Field Process Engineer 4 - US-TX-Austin (1021), United States
Originally posted 3 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Field Process Engineer, you will be a customer-focused expert on Lam Research equipment, providing process support, evaluation, and documentation of process outputs for hardware modifications and upgrades.
What you'll do
- Provide process support, installation, and develop processes of new applications of Lam equipment at customer sites.
- Serve as key field support for Beta sites, evaluations, or first-in-fab installations.
- Design and conduct experiments, collect data, analyze results, generate reports, and provide recommendations to optimize device architecture and process modules.
- Partner with customers to meet requirements for new technology process, support existing processes, and address process deviations through root cause analysis.
- Develop new or modified processes, define best known method process recipes, and partner with hardware engineering to define chamber requirements and characterize hardware designs.
- Provide technical leadership, support, and instruction for Field Service Engineers, Technicians, sub-contractors, and customers on installs, repairs, operations, and coordinates application of new procedures.
What you'll need
- PhD in Electronics, Chemistry, Physics, Material Science, or related field; or Master of Science with 3+ years of relevant work experience; or Bachelor of Science with 6+ years of work experience.
- Proficiency in computer applications, including data analysis tools, word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software.
- Ability to work in a cleanroom environment, wearing personal protective safety equipment or cleanroom suit.
- Excellent communication, written and verbal, and customer relationship skills.
Nice to have
- In-depth understanding of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and/or Design of Experiments (DOE).
- Effective organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with diverse teams, customers, and partners.
- Collaborative mindset in matrixed environment.
This role has been open 71 days — well above the 54-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3768
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$126k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Lam Research | All employers we track in this specialty (3768 roles · 81 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 559 | 3768 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 790 | 9862 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 44 d | 54 d (−10 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 611 open roles · median 54 d
- Lam Research (this employer) · 559 open roles · median 44 d
- Micron Technology · 282 open roles · median 45 d
- KLA Corporation · 251 open roles · median 68 d
- ASML · 190 open roles · median 72 d
- ASM International · 161 open roles · median 86 d
How we counted: 3768 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 81 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 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 Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.