Process Engineer (all genders)

The impact you’ll make

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. Your expertise and knowledge play a crucial role our customers success, making an impact on the next generation of semiconductor breakthroughs.

What you’ll do

• Responsible for performing professional process engineering research, development and evaluation in semiconductor environment


• Reviews processing techniques and methods applied in the manufacture, fabrication and evaluation of products including in-house lab demonstrations


• Conceives and plans projects involving definition and selection of new concepts and approaches


• Works with customer and senior engineers cross functionally to understand roadmaps, process flow, inflection points, requirements and business issues/ challenges.


• Acts as customer technology manager in the planning, data collection, analysis and reporting


• Acts as single point of contact accountable for process related customer requests


• Drives introduction and evaluation of new technologies at customer sites including new tool qualifications

Other Job Responsibilities

• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements


• Works with cross-functional teams to get information and results needed


• Flexibility to travel to meet business requirements (<25% of the time)

Who we’re looking for

• PhD with 3+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry in the field of wet clean/advanced packaging/plasma processes/thin film deposition


• Experience in semiconductor process development, optimization, and qualification


• Familiarity with working in a chemical laboratory, having experience in surface preparation and analytical techniques


• In-depth understanding and experience in Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Design of Experiments (DOE)


• Excellent social skills with ability to work within diverse teams


• Creative thinking and strong problem-solving capabilities, able to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment with competing priorities


• Excellent oral and written communication skills and presentation skills in English

What We're Offering

This position is subject to the Austrian Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) for Employees in the Metal Technology Industry in the occupation group F depending on educational background. A higher payment is negotiable depending on education, expertise and skills. The monthly salary is paid 14 times per year. 

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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. It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees.

Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories – On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. ‘On-site Flex’ you’ll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. ‘Virtual Flex’ you’ll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time.