Mechanical Technical Lead Engineer

The Group You’ll Be A Part Of

Many years ago, Lam Research embarked on a journey to set up a global center in Bangalore to expand its reach for Indian talent pool. Over the decade, this center expanded its capability and scope beyond engineering to global manufacturing, supply chain operations and other shared services. One of the major functional groups of this entity is LIGHT (Lam India Global Hardware Technology). In Hardware group, mechanical engineers, simulation analysts, electrical engineers, manufacturing engineers, and engineering support functions work collaboratively to design, develop sub-assemblies and sub-systems for Lam’s next-generation products. LIGHT has completed more than a decade of growth and has emerged as a major new product development and sustaining engineering team for Lam’s global engineering footprint.

There is an opening for the role of Lead Mechanical Engineer. This position is based out of Bangalore, directly reporting to the leader of WETS Engineering Excellence Team (WEET) in LIGHT. This individual shall collaborate with engineers in India, Austria and United States on NSR Activities of WETS product lines.

The Impact You’ll Make

At Lam, as a Lead Mechanical Engineer for Non-Standard-Requests (also called NSR PE), you will be closely working with the Engineering, Product Management, Account Teams & Cross functional teams across global regions of Lam Research to manage all aspects of support for Productivity and Technology Upgrades to our global customers through Non-Standard requests.

NSR PE’s are key contributors to managing the NSR workflows through the process. The role serves as a liaison between external (AT, sales ops) and internal (engineering, GOps) customers, and drives efficiencies of the process as a whole, while executing / rejecting certain requests or highlighting certain NSRs for option conversion.

Eligibility Criteria

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical and related engineering with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience (or) master’s degree with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.
  
  

Job Responsibilities

• Review NSR submissions for completeness, accuracy and technical feasibility as well as work with requestors to clarify requirements.
• With clear explanation Approve/Reject NSR on Change Tracking Log (CTL) for each FCID via SAP CRM
• Partner with accounts team and product management for shared responsibilities based on need.
• Confirm Customer Request Dates (CRD) are realistic. If dates are inside Lead Time, understand and validate justification. Expedite, manage expectations/ communicate risks with Sales Ops.
• Review and translate customer requirements into engineering specifications including component impact analysis.
• Project manage NSRs based on requirements defined by Sales and Engineering to meet the customer’s application.
• Drive clarity in initial customer request. Confirm that Engineering has sufficient information to develop scope, quote and design
• Coordinate mechanical, electrical, and software engineering efforts to meet the production requirements of customer specific systems.
• Execute the NSR by performing required design work and BoM updates
• Reduce NSRs by interacting with PMs, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to cancel redundant design activities. Work with Sales Ops, Product Managers and PG POA team to highlight NSR candidates for option conversion to POA (Product Option Architecture)
• Responsible to meet the NSR KPIs
  
  

Mandatory Skills

• Experience in product structuring and configuration management
• Experience with MRP system planning, ordering, and scheduling materials using SAP
• Experience in Bill of Material structures, Engineering Change process and PLM
• Ability to successfully interact with and coordinate across diverse parts of the organization, technical and non-technical
• Exposure to Product Management
• Excellent Presentation and communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Experience in product design and development
  
  

Desirable Skills

• Good knowledge of semiconductor tools preferably Electrofill tools
• Experience in CRM and Fiori application
• Experience in semiconductor capital equipment industry will be preferred
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Exposure to PDM
• Experience in product design and development
  
  

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.