Project Engineer 4

Lam Research•Fremont, CA

2d•$104,000 - $231,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Non-Standard Request (NSR) Engineering team is responsible for enabling customer-driven product requirements that are outside of standard offerings in the Global Products Engineering Group. The team works across Product Management, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Configuration Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Field organizations to deliver customer-specific solutions while maintaining product quality, schedule commitments, and business objectives. As an NSR Project Engineer 4, you will serve as a program leader responsible for driving complex customer requests from initial scoping through release and implementation. You will lead cross-functional teams, influence engineering priorities, resolve technical and business challenges, and ensure successful delivery of customer commitments. This role requires a strong combination of technical knowledge, project leadership, stakeholder management, business acumen, and execution excellence. You will also help improve NSR processes, mentor team members, and drive continuous improvement across the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
Minimum 8 years of engineering, program management, project engineering, systems engineering, product development, or related experience.
Demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional projects from concept through release.
Strong understanding of engineering development processes and product lifecycle management.
Experience leading teams without direct authority.
Excellent communication, negotiation, influence, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

Semiconductor capital equipment industry experience.
Experience with customer-specific product development, configuration management, or NSR processes.
Knowledge of product development, qualification, manufacturing, and release processes.
Experience with SAP, PLM, ERP, project management tools, Power BI, SharePoint, or equivalent systems.
Experience presenting to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
Demonstrated success driving process improvements and organizational change.

Responsibilities

Lead complex NSRs from concept, feasibility assessment, planning, development, qualification, release, and implementation.
Ensure customer requirements are clearly understood, documented, and aligned across stakeholders.
Drive cross-functional alignment among engineering, product management, manufacturing, supply chain, field, and account teams.
Develop and maintain integrated schedules, risk assessments, mitigation plans, and execution strategies.
Provide regular status updates and escalation management to senior leadership.
Evaluate technical solutions and tradeoffs to ensure customer requirements can be met while maintaining product integrity.
Partner with technical experts across multiple disciplines to define scope, requirements, deliverables, and success criteria.
Drive issue resolution for technical, operational, and execution challenges.
Assess risks associated with design, qualification, manufacturability, supply chain, and field deployment.
Lead global cross-functional teams consisting of engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and field organizations.
Facilitate design reviews, decision reviews, readiness reviews, and customer commitment reviews.
Influence priorities and resource allocation across multiple organizations.
Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and customer-facing teams.
Ensure NSR requests are accurately scoped, reviewed, approved, and executed through established workflows.
Drive process improvements that increase efficiency, predictability, scalability, and visibility.
Develop metrics, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms to support decision making.
Support strategic initiatives to improve NSR execution across product groups.
Mentor and coach project engineers and cross-functional team members.
Share best practices and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
Serve as a recognized subject matter expert for NSR processes and execution.
Lead special projects with broad organizational impact.