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Lam Research10K+ employees

Laboratory Service Engineer 2

CA$27 – $60/hrPosted 8 days ago

Immigration summary

Visa sponsorship

LikelyLow confidence

This employer sponsors, but not for roles like this one.

228 recent H-1B filings

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Green card sponsorship

Strong historyMedium confidence

This employer has recently sponsored green cards at scale.

75 recent certified PERM filings

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Job description

The group you’ll be a part of

In the Global Products Group, we are dedicated to excellence in the design and engineering of Lam’s etch and deposition products. We drive innovation to ensure our cutting-edge solutions are helping to solve the biggest challenges in the semiconductor industry.

The impact you’ll make

As a Laboratory Service Engineer at Lam, you're a pivotal force in maintaining and upgrading equipment in our applications lab. It’s not the typical lab; you’ll be hands-on with state-of-the-art equipment performing maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration. You'll support innovative equipment providing installation and documentation, making you an integral part of our technology’s success.

In this role, you will contribute to concept and feasibility hardware to enhance current and develop next generation of semiconductor equipment for our customers.

What you’ll do

  • Operate in an R&D environment performing preventative and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, upgrades, and calibrations on equipment.
  • Diagnose and repair mechanical, electromechanical, electronic, and vacuum equipment.
  • Ensure safe handling of hazardous gas and liquid materials using required Personal Protective Equipment.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams – including process development, hardware, and software engineering – on R&D activities, customer demos, and supporting equipment.
  • Install and provide support for prototype equipment, developing procedures and documentation.
  • Maintain alignment on priorities across tasks that vary from dynamic to consistent with clear and proactive communications.

Who we’re looking for

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field with 2+ years of experience; or Associates degree in a technical field or equivalent military training with 4+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent work experience.
  • This is a graduate eligible role.

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience troubleshooting electrical, electro-mechanical, fluidic systems, and vacuum systems.
  • Proficient use of a variety of hand tools and electronic test equipment for maintenance, repair, and assembly tasks.
  • Capable of working in a cleanroom environment, wearing personal protective safety equipment, or cleanroom suit.
  • Semiconductor industry experience or understanding of Lam products is a plus.

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.

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Salary

CA San Francisco Bay Area Salary Range for this position: $27.88 -  $59.62.

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.

Our Perks and Benefits

At Lam, our people make amazing things possible. That’s why we invest in you throughout the phases of your life with a comprehensive set of outstanding benefits.

Sponsorship evidence

Why Openbound reached the conclusions above.

Visa sponsorship evidence

Current posting

Silent on sponsorship

Other openings

1 of 1210 recent openings at this employer mention sponsorship.

Employer H-1B history

228
recent certified H-1B filings
130
new-hire petitions
0
filings for similar roles
216
so far in FY2026
More evidence details
  • 228 recent certified H-1B filings across the employer
  • Still filing this year — 216 filings in FY2026
  • 141 USCIS H-1B new-employment approvals, counted separately from LCA filings
  • Strong filing activity in CA
  • 1 other recent posting at this company mention sponsorship
  • 338 further USCIS approvals for extensions or transfers
  • We checked 136 filing titles for this employer and none describe work like this role
  • The posting says nothing about sponsorship either way

Strong filing activity in CA.

Green card sponsorship evidence

Employer PERM history

75
recent certified PERM filings
0
filings for similar roles
56
filings in this location
Certified PERM filings by fiscal year
202355
202454
202595
202658YTD

Filing history reflects past employer behavior; it isn't a promise for this opening.

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How Openbound evaluates sponsorship

Visa history uses official U.S. Department of Labor H-1B LCA disclosure data and USCIS H-1B petition history. Green card history uses DOL PERM disclosure data. Each is read for the employer as a whole, for roles like this one, and for this location, weighted toward the most recent fiscal years.

An employer is matched to its filing entities by verified legal name and reviewed aliases; a match is never made on a name resemblance alone. Where no verified entity can be matched, the page says so and draws no conclusion from the absence. 136 filing titles were examined for this employer.

What this posting states outranks history in both directions, and an employer's published policy outranks past filings. Filing history reflects past behavior; it is not a promise of sponsorship for this opening, and none of this is legal advice.