Process / Productivity Engineer 5

Lam Research

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Fremont, CA
Salary: $125,000–$270,000 / yr
Posted: 64 days ago
Closes: Oct 10, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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This role $198k

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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 383 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $105,000–$231,000 across 188 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Process / Productivity Engineer 5

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As a senior Process/Productivity Engineer on the semiconductor equipment team, you will support field process engineers and product support personnel by troubleshooting Etch chamber issues related to process capability, chamber matching, defects, and yield failures. Your daily tasks include reporting process enhancements and continuous design improvements to engineering teams, supporting customers with process qualification, and training Field Service Engineers while providing best-known methods documentation. You may travel up to 20% of the time to support customer sites and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to implement new solutions. The ideal candidate has a minimum of 8 years of related experience or equivalent qualifications, along with strong organizational skills, excellent communication abilities, and proven teamwork capabilities in a matrix environment. Experience with Etch process engineering, Lam’s Etch products, and semiconductor fab operations is preferred.

Skills

Etch Lam_Etch_products Semiconductor_fab CI/CD Kubernetes Python PostgreSQL Docker Prometheus Grafana AWS Terraform

What you'll do

Provide technical support to field engineers for troubleshooting Etch chamber issues.
Report process enhancements and continuous design improvements to engineering teams.
Support first-in-Fab customers with process qualification activities.
Train Field Service Engineers and create Best Known Methods (BKM) documents.
Act as a resource for colleagues, leading specific projects when needed.

What we're looking for

Minimum of 8 years related experience or equivalent education in semiconductor industry.
Strong organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and adapt to shifting priorities.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills for diverse teams and customers.
Experience with Etch process engineering and Lam’s Etch products preferred.
Semiconductor fab experience required, including collaboration in matrix environments.

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