Senior Field Service Engineer — Lead Technical Recovery & EIC

LAM RESEARCH Corporation; Tualatin (OR); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Lam Research is seeking a Senior Field Service Engineer to act as Engineer in Charge (EIC) for complex semiconductor equipment projects in a hybrid work model in Oregon. You will own technical outcomes, lead cross-functional teams, and drive high-impact troubleshooting and recovery programs, ensuring safe, effective installations and upgrades.

You will develop executable game plans, write concise technical reports, and mentor junior FSEs while coordinating with Product Groups, quality, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of relevant semiconductor equipment service, installation, escalation, or product-support experience.
• Demonstrated success as an EIC, technical lead, escalation owner, installation lead, project owner, or equivalent leader for complex semiconductor capital equipment.
• Ability to create structured problem-solving models, test plans, technical recovery strategies, risk assessments, customer-ready reports, and defensible troubleshooting models using schematics, logs, tool data, procedures, parts history, process symptoms, and failure signatures.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and communicate effectively with technicians, engineers, managers, customers, and executives.
• Willing to work in a clean room environment while wearing PPE.
• Willing to travel domestically and internationally, with various shift options and on-call as needed.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Engineer in Charge (EIC) or senior technical owner for assigned product lines and projects with clear accountability for technical outcomes and commitments.
• Establish a single executable technical plan with defined problem, success criteria, decision points, owners, timing, resources, risk controls, and escalation thresholds.
• Lead complex troubleshooting from containment through hypothesis development, model creation, testing, verification, and permanent resolution.
• Create and maintain MBPS artifacts including problem statements, system models, fault hypotheses, test matrices, decision trees, and actions.
• Develop executable game plans defining work sequence, resources, procedures, data capture, hold points, recovery options, and success criteria.
• Lead safety reviews, Pre-Task Plans (PTP), risk assessments, and stop-work decisions for high-risk work.

Skills

Structured problem solving

Cross-functional communication

Technical leadership

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electronics or Engineering

Job description

Lam Research is seeking a Senior Field Service Engineer to act as Engineer in Charge (EIC) for complex semiconductor equipment projects in a hybrid work model in Oregon. You will own technical outcomes, lead cross-functional teams, and drive high-impact troubleshooting and recovery programs, ensuring safe, effective installations and upgrades.

You will develop executable game plans, write concise technical reports, and mentor junior FSEs while coordinating with Product Groups, quality, and