Industrial Engineer 3

The group you’ll be a part of

The Global Operations Group brings information systems, facilities, supply chain, logistics, and high-volume manufacturing together to drive the engine of our global business operations. We help Lam deliver industry-leading solutions with speed and efficiency, while actively supporting the resilient and profitable growth of Lam's business.

The impact you’ll make

Lam’s Industrial Engineer III is responsible for identifying process improvement opportunities and developing solutions in a high-tech production environment. Responsibilities include coordinating and aligning within cross‑functional teams to meet Lam’s safety, production, and organizational objectives. Industrial engineers are expected to demonstrate Lam’s core values through professional conduct and a dedication to honesty and integrity. The ideal candidate has a curious mindset and thrives in an environment where continuous learning and knowledge‑sharing are critical to success.

What you’ll do

• Create tools, methods, and processes by which data are analyzed and filtered
• Create recommendations for changes to systems and behaviors to collect better‑quality data
• Develop strong relationships with Factory Specific IEs, Global Manufacturing Engineering, and Digital Transformation teams to facilitate global standardization and improvement
• Create and prepare data visualization for Global Manufacturing health metrics
  • Reports for regular tracking to manufacturing goals, particularly those related to capacity, Cycle time, and labor hours
  • Progress dashboards for production metrics
• Support and lead data aggregation, cleansing, analysis, and visualization efforts globally
• Analyze and recommend global efficiency and productivity improvements
• Lead global KPI reporting projects
• Determine global capacity constraints and inform stakeholders of benchmarking opportunities between factories or optimization activities to reduce productivity bottlenecks
• Encourage teamwork through open communication and collaborative problem‑solving
• Participate in team meetings, facilitate global project status updates
• Develop and maintain appropriate global documentation for Best Known Methods related to material flow, people flow, and factory layout optimization
• Develop and implement strategies to support capacity growth and flexibility to respond to a rapidly changing market environment

Who we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or similar
• Five+ years’ manufacturing environment experience: Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, and/or Logistics
• Experience operating in a matrixed environment
• Advanced statistical knowledge
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Excellent coding skills: Python and SQL preferred
• Experience building and maintaining PowerBI dashboards
• Project management skills

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Fabric
• Ability to switch between a strategic and tactical mindset for large scope projects with numerous details and requirements of cross‑functional group support
• Lean manufacturing knowledge, Black Belt preferred

Our commitment

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.

Salary: CA San Francisco Bay Area Salary Range for this position: $86,000.00 - $192,000.00. The above salary range for this position is relevant to applicants that reside or work onsite in the California, San Francisco Bay Area only. Salary offers will depend on factors that include the location you work from, your level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience and comparison to other employees already in this role. Actual salary may vary from salary offered due to numerous factors including but not limited to unpaid time off, unpaid leave, company mandated shutdown, and other relevant factors.