Software Engineer (all genders)

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 Software Engineer at Lam, you will be at the forefront of innovation by designing, developing, and troubleshooting, and debugging software programs. Your role is pivotal in developing software tools that support design, infrastructure, and technology platforms. Your expertise will determine hardware compatibility and influence design, ensuring seamless integration between software and hardware.

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

What You’ll Do

• Work with a cross-functional team of software and controls developers and designers to deliver new features for our industrial machine control software.
• Write efficient, reliable code in C, C++, and structured text for our industrial computer devices as well as interfaces, ensuring functionality and stability.
• Create, optimize, and integrate drivers for peripherals and interfaces like sensors, actuators, and communication modules.
• Analyze and optimize code for memory constraints, performance, and power consumption in embedded environments.
• Ensure maintainability of our first-class codebase through regular peer reviews, testing, and documentation.
• Conduct unit and functional testing, debugging, and troubleshooting of our controls software applications to ensure functionality and stability.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to integrate software with hardware components and systems.
• Stay updated with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in C++ programming for hardware equipment controls.
  
  

Who We’re Looking For

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in computer science, electronics, or relevant engineering disciplines. Alternatively a HTL education with relevant professional experience.
• At least 5 years of professional experience, you also have sound knowledge of software development, system programming, technical computer science and electronics.
• Very good coding skills in modern C++, including good API design, object-oriented and functional programming, as well as component-level software architecture.
• Strong understanding of software development methodologies, algorithms, data structures, and design patterns.
• Furthermore, you have a clear understanding on high-level multithreading operating systems, drivers, hardware abstraction layers, middleware, and application software concepts.
• Software development experience in typical enterprise software frameworks based on C++, using IDEs such as Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, or similar.
• Experience and comprehensive understanding of any kind of RTOS is a plus!
• Experience with designing closed loop controls algorithms in Matlab and Simulink is a plus!
• You are proficient in spoken and written English.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior semiconductor equipment experience.
• Experience in distributed embedded controls system desired.
• Software development skills in one or more general purpose programming languages: C++, C#.
  
  

What We're Offering

This position is subject to the Austrian Collective Bargaining Agreement for employees in the Metal Technology Industries in occupation group E or F depending on educational background. The monthly salary is paid 14 times per year. Please follow the link below 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.