Mgr, Systems Design/Architecture

Lam Research•Tualatin, OR

About The Position

This position is part of Lam Research’s Global Products Group within the Wet Equipment Technology Systems organization, which designs wet-processing tools for advanced semiconductor manufacturing. The Engineering Manager, Electrical & Systems Engineering provides technical and organizational leadership for a new product platform and leads the Electrical and Systems Engineering teams through product execution, from requirements and architecture through design, integration, validation, qualification, and release. This is a hands-on technical leadership role combining engineering fundamentals, systems thinking, and cross-disciplinary decision-making. The role ensures the platform is an integrated, robust, manufacturable, and serviceable system while developing engineers and partnering with program management and other functional organizations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Electrical, Systems, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Controls Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Significant experience developing and integrating complex electromechanical equipment; semiconductor capital equipment is preferred.
Demonstrated technical depth in Electrical and/or Systems Engineering, with sufficient breadth to lead multidisciplinary engineering decisions.
Experience taking complex products through architecture, detailed design, integration, verification, qualification, and release.
Strong understanding of requirements engineering, system interfaces, risk management, FMEA, root-cause analysis, verification and validation, and configuration management.
Working knowledge of controls, PLC/I/O systems, industrial communications, instrumentation, software/hardware interfaces, fluid delivery, thermal systems, and equipment automation.
Familiarity with semiconductor equipment safety and applicable standards such as SEMI S2, NFPA 79, and relevant UL/IEC requirements.
Ability to lead engineers through technically complex, ambiguous, and schedule-driven new product development.
Strong technical communication, decision-making, mentoring, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in an engineering discipline.
Technical breadth across multiple engineering disciplines to recognize system interactions, identify technical risk, ask the right questions, and bring the appropriate experts together.
Previous engineering management or technical leadership experience.
Semiconductor capital equipment experience, particularly in wet processing, deposition, clean, plating, chemical delivery, or similarly complex process equipment.
Experience with PLC/control systems, industrial communications, distributed I/O, instrumentation, motion systems, and equipment automation.
Experience with complex fluid-delivery and thermal-management subsystems.
Familiarity with FMEA, root-cause analysis, fault trees, requirements traceability, and structured verification methods.
Experience managing suppliers and technically complex outsourced subsystems.

Responsibilities

Lead the Electrical and Systems Engineering teams supporting a new, first-of-its-kind semiconductor wet deposition tool.
Own system-level engineering execution from requirements and architecture through product qualification and release.
Drive requirements definition and decomposition, interface management, design reviews, risk management, verification, and validation.
Provide technical leadership for electrical architecture, including power distribution, controls, instrumentation, sensors, industrial networks, I/O, interlocks, cabling, grounding, and equipment safety.
Lead cross-functional system architecture and integration across electrical, mechanical, controls, software, process, fluidics, facilities, manufacturing, and service.
Champion shift-left engineering by identifying and retiring requirements, architecture, interface, integration, and safety risks early in development.
Drive structured technical problem solving and root-cause resolution during tool build, startup, integration, and qualification.
Ensure engineering designs consider system performance, reliability, safety, manufacturability, serviceability, diagnostics, cost, and schedule.
Establish subsystem- and system-level verification strategies with clear technical evidence supporting product readiness.
Ensure engineering rigor through specifications, P&IDs, schematics, FMEAs, interlock definitions, test plans, design reviews, and configuration control.
Develop and mentor engineers while building technical ownership and accountability.
Partner with Program Management, Manufacturing, Product Support, Supply Chain, Quality, Product Safety/EHS, and other engineering organizations to deliver the product successfully.