Application Engineer IV (E4)

Who We Are

Applied Materials is the global leader in materials science and engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor chip and advanced display in the world. The equipment that we create and service is essential to advancing AI and accelerating the commercialization of next-generation semiconductor chips. Join us and push the boundaries of materials science and engineering in a company at the foundation of the electronics industry. The work we do together advances the world’s technology.

What We Offer

Salary:

$147,000.00 - $202,500.00

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. 

At Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go. Learn more about our benefits. 

Key Responsibilities

• Minimum 3+ years of proven industry experience in wafer inspection, or advanced packaging process, with demonstrated hands-on experience supporting manufacturing and customer applications.
• Serve as the technical expert for optical inspection systems for Semiconductor and Advanced Packaging applications.
• Develop and execute comprehensive application and system-level test plans to validate performance against product specifications.
• Develop, optimize, and validate inspection recipes to meet customer requirements and manufacturing use cases.
• Work closely with customers to understand process challenges, defect mechanisms, and inspection requirements, translating into system and application solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Systems, Software, Algorithms, Product Engineering, and Marketing, to drive product development and deployment.
• Analyze experimental results, generate technical reports, and present findings and recommendations to engineering teams, management, and customers.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) activities, including characterization, performance validation, beta testing, and customer evaluations.
• Provide technical training and application support to customers, field teams, and internal stakeholders to ensure effective product deployment and adoption.
• Support onsite customer activities, including tool evaluations, troubleshooting, process development, recipe optimization, and performance demonstrations.
• Contribute to product requirements definition, feature prioritization, and future roadmap planning based on customer feedback and application needs.
• Maintain detailed documentation related to application development, characterization studies, validation results, and customer support activities.
• Must be willing and able to travel internationally at least 30% of the time, with additional travel as business needs require.

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field 

Business Expertise

• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services

Leadership

• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity 

Problem Solving

• Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions

Impact

• Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies

Interpersonal Skills

• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view

Additional Information

Time Type:

Full time

Employee Type:

Assignee / Regular

Travel:

Yes, 20% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:

Yes

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.

In addition, Applied endeavors to make our careers site accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us via e-mail at [email protected], or by calling our HR Direct Help Line at 877-612-7547, option 1, and following the prompts to speak to an HR Advisor. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.