Product Safety Engineer 3
Drive product safety activities for semiconductor capital equipment.
Originally posted 21 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Product Safety Engineer at Lam Research, you will independently drive product safety activities for semiconductor capital equipment. This involves analyzing complex equipment, identifying hazards, and driving design improvements that protect personnel, the environment, and the system.
What you'll do
- Perform system-level hazard analysis and risk assessments, and drive implementation of mitigation strategies.
- Apply and interpret industry and regulatory requirements such as SEMI S2, CE Marking directives, and NFPA standards to support product compliance and certification.
- Identify design risks across electrical, mechanical, chemical, and ergonomic domains, and partner with engineering teams to resolve them.
- Participate in and influence design reviews to ensure safety requirements are incorporated early and effectively.
- Resolve product safety issues from internal reviews, field feedback, and third-party evaluations.
- Interface with third-party certification agencies to support safety assessments and closure of findings.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
- 5–10 years of experience applying safety standards and hazard analysis in semiconductor capital equipment or similar complex large equipment systems.
- Demonstrated ability to independently analyze systems and identify hazards across electrical, mechanical, and chemical domains.
- Experience working with third-party certification bodies and driving closure of compliance gaps.
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and process flow diagrams.
- Comfortable participating in engineering design reviews and influencing decisions.
Nice to have
- Experience in semiconductor capital equipment safety.
- Strong knowledge of SEMI S1, S2, S6, S8, S10, S13, S14 guidelines.
- Experience with CE Marking, NFPA 79, and global regulatory requirements.
- Experience identifying hazards during maintenance and service activities.
- Experience driving safety issues to resolution across multiple stakeholders.
Skills: product safety, hazard analysis, risk assessments, SEMI S2, CE Marking
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This role has been open 76 days — slightly above the 68-day median for Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering roles.
Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering · Automotive Safety
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Open roles in category
120
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Median days open
68 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$246k
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| Metric | Lam Research | All employers we track in this specialty (120 roles · 28 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 120 |
| Median days open | 37 d | 68 d (−31 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $246k |
Skills observed across this category: product safety, hazard analysis, risk assessments, SEMI S2, CE Marking
Who's hiring in this category
- NXP Semiconductors · 27 open roles · median 44 d
- NVIDIA · 19 open roles · median 73 d
- Infineon Technologies · 12 open roles · median 62 d
- Qualcomm · 9 open roles · median 211 d
- Renesas Electronics · 9 open roles · median 65 d
- Arm Holdings · 5 open roles · median 9 d
How we counted: 120 open Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering (Automotive Safety) roles from 28 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 6 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.