Process Engineer , Deposition

Process Engineer 5, Deposition

Lam Research

In the Global Products Group, we are dedicated to excellence in the design and engineering of Lam's etch and deposition products. We drive innovation to ensure our cutting‑edge solutions are helping to solve the biggest challenges in the semiconductor industry.

As a Process Engineer at Lam, you will operate on cutting‑edge technology, harnessing atomic precision, material science and surface engineering to push technical boundaries. Your role involves developing new and advanced process formulations, defining equipment hardware to meet processing requirements, evaluating test data and coordinating design requirements to ensure compatibility of processing methods.

• Relocation to Bangalore, India to support deposition teams.
• Perform professional process engineering research, development and evaluation for complex semiconductor capital equipment and systems.
• Review process techniques and methods applied from pilot plant to full‑scale manufacturing.
• Conceive and plan projects involving definition and selection of new concepts and approaches.
• Compile and evaluate test data to determine appropriate limits and variables for process specifications.
• Support customer technology managers in the planning, data collection, analysis and reporting of customer demos.
• Work with customer and senior engineers cross‑functionally to understand roadmaps, process flow, inflection points, requirements and business issues.
• Actively address potential customer site issues and provide alternative solutions.
• Demonstrate and introduce new technologies at customer sites through demos, on‑site evaluations and new tool qualification. Drive adoption of new technology.
• Act as single point of contact for process, hardware, software related requests from customers and work with cross‑functional teams.
• Work with suppliers to ensure required parts and supplies are available.
• Contribute to product development and release activities.
• Act as CTM single point of contact for process related requests.

• Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements.
• Work with cross‑functional teams to get information and results.

• Professionally represent the company to the customer and utilize knowledge of company’s product lines and services to keep existing/potential customers informed when new or additional needs are identified.

• Comfortable with travelling 40‑50% of the time during initial training.
• Comfortable with travelling 10‑20% of the time after training for on‑site customer support.

• Ph.D. in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or Physics with 5 years of relevant work experience; or
• M.S. with 8+ years of relevant work experience; or
• B.S. with 12+ years of relevant work experience.

• In‑depth understanding and working knowledge of semiconductor processes such as Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) or Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD).
• Background in Plasma Physics, Reactive Ion Etching (RIE), Atomic Layer Etching (ALE), Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP), Capacitively Coupled Plasma (CCP).
• Familiarity with working in a laboratory and on semiconductor equipment with experience in surface preparation and analytical techniques.
• Experience in surface preparation and analytical techniques.
• Interest in advanced technology and an ongoing desire to learn.
• In‑depth understanding and working knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and/or Design of Experiments (DOE); experience with statistical tools (JMP, Minitab, etc.).
• Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and react to shifting priorities to meet business needs and deadlines.
• Excellent people skills with demonstrated ability to work effectively and efficiently with diverse teams, semiconductor customers, internal and external partners.
• Experience working in a collaborative and matrixed environment.
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