Software Engineer 1

Lam Research — Bengaluru, Karnataka

₹7–15 LPA (HireSetu estimate) · Entry level · Freshers eligible · Full-time

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Quick answer: The degree list is wider than most software postings: Computer, Electronics or Mechanical, with no professional experience required. The real bar is object-oriented design, design patterns, finite state machines, multithreading with preemptive scheduling, and the low-level protocols I2C, SPI and UART.

From Lam Research's job posting

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

  • Design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug software programs for enhancements and new products.
  • Implement new customer requirements and features in our existing application.
  • Maintain existing code base by investigating and resolving problem areas.
  • Demonstrate solutions through clear documentation, flowcharts, and well-structured code.
  • Collaborate with cross functional teams to design and develop software programs.
  • May visit customer site to provide support and have ability to travel (total is less than 10%).

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering with no previous professional experience; or equivalent experience.
  • Knowledge of Object-Oriented Software (OOS), Object Oriented Design (OOD), or Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) implementation and design, including Design Patterns and Finite State Machines.
  • Knowledge of multithreading, including preemptive thread scheduling.
  • Knowledgeable with communication protocols such as Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C), Service Provider Interface (SPI), Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART).
  • This is a graduate eligible role.

Preferred qualifications

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.

The employer’s company overview, benefits and equal-opportunity statement are left out here; they are on the original posting.

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HireSetu's note

Software that runs the tool

Etch and deposition tools are the machines this software drives, running inside semiconductor fabs around the clock. The team is centralised, so your code supports the whole equipment portfolio instead of one product line. Expect a large existing codebase: finding the fault and fixing it takes more of the week than writing something new. Solutions get explained with flowcharts too, so the write-up matters as much as the change.

Mechanical grads are in scope

Mechanical and electronics graduates who have kept coding are genuinely eligible here, which is rare on a software posting. What follows is the same for everyone: object-oriented design, design patterns, state machines, threads. No professional experience needed, so the work you show is coursework and projects. Two substantial projects in one language beat a long list of tutorial clones.

Revise state machines and threads

Finite state machines run through hardware control: a tool moves between states and the software has to handle every transition, failure ones included. Sketch one on paper for a lift or a vending machine and name its states and events. Preemptive threading is named outright, so know what happens when a higher-priority thread takes over mid-task, and why shared data needs protecting. For I2C, SPI and UART, what matters is what each is for, how devices are addressed, and rough speeds.

Travel means fab time

Lam runs two hybrid models: On-site Flex at three or more days on site, and Virtual Flex at one or two. Which one covers this role changes the shape of the week, so settle that early. Customer visits sit under 10% travel and the sites are fabs, which means cleanroom gowning and fixed entry procedures. A few trips a year, not enough to decide the application on its own.

Drafted with AI from Lam Research's job posting and checked by Prashanth Jakkula before publishing. See our Editorial Policy.

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