Senior Product Engineer - Hybrid, Semiconductor Equipment

Lam Research Salzburg GmbH; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 311,000; Full time

Job summary

Lam Research in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Product Engineer who thrives in a high-stakes, dynamic environment. You’ll drive product development for leading semiconductor equipment, collaborating with customers and internal teams to solve real-world challenges and advance our products.

You will engage in prototyping, testing, field support, and cross-functional design reviews, travel up to 25%, and contribute to robust, reliable solutions that push the industry forward.

Qualifications

• Exceptional analytical and experimental design skills.
• Creative thinking, problem solving, and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Exceptional clear communication and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• 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/product release, and initial field support.
• Lead teams to 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.
• Provides technical support for installation and/or diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing, and debugging complex product issues.
• Be a leader in problem-solving, defining the problem, identifying objectives, assessing risk, developing approach, analyzing results, and providing recommendations.
• Implement industry standard process control techniques to manage production efficiencies and quality.
• Maintain a high degree of customer engagement including face-to-face and international travel to customer sites supporting near term product releases and solve customer issues.
• Work in a cleanroom lab and/or customer semiconductor fab environment.

Skills

Analytical skills

Experimental design

Troubleshooting

Communication & presentation

Travel readiness

Education

Master’s degree in Material Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optics, Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field

PhD with 8+ years’ experience

Job description

Lam Research in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Product Engineer who thrives in a high-stakes, dynamic environment. You’ll drive product development for leading semiconductor equipment, collaborating with customers and internal teams to solve real-world challenges and advance our products.

You will engage in prototyping, testing, field support, and cross-functional design reviews, travel up to 25%, and contribute to robust, reliable solutions that push the industry forward.