Sample Prep Technician 3

Lam Research • Tualatin, OR

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About The Position

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.
What you’ll do
Take care of sample preparation tasks required before loading samples into our STEM tools. This may include ALD coatings, applying other protective coatings, identifying and marking areas of interest based on a schematic, resizing samples, and similar tasks.
Follow fixed procedures and repeat them with a wide variety of sample configurations.
Perform sample intake and outgoing procedures, including screening for physical and digital quality and photographing contents. Identify and set aside samples that do not meet the lab’s submission expectations.
Provide customer service support.
Assist other lab assistants with shipping responsibilities.
Highly successful, tenured technicians in this role may pursue a career in electron microscopy within our group.

Requirements

• Impeccable attention to detail
• Strong troubleshooting and pattern recognition skills
• Understanding of how semiconductors are created
• Views task repetition as an opportunity to iterate and develop improved methods.
• Careful, detail‑oriented observer
• Fond of learning and responds well to feedback

Nice To Haves

• Associate's degree, technical certificate, or higher in a discipline relevant to the semiconductor industry, such as Microelectronics Technology, Physics/Engineering, Computer Science, etc.
• 2–4 years of related work experience in the semiconductor industry, especially handling silicon wafers, processing wafers in fab tools, cleaving wafers into coupons, and identifying features of interest based on a wafer schematic.
• Excellent manual dexterity.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Proficient in utilizing Microsoft Office software.
• Ability to work a compressed shift schedule.

Responsibilities

• Take care of sample preparation tasks required before loading samples into our STEM tools. This may include ALD coatings, applying other protective coatings, identifying and marking areas of interest based on a schematic, resizing samples, and similar tasks.
• Follow fixed procedures and repeat them with a wide variety of sample configurations.
• Perform sample intake and outgoing procedures, including screening for physical and digital quality and photographing contents. Identify and set aside samples that do not meet the lab’s submission expectations.
• Provide customer service support.
• Assist other lab assistants with shipping responsibilities.

Benefits

• At Lam, our people make amazing things possible. That’s why we invest in you throughout the phases of your life with a comprehensive set of outstanding benefits.

What This Job Offers

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