Lam Research

Both streams' openings sit on a single global job board under "intern/apprentice" and "graduate/entry level" filters, and current 2026 listings cover process, materials, mechanical, manufacturing, and software engineering tracks across the US (Fremont, CA; Tualatin and Hillsboro, OR), India (Bangalore), Korea (Songdo), Austria (Villach and Salzburg), Taiwan (Hsinchu and Taoyuan), and Malaysia (Kulim and Batu Kawan). Lam names eight focus majors – chemical engineering, chemistry, electrical engineering, materials science & engineering, mechanical engineering, operations management, physics, and software engineering – and partners with the National GEM Consortium, NSBE, SWE, SHPE, and UNCF for pipeline outreach. Because hiring is posting-by-posting rather than cohort-gated, a candidate watching the early-careers filter is doing iterative monitoring over weeks, not preparing for one fixed application window.

Independent industry analysis places Lam in the top three wafer-fab equipment makers alongside Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron, with a particular share lead in dry etch for advanced logic and 3D NAND nodes. For a student weighing equipment-maker offers, the practical meaning is the kind of problem set: engineering roles here are plasma-process and tool-hardware work in fab and lab environments, so prior projects in physical experiments and instrumentation map more directly than software-only coursework.