Software Technical Lead Engineer

The group you’ll be a part of

The Office of the CTO is where innovation takes center stage. We inspire our global technical community to take on grand challenges, understand emerging trends, identify the critical inflections, and drive our sustainability, Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices that will define the next generation of semiconductors and continued impact.

The impact you’ll make

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated professional to join our Controls group as a Lead Embedded Engineer. As an Embedded Engineer at Lam, you will be at the forefront of innovation by designing, developing, and troubleshooting, and debugging hardware and firmware for Embedded products. This role requires a strong technical background, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

In this role, you’ll make an impact across Lam’s entire product portfolio of equipment working within our centralized Controls engineering team, collaborating with some of the brightest minds in the industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute design, development, verification, validation, and qualification of Embedded products owned by the Controls group.
• Own and manage complete product lifecycle of embedded modules, including comprehensive design documentation.
• Collaborate with hardware and software engineers during product development, integration and debugging processes.

Qualification

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering (EE, ECE, or related disciplines).
• 5–8 years of experience in firmware design and development.

Mandatory Skills

Mandatory Qualifications

• Expertise in Design, development of Embedded software. BSP, device drivers for ARM Arch processors, FPGAs or SoCs.
• Proficiency in programming with Embedded C/C++, and scripting languages such as Python.
• Hands on experience on RTL development, firmware testing using HDL languages such as Verilog and VHDL.
• Hands-on experience of implementing communication protocols, like EtherCAT, CAN, UART, SPI, RS‑232, RS‑422/485, Ethernet, and LonWorks.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills in hardware and firmware domain.
• Hands-on experience in using lab test instruments for debugging and testing.
• Practical experience in hardware/software integration, testing and documentation for embedded products.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in creating custom embedded Linux systems using tools like Yocto and Buildroot.
• Hands-on experience with version control systems like Git.
• Experience with Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) such as FreeRTOS, Linux RTOS, VxWorks, QNX, and Windows Embedded.
• Familiarity with tools like MATLAB, LabVIEW for system modeling and analysis.
• Working knowledge of IDE like Xilinx Vivado, Altera Quartus, Code composer/Keil.

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.