Mechanical Technical Lead Engineer

Job Description The group you'll be a part of The Customer Support Business Group focuses on enabling our customers with premier customer support throughout their lifecycle with Lam. We drive performance, productivity, safety, and quality of customers installed base performance and deliver service and lifecycle solutions for their most critical equipment and processes. The impact you'll make As a Mechanical Engineer at Lam, you're designing and defining cutting-edge mechanical and electro-mechanical systems. Your role involves feasibility studies, testing, and guiding teams in detailed design and fabrication. You provide the crucial design information needed to shape our technology's packaging. What You'll Do - Support the full life cycle of mechanical and electro-mechanical systems from concept to productization including conceptualization, designing, CAD modeling, development, and test/validation. - Collaborate with both internal and external CFT to ensure the product design meets its objectives, validate the design through performance testing & obtain approvals by following Product Development & Release (PDR) process - Conceptualization, modeling, analysis, development, documentation, & test/validation of hardware designs associated with new semiconductor equipment - Designs parts using metals, plastics and advanced coatings/plating's. Work with potential suppliers to ensure parts can be manufactured in accordance with performance and cost objectives - Application knowledge: hands-on experience on any CAD (NX is preferred) with design, drawing, drawing standards & GD&T - Hands on experience to take design from concepts (OEM components, sheet metal, metal (machined & weld assembly), plastics & ceramics would be a big plus), detail engg (Tolerance analysis, dFMEA, DFMA, Test plan), Testing, etc. & through detailed drawing, parts procurement, DFM interaction with suppliers, assembly, test, build verification, fieldd/customer qualification with deeper understanding of issues faced, lessons learned and closure - Ensure documentation aligns with SEMI, Lam standards, and industry best practices for geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) - Conduct detailed analysis including structural, finite element analysis (FEA), thermal, stress and manufacturability to properly specify designs - Develop and conduct feasibility studies and test plans to characterize and validate design performance - Prepare high-quality reports and technical presentations to clearly communicate design intent, evaluation, and validation to a diverse audience in design reviews - Collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to ensure solutions can be manufactured with high-quality, cost-optimized, and to requirements. - Provide key deliverables including Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), technical specifications, risk analysis, test specifications, and design review presentations - Provide immediate response & timely resolution to escalations & design related production issues encountered during the pilot as well as HVM build process - Provide technical guidance and mentoring to more junior engineers Minimum Qualifications Who we're looking for - Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field with 7+ years of experience. - Excellent communication, both written and verbal, and technical presentation skills. - Highly proficient in 3D CAD tools such as Siemens NX, SolidWorks, Creo and others. - Hands-on experimental and design background coupled with solid engineering skills. Preferred Qualifications - Experience in Semiconductor industry is a plus. - Experience in project management, managing projects, or problem solving while managing time and multiple priorities. Our commitment We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results. Lam Research (Lam or the Company) is an equal opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaffirms support of equal opportunity in employment and non-discrimination in employment policies, practices and procedures on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees. Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. On-site Flex you'll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. Virtual Flex you'll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time.