Mechanical Engineer V

Who We Are

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT. If you want to push the boundaries of materials science and engineering to create next generation technology, join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world. 

What We Offer

Salary:

$163,000.00 - $224,000.00

Location:

Santa Clara,CA

You’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company. Visit our Careers website to learn more. 

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As a Mechanical Engineer, you’ll leverage your strong foundation in physics, mathematics, and materials science to process and resolve mechanical problems, design and implement custom mechanical tooling and associated processes, and enable the handling, assembly, and disassembly of parts, components, sub-assemblies, and final assemblies throughout the product life cycle. You'll be responsible for designing, developing, and modifying mechanical engineering layouts, schematics, and specifications. You will oversee manufacturing and installation processes, ensuring adherence to industry standards and regulations-- and you'll coordinate the procurement and assembly of mechanical components and equipment for design projects, identifying sources of critical parts and subsystems to resolve technical issues.

 

 

Role Responsibilities: 

• Independently develop and implement concepts for a range of significantly complex product issues and engineering solutions 

• Lead or execute engineering projects and spearhead research and development of new technologies 

• Identify and troubleshoot a wide range of significantly complex engineering problems 

• Specify or perform significantly complex engineering analysis 

• Communicate with internal and external customers regarding significantly complex engineering issues to address customers’ High Value Problems (HVP) for a range of products 

• Generate product specifications; define, coordinate, perform and document engineering tests 

• Specify the development, design, or modification of complex engineering layouts, schematics, drawings, or specifications  

• Specify and review engineering documentation and engineering processes 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree

• 10-15 years of experience

• Deep technical expertise in your field and deep knowledge of the Applied Materials product life cycle, as well as in-depth knowledge of other disciplines within your function 

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to explain difficult or sensitive information and to build consensus 

This role is as part of a team taking a dry etch chamber from initial customer rollout to high volume production.

The team will need to generate hardware improvements to resolve issues identified by our process team and customers.

We’re a small team, and as such, this will be a very ‘hands-on’ role  - yes, you'll be designing HW, but we’re looking for someone who's also willing to crank out drawings, build C&F HW at their desk, or head into the lab to install & test HW as needed.

There will also be some travel (~25%) as we have labs + customers in Asia who you will need to interface with to collect requirements for new HW and test it once developed.

Experience with etch is a major plus, but we’ll also consider experience in other vacuum systems (e.g. CVD, PVD) for this role.

Also useful for the role is experience with designing RF components, RF power delivery best practices and match design.

Additional Information

Time Type:

Full time

Employee Type:

Assignee / Regular

Travel:

Yes, 25% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:

No

The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.

For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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