Highlights
As an Automation Developer at Lam, you will contribute directly to the innovation pipeline by enabling advanced equipment connectivity, data acquisition, and automation capabilities within Lam's Global R&D labs across the United States (Fremont, Tualatin), South Korea, Taiwan, and India. You will design and implement SECS/GEM‑based equipment interfaces, communication frameworks, and IoT‑enabled solutions that support early‑stage tool development and next-generation process engineering.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Tualatin, OR |
| Industry | Computer Hardware |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1980 |
| Website | https://careers.lamresearch.com/search/ |
Description
## The group you'll be a part of
Global Product Groups/Global Product Operations/Global Lab Automation.
## The impact you'll make
As an Automation Developer at Lam, you will contribute directly to the innovation pipeline by enabling advanced equipment connectivity, data acquisition, and automation capabilities within Lam's Global R&D labs across the United States (Fremont, Tualatin), South Korea, Taiwan, and India. You will design and implement SECS/GEM‑based equipment interfaces, communication frameworks, and IoT‑enabled solutions that support early‑stage tool development and next-generation process engineering.
Working closely with multidisciplinary R&D teams, you will build robust automation components that accelerate prototype validation, experiment execution, and system characterization. Your expertise in C#, .NET, and web technologies will help bridge hardware-software interactions, enhance tool diagnostics, and enable deeper insights into complex equipment behavior.
Through your work, you will help advance Lam's technology roadmap and contribute to the creation of future semiconductor process platforms.
## What you'll do
- Design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug automation software modules that support tool bring‑up, experimental workflows, and R&D diagnostics.
- Implement SECS/GEM communication interfaces and IoT connectivity layers for prototype and development-stage equipment.
- Enhance and maintain existing automation frameworks by identifying improvement areas and resolving complex integration issues.
- Produce clear interface specifications, documentation packages, architecture diagrams, and structured code to support global R&D users.
- Collaborate with R&D engineers, equipment designers, controls engineers, and software architects to develop new automation capabilities.
- Support lab equipment integration activities, including on‑site testing and hands-on validation, with limited travel (
About Company
From smartphones and tablets to wearables and automobiles, it’s hard to go more than a few hours without using a semiconductor-enabled device. The semiconductor industry touches nearly every person on the planet, and chipmakers continue to advance the technology that powers it all.
As a trusted partner to the world’s leading semiconductor companies, we welcome challenges and we deliver. That’s why, today, nearly every advanced chip is built with Lam technology.
Our innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services allow chipmakers to build smaller and better performing devices. We combine superior systems engineering, technology leadership, and a strong values-based culture, with an unwavering commitment to our customers.