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Mechanical Engineer 5

Lam Research · Fremont, CA, US

Lam Research is hiring for Mechanical Engineer 5 in Fremont, CA, US.

Hiring signals for Mechanical Engineers

SOC 17-2141 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

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Mechanical Engineers Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay is above the national median ($160k vs $128k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 5% from the last 14 days)
  • Few reposted listings (19% appear duplicated)

Mechanical Engineers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Mechanical Engineers.

  • 321Active postings
  • 11Posted this week
  • 186Open 30+ days58% of active
  • 8Remote / hybrid2% of active
  • 9%List salary29 of 321
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $160kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 31dMedian agep90 62d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering288$160k n=27
Engineering Manager1

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time14$165k n=8
Contract8$104k n=6
Temporary4
Intern4

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Manufacturing248$101k n=11
Technology127$185k n=22
Government / Public Sector113
Healthcare28
Retail27$185k n=13

Top categories

  • Engineering288
  • Engineering Manager1

In-demand skills

  • AWS15
  • Go6
  • Airflow6
  • Python5
  • REST3
  • Agile2
  • C++1

Top sectors

  • Manufacturing248
  • Technology127
  • Government / Public Sector113
  • Healthcare28
  • Retail27
  • Transportation & Logistics26

Employment mix

  • Unspecified291 · 91%
  • Full-time14 · 4%
  • Contract8 · 2%
  • Temporary4 · 1%
  • Intern4 · 1%

Top hiring companies

Category
Engineering
Source
careers.lamresearch.com
Original link
https://careers.lamresearch.com/careers/job/1099552465243
Posted
3 weeks ago (2026-04-24)
Status
active

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