Engineering Technician 3

Lam Research • Fremont, CA

4d • $24 - $47

About The Position

Within Lam Research’s Global Products Group, this role supports semiconductor applications using Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) to image challenging structures. The position involves wafer-level imaging, including profile, sidewall, and top-down images, and offers the opportunity to build a career working with SEM in a semiconductor-focused environment. Candidates should have hands-on SEM experience, including sample imaging techniques such as Cross-Section SEM (XSEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS/EDX), and sample cleaving. The role also contributes to SEM imaging methods for new applications and performs alignments and basic fault correction on metrology equipment. A shift-based schedule may be required.

Requirements

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• A minimum of 2–4 years of related experience.
• At least 2 years of hands-on SEM experience.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to work a shift-based schedule as required.

Nice To Haves

• Technical Certificate in a related technical field.
• Experience in metrology or related technical areas.
• Semiconductor industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Support a variety of semiconductor applications by using SEM to image challenging structures.
• Acquire wafer-level profile, sidewall, and top-down images using SEM.
• Perform some EDS analysis.
• Optimize SEM images for a variety of materials.
• Contribute to the development of Best Known Methods (BKM) for SEM imaging of new applications.
• Perform SEM alignments and correct basic fault conditions on metrology equipment.
• Communicate effectively with a large internal customer base.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree