Additive Manufacturing Engineer at Lam Research Corporation in Fremont, California

Job Description:

Job Responsibilities
Additive Manufacruting Engineer will own technical and professional support to projects emphasizing new and unreleased products. They will also manage and carry out projects for product development/improvement, product quality, and customer support.

• Be familiar with failure analysis, process development, application flows, particle contamination, material issues, system interconnects, software and controls, and customer points-of-view
• Coordinate with other groups and organizations for design, process, test, reliability and manufacturing to solve product issues and production problems
• Ensure suppliers' quality performance for consistent and reliable products
• Conduct design reviews with cross-functional teams (CFT) and stake holders to coordinate development and qualification activities
• Be a lead advocate for your product across company organizations

Additive Manufacturing (AM) Specific Responsibilities

• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and perform R&D on materials and process development for metal, Polymer, or Ceramic AM technologies, industry best practices, and best process solutions
• Develop and Optimize the entire suite of AM processes including L-PBF, DED, BJ, FDM, SLA, etc.
• Act as SME on electrochemical and corrosion analysis of Materials.
• Develop and Optimize post-process heat treatments and surface finishing.
• Work with design engineers to develop recipes in bringing parts from design to production.
• Provide feedback to design engineers and suppliers to continuously improve the AM part production process.
• Perform analysis (including 3D Analysis), characterization, simulation, test, and verification of AM hardware as well as AM materials properties and analyze results.
• Generate and release additive process specifications to control product quality and establish build qualification and product acceptance criteria.
• Work closely with quality engineers in achieving and maintaining AM process and Product qualification.
• Advise and lead on materials, machines, and process parameters to build parts that meet the Semiconductor requirements.
• Actively and closely work with multidisciplinary engineers to identify and qualify vendors and suppliers for materials and post-process services.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience
• Working knowledge of Statistics Process Control (SPC), Design of Experiments (DOE), Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA), Root Cause-Corrective Action (RCCA), 8D & 5-Whys Problem solving
• Prior experience with MS office tools (ppt, excel, project), statistical tools (JMP, Minitab etc.)
• Previous experience in cross-functional project management
• Previous experience leading technical projects
• Strong project management, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skill
• Comfortable with travelling

• Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering or Equivalent
• Minimum 2 years of post-PhD related work experience
• Demonstrated expertise in additive manufacturing materials and processes development.
• Demonstrated expertise in electrochemical, corrosion, and surface engineering
• Ability to run Design of Experiment (DoE) on process parameter development and direct experience working on the characterization of AM material
• Hands-on experience on post-printing processes for 3D printed parts, such as heat treatment schedules, surface finishing

Preferred Qualifications

• MS degree in the following fields (but not limited to)- Materials Science & Eng, Ceramics Eng, Chemical Eng, and Chemistry
• 5+ years applicable experience preferably in the semiconductor industry

• Served +2 years in an AM, specializing in 3D printing operation, especially L-PBF for semiconductor Industry
• Ability to perform in a cross-functional team
• Knowledge of AM surface engineering
• Familiar with statistical methods and application of machine learning in material science

Our Commitment

Our work is everywhere you look - even if you can't actually see it. Lam Research goes deeper than software or chips to the heart of the process that enables chip creation. So if you want to help power the components that empower everything, join us.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

We Look Forward to Your Application
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