Sample Prep Technician 3

Lam Research • Tualatin, OR

14d

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.
The SEM Lab serves as the eyes for Lam’s process development teams. Our objective is high volume metrology data generation, with rapid turnaround times to facilitate more experimental iterations and a faster time to solution.
Role: Sample Prep Technician This is a dayshift, Sunday-Wednesday 12hr compressed position. This position is being opened along with similar positions covering front end and back end day/night. Please apply if you have interest in any of those schedules.

Requirements

• 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 communication skills, written and verbal, in English.
• Proficient in utilizing Microsoft Office software.
• Ability to work a shift schedule.

Nice To Haves

• Impeccable attention to detail
• Good troubleshooting and pattern recognition skills
• Understanding of how semiconductors are created
• Sees task repetition as an opportunity to iterate and innovate better methods
• Careful, detail oriented observer
• Fond of learning and responds well to feedback

Responsibilities

• Take care of sample preparation tasks which are required before loading samples into our STEM tools. May include ALD coatings, application of other protective coatings, identifying and marking areas of interest based on a schematic, resizing samples, and similar tasks.
• Follow fixed procedures and repeat with a wide variety of sample configurations.
• Perform sample intake and outgoing procedures which includes screening for physical and digital quality and photographing contents. Identify and set aside samples which do not meet lab's submission expectations.
• Customer service.
• Assisting other lab assistants with shipping responsibilities
• Especially successful, tenured techs in this role may pursue a career in electron microscopy within our group.

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