Environmental Intern - Summer 2026

The group you’ll be a part of

The Environmental Intern will report to the Global Environmental Director within the Global Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) team at Lam Research. 

The impact you’ll make

The Environmental Intern will support both the Global EHS team and the Tualatin site EHS team by contributing to key environmental compliance and sustainability initiatives. This role is ideal for a student pursuing an environmental, chemical, or engineering-related degree who is interested in environmental compliance, sustainability data management, and hands-on fieldwork in an advanced manufacturing or research and development environment.

The intern will assist with migrating site-specific EHS documents to the central document control system, helping global sites implement air emission inventory and stormwater site compliance evaluation in accordance with the global EHS technical standards, managing Safety Data Sheets in our SDS repository, and performing gap assessments of corporate and/or site programs.  This position provides a valuable opportunity to gain experience across multiple environmental programs and regulatory frameworks.

What you’ll do

Global Environmental Support

• Assist global sites with air emissions inventory and stormwater site compliance evaluations.
• Support global sites with industrial wastewater sampling plans.
• Track findings from internal compliance audit.

Environmental Program Administration

• Manage Safety Data Sheets (SDS) in the repository system. 
• Conduct gap assessments of corporate environmental programs.

Site Environmental Support

• Conduct inspections and observations related to:
• Stormwater program
• Onsite pretreatment systems
• Chemical and hazardous waste storage areas.

Who we’re looking for

• Bachelor-level student in Environmental Science, Engineering, or relevant field
• Strong analytical skills. Good understanding of chemistry. 
• Strong computer literacy skills including mastery knowledge of Microsoft suite (excel, word, power-point) skills. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Self-motivated and needs little supervision.  

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.