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Quality Engineer (all genders)
Date: 17.09.2025 Location: Villach Req ID: 180636 190951 Worker Category: On-site Flex 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 Quality Engineer at Lam, you'll make an impact in ensuring manufacturing processes and products meet quality standards by designing, implementing, and maintaining quality assurance within the quality management systems (QMS). You design methods for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the accuracy of production processes and finished products. By analyzing production data and reports, you identify trends and work across functions to resolve technical, quality and production challenges. Your expertise will help develop excellence in product design and manufacturing supporting Lam's commitment to delivering high-quality and reliable products.
What you’ll do
- Owns quality management/tracking within Engineering and is the quality caseowner (QCO)
- Actively monitors and analyses Engineering quality and resolves quality issuesvia systematic root cause analysis and corrective actions
- Establishes measures to improve the Engineering output (drawings, BOMs,…) quality
- Identifies systematic gaps/potentials on products, quality improvementcapabilities and the quality management system itself
- Tracks all Engineering relevant KPIs (development milestones, feasibilityanalysis, technical modifications, problem reports, …)
- Moderates and documents all Engineering relevant 8D reports
- Drives Engineering quality related RCCAs
- Tracks relevant NCIs and NCEs within Engineering
- Collaborates in cross-functional quality reviews, dispositioning and RCCAreviews and takes part in development and implementation of qualitystandards, methods and procedures
- Contributes to Engineering standards definition
- Assures compliance to in-house and/or external specifications and standards(i.e. ISO, Six Sigma, etc.).
- Makes recommendations for corrective action necessary to ensure conformitywith quality requirements and to meet or exceed our quality objectives
Who we’re looking for
- Technical degree (Bachelor or Master) with experience in quality or degree inquality with technical experience
- Good knowledge of MS Office (especially Excel) and SAP
- Fundamental understanding and experience in quality management systems(QMS)
- Experience in quality methods like 8D
- Very good data analysis capabilities - from data mining to data analysis andconclusions
- Fluent English (written/oral) is a must, German language skills arebeneficial
- Very good presentation skills with ability to communicate cross-functionallyand with various levels of an organization
- Ability to work in a team environment with aggressive deadlines andmultiple priorities
- Demonstrates high flexibility and significant technical independence
- Structured working style and high working accuracy also under pressure
- Strongly developed sense of duty and quality
- Openness to change/improvement
- Quality certifications such as Six Sigma Black Belt is a plus
Preferred qualifications
This position is subject to the Austrian Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) forEmployees in the Metal Technology Industry in occupation group F. A higherpayment is negotiable depending on expertise and skills. Please follow the linkbelow in the Employment in Austria section for further information.
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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.