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Product Engineer roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process, which requires your employer to document that no qualified U.S. workers are available before filing your I-140 petition. Engineering disciplines tied to product development, systems design, and manufacturing processes have a strong track record of PERM approval.
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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
At Lam, as a Product Engineer, you thrive in high-stakes, dynamic environment, driving product development at the forefront of the semiconductor equipment industry. Collaborating closely with customers and internal teams, you will provide real-time problem-solving to customer challenges and to enhance our products. Your passion for engaging with customers and innovative engineering drives progress in our industry, tackling the once unsolvable.
In this role, you will directly contribute to ___.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Collaboratively engineer innovative semiconductor equipment and process design solutions to quickly resolve customer issues and improve product quality in a dynamic fast-paced challenging environment.
- Lead product development projects from product prototyping, development, deployment/product release, and initial field support.
- Lead teams to design and conduct experiments, tests, and prototypes to resolve complex technical problems.
- Present analysis and support technical recommendations clearly and concisely.
- Collaborate with cross-functional and cross-cultural teams to guide the specification and development of products.
- Provides technical support for installation and/or diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing, and debugging complex product issues.
- Be a leader in problem-solving, defining the problem, identifying objectives, assessing risk, developing approach, analyzing results, and providing recommendations.
- Implement industry standard process control techniques to manage production efficiencies and quality.
- Maintain a high degree of customer engagement including face-to-face and international travel to customer sites supporting near term product releases and solve customer issues.
- Work in a cleanroom lab and/or customer semiconductor fab environment.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master’s degree in Material Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optics, Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field with 12+ years of experience; or a PhD with 8+ years’ experience; or equivalent experience.
- Exceptional analytical and experimental design skills.
- Creative thinking, problem solving, and troubleshooting capabilities.
- Exceptional clear communication and presentation skills.
- Comfortable traveling up to 25% of the time.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Prior product design and technical engineer experience is beneficial.
- Experience designing, specifying, building, operating, and maintaining semiconductor, automotive, aerospace, or related hardware, tools, and equipment.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams.
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.
SALARY
CA San Francisco Bay Area Salary Range for this position: $146,000.00 - $311,000.00.
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.
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.
INTRODUCTION
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
At Lam, as a Product Engineer, you thrive in high-stakes, dynamic environment, driving product development at the forefront of the semiconductor equipment industry. Collaborating closely with customers and internal teams, you will provide real-time problem-solving to customer challenges and to enhance our products. Your passion for engaging with customers and innovative engineering drives progress in our industry, tackling the once unsolvable.
In this role, you will directly contribute to ___.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Collaboratively engineer innovative semiconductor equipment and process design solutions to quickly resolve customer issues and improve product quality in a dynamic fast-paced challenging environment.
- Lead product development projects from product prototyping, development, deployment/product release, and initial field support.
- Lead teams to design and conduct experiments, tests, and prototypes to resolve complex technical problems.
- Present analysis and support technical recommendations clearly and concisely.
- Collaborate with cross-functional and cross-cultural teams to guide the specification and development of products.
- Provides technical support for installation and/or diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing, and debugging complex product issues.
- Be a leader in problem-solving, defining the problem, identifying objectives, assessing risk, developing approach, analyzing results, and providing recommendations.
- Implement industry standard process control techniques to manage production efficiencies and quality.
- Maintain a high degree of customer engagement including face-to-face and international travel to customer sites supporting near term product releases and solve customer issues.
- Work in a cleanroom lab and/or customer semiconductor fab environment.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master’s degree in Material Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optics, Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field with 12+ years of experience; or a PhD with 8+ years’ experience; or equivalent experience.
- Exceptional analytical and experimental design skills.
- Creative thinking, problem solving, and troubleshooting capabilities.
- Exceptional clear communication and presentation skills.
- Comfortable traveling up to 25% of the time.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Prior product design and technical engineer experience is beneficial.
- Experience designing, specifying, building, operating, and maintaining semiconductor, automotive, aerospace, or related hardware, tools, and equipment.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams.
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.
SALARY
CA San Francisco Bay Area Salary Range for this position: $146,000.00 - $311,000.00.
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.
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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Product Engineer
Frame your credentials around specialty occupation evidence
PERM requires your employer to justify a specific degree requirement for the role. Document how your engineering degree field directly maps to the product development work you do, since a general engineering credential without field-specific alignment can slow down the labor certification.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Search OFLC disclosure data to identify companies that have filed PERM applications for Product Engineer or related titles. Employers with recent filings already understand the process and are less likely to drop sponsorship mid-hiring when legal costs become real.
Use Migrate Mate to filter green card sponsoring employers
Migrate Mate lets you search specifically for Product Engineer roles at companies with documented green card sponsorship history, saving you from applying to employers who list roles without any actual intent or capacity to file PERM.
Clarify the EB-2 versus EB-3 path before your offer stage
If your role requires only a bachelor's degree, most employers will file under EB-3. If you hold a master's or your job duties justify it, push for EB-2 during offer negotiation since your priority date and wait time can differ significantly between the two categories.
Confirm the employer's PERM recruitment timeline upfront
PERM requires DOL-mandated recruitment steps before filing, which typically takes three to six months. Ask hiring managers during final rounds whether they have a retained immigration attorney and whether they've completed PERM filings for engineering roles before.
Check your O*NET occupation profile before interviews
The O*NET profile for Product Engineers lists the knowledge areas, tools, and tasks that DOL reviewers use to evaluate PERM job descriptions. Knowing this profile helps you align your resume and job description language so the role clearly supports the certification requirement.
Green Card Product Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Product Engineer role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Product Engineer positions qualify under EB-3 as skilled workers when they require a bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field. EB-2 applies if the role requires an advanced degree or your employer can demonstrate that the position's duties justify that level of qualification. The distinction matters because EB-2 and EB-3 have different priority date cutoffs depending on your country of birth, which directly affects how long you wait for a visa number to become available.
How is green card sponsorship through PERM different from H-1B for Product Engineers?
H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant visa with an annual lottery cap that limits your ability to start a new job or stay in status. PERM-based green card sponsorship is a permanent immigration pathway with no lottery. Your employer files a labor certification with DOL, then an I-140 petition with USCIS, and ultimately you either adjust status in the U.S. or go through consular processing abroad. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM takes longer upfront, but it results in lawful permanent residency rather than a renewable temporary status.
What does the PERM labor certification process actually require from a Product Engineer candidate?
PERM requires your employer to run a DOL-prescribed recruitment campaign demonstrating that no qualified U.S. workers applied for your specific position. You don't file PERM yourself, but your employer will need a detailed job description that accurately reflects your duties, a prevailing wage determination from DOL using the OFLC Wage Search tool, and documentation that your credentials meet the stated requirements. Discrepancies between your actual job and the PERM description are one of the most common audit triggers, so accuracy matters from day one.
How do I find Product Engineer jobs where the employer will actually sponsor a green card?
Many employers post Product Engineer roles without any intention of sponsoring immigration. Migrate Mate filters specifically for companies with documented green card sponsorship history, letting you focus your applications on employers who have completed PERM filings for engineering roles before. This saves you from investing time in interview processes that stall the moment immigration costs come up in the offer stage.
Can I switch Product Engineer employers after my I-140 is approved but before I receive my green card?
Yes, once your I-140 has been approved and is more than 180 days old, portability rules allow you to change employers or roles without losing your priority date, as long as the new position is in the same or a similar occupational classification. For Product Engineers, this typically means staying in engineering or technical product development functions. You'll need a new employer willing to file an I-485 or continue the adjustment process, but your place in the priority date queue carries over.