Mechanical Engineer 4

Lam Research

Actively hiring
Tualatin, OR Posted 10 days ago

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TL;DR

We are seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our dynamic product development team. This role involves designing components using various materials such as metals, ceramics, plastics, and advanced coatings while conducting detailed structural, thermal, and fluid dynamics analysis to ensure manufacturability and high-quality standards. You will perform advanced thermal-fluid analysis including CFD modeling for gas delivery systems and develop thermal management strategies for vacuum environments. Additionally, you will lead cross-disciplinary design integration with mechanical, controls, firmware, and system engineering teams to optimize system-level performance. The ideal candidate has a strong background in thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and computational fluid dynamics tools like ANSYS Fluent or Star-CCM+, along with experience in thermal modeling and validation in vacuum systems and semiconductor equipment. Familiarity with control systems fundamentals and firmware interaction with hardware is also essential.

Skills

CFD ANSYS Fluent Star-CCM+ COMSOL thermodynamics heat transfer fluid mechanics thermal modeling vacuum systems control systems PID control firmware hardware systems 3D CAD CREO Siemens NX SolidWorks multiphysics system-level behavior

What you'll do

  • Designs components using various materials ensuring manufacturability and quality.
  • Conducts thermal-fluid analysis including CFD modeling for system optimization.
  • Develops and validates thermal management strategies for extreme operating conditions.
  • Leads cross-disciplinary design integration to ensure robust system performance.
  • Defines and executes correlation between simulation data and experimental results.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with 8+ years of experience or Master’s degree with 6+ years.
  • Proficient in 3D CAD tools like CREO, Siemens NX, SolidWorks, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software.
  • Strong background in thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics for complex system analysis.
  • Experience in thermal modeling and validation in vacuum systems or semiconductor equipment.
  • Familiarity with control systems fundamentals, including PID control and stability.
  • Working knowledge of firmware interaction with hardware systems, including sensor implementation.
  • Experience across the full product lifecycle from concept to high-volume manufacturing support.

Employer

About Lam Research

Lam Research Corporation is a leading American supplier of wafer-fabrication equipment and services to the global semiconductor industry.

Lam Research currently has 238 open roles on FindRole.

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