analysis and action plans with detail problem statements, data analysis and success criteria.
• Provide quality remote and on‑site escalation support and escalation management.
• Troubleshoot technical problems and coordinate multiple technical tasks.
• Work directly with customers to meet their needs and expectations with attention to detail and high degree of accuracy.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with co‑workers and customers and adhere to customer rules and policies regarding worksite behavior and safety with minimal supervision.
• Able to work in constrictive clean room environment, wearing appropriate personal protective safety equipment as required, and sit or stand for prolonged periods of time in a demanding environment with changing workloads.
• Work flexible shifts and on‑call including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Develop customer confidence through credible recommendations and an understanding of the customer’s perspective to support sales, service and revenue.
• Participate in Lam’s worldwide technical community and actively share knowledge and take a leadership position to enhance worldwide learning and its application.
• Act as technical mentor for field and account engineers and may design or conduct training sessions.
• Be the liaison between the account team and GPS for equipment support issues.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience.
• Understand and work from electrical and mechanical schematics, diagrams and interpret operation manuals.
• Use computer applications, including data analysis tools, word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software.
• Be available for constant communication with the field through either meeting, instant messenger, text, email, etc.
• Able to travel both domestic and international based on business need.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiar with the SW structure and the ability to troubleshoot from the Control Works level.
• Acquainted with Analog‑to‑Digital I/O devices IOC, SIOC, EIOC, and how they interact with the Tool Platform SW Package.
• Knowledge of the directory structure, and the ability to troubleshoot the structure.
• Communicate with customer at a technical level and influence customer decision to follow action plans.
• Robotics/mechatronics experience.
• Individual and team contributor.

EEO Statement

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.