Data Scientist 4 - US-OR-Tualatin (1034), United States
Originally posted 30 September 2026 by the employer.
Semiverse® Solutions at Lam Research builds software products and virtual twins that revolutionize semiconductor fabrication.
About the role
This senior Data Scientist role involves owning the development of surrogate models, virtual twins, and optimization workflows end-to-end.
What you'll do
- Apply core data science, statistical analysis, and machine learning methods across both simulated and experimental datasets.
- Run simulations to generate training data and design effective sampling strategies for model development.
- Write robust, production-quality Python code following modern software engineering practices.
- Collaborate with computational physicists, semiconductor process engineers, and software developers to turn complex physics problems into practical ML solutions.
What you'll need
- Master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience, or Ph.D. with 3+ years in Physics, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.
- Demonstrated ability to build, train, evaluate, and tune machine learning models end-to-end on real-world datasets, backed by solid foundations in statistics and core ML algorithms.
- Experience building surrogate models, physics-aware ML architectures, or optimization algorithms (e.g., Bayesian optimization, Gaussian processes).
- Strong understanding of physical sciences (e.g., transport phenomena, kinetics, or semiconductor process/device physics) and comfort working with numerical simulation data.
- Strong Python programming skills, comfortable solving algorithmic problems and writing modular, testable, and maintainable code.
Nice to have
- Professional or academic experience within the semiconductor industry, semiconductor processing, or device physics.
- Familiarity with multi-physics solvers, numerical simulation tools, or scientific computing pipelines.
- Experience with HPC environments, workload schedulers (e.g., SLURM), or distributed compute.
Skills: physics-aware machine learning, surrogate models, optimization algorithms, Python, computational physics, semiconductor process
This role has been open 15 days — well below the 46-day median for Software Engineering Semiconductor roles.
Software Engineering Semiconductor · AI EDA Design
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Open roles in category
107
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Median days open
46 d
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Median salary
$180k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Lam Research | All employers we track in this specialty (107 roles · 31 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 8 | 107 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 80 | 6156 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 20 d | 46 d (−26 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $180k |
Skills observed across this category: physics-aware machine learning, surrogate models, optimization algorithms, Python, computational physics, semiconductor process
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 14 open roles · median 55 d
- KLA Corporation · 13 open roles · median 28 d
- Micron Technology · 13 open roles · median 36 d
- Lam Research (this employer) · 8 open roles · median 20 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 7 open roles · median 18 d
- NVIDIA · 7 open roles · median 162 d
How we counted: 107 open Software Engineering Semiconductor (AI EDA Design) roles from 31 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.