Systems Engineer 5

The group you’ll be a part of

The Office of the CTO is where innovation takes center stage. We inspire our global technical community to take on grand challenges, understand emerging trends, identify the critical inflections, and drive our sustainability, Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices that will define the next generation of semiconductors and continued impact.

What You’ll Do

• Develop framework for future product requirements during C&F development
• Collect feedback from technical owner, process, and engineering to quantify requirements and document learning as C&F progresses
• Engage key stakeholders effectively with clear communication of objectives, tradeoffs, risks, and decisions
• Define interfaces and processes for complex technical platforms, system specifications, signal inputs/outputs, and working parameters for hardware and/or software compatibility
• Work closely with software and controls experts to create system control architecture
• Identify, analyze and resolve system design weaknesses
• Establish a format and methodology to document and maintain C&F module configurations and key parameters through C&F testing (system fingerprint)
• Utilize system documentation (component/assy specs, drawings, P&IDs, interconnect diagrams, BOMs, etc) to troubleshoot issues and/or retrofit/modify/integrate sub systems for C&F testing as required
• Create test plans and work with team to validate new hardware or system design against hardware specifications or expected behavior
• Present data and results in design, program, and executive reviews
• Partner with technical owner to establish and document program C&F exit criteria
• Transfer requirements and learning/knowledge to product groups during transition to product alpha phase

Who We’re Looking For

• BS, MS, or PhD degree in Systems, Electrical, Mechanical engineering or equivalent
• Minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years experience
• Very good oral and written communication skills in English
• Self-motivated individual with hands-on laboratory experience and can-do attitude
• Experience in best-practices in troubleshooting and root cause analysis to resolve problems with design features and devices
• Experienced with Microsoft Office Applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Project), MS Teams, and Sharepoint
• Understanding of system-level operation including controls, sensors, and interlocks
• Strong team player who enjoys working with motivated coworkers in fast-paced environment
• Flexible to change in a dynamic and continuous learning environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with instrument control and data acquisition tools/scripting languages like LabView, MATLAB, Python, VB.NET, etc.
• Etch and Deposition hardware experience
• RF plasma experience

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.

Salary

CA San Francisco Bay Area Salary Range for this position: $141,000.00 - $307,000.00. 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.