Sr MTS Electrical Engineer
Company websiteappliedmaterials.com (Applied Materials, opens in new tab)
Base salary $163K to $224K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Santa Clara, CA
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- LocationSanta Clara, CA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (2 h ago) · observed since
About this job
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:
$163,000.00 - $224,000.00Location:
Santa Clara,CAYou’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
Develop and implement concepts for a wide range of significantly complex product issues and engineering solutions
Technical lead and/or execute engineering projects and spearhead research and development of new technologies, as appropriate
Problem identification and troubleshooting a wide range of significantly complex engineering problems
Specify and/or perform engineering analysis of significant complex scope
Interface with internal and external customers regarding significantly complex electrical issues to address customers High Value Problems (HVP) for a range of products
Independently, generate product specifications
Specify the development of design and/or modify engineering assemblies, layout/schematics and/or detailed drawings/specifications of significantly complex scope
Define, coordinate, perform and document engineering tests
This technical staff position leads and/or develops and executes exceptionally complex technology and engineering projects and leads research and development of new technologies as appropriate. Works on critical complex issues that impact longer term product development and business success measured by one or more of the following: incremental revenue growth, market share increases, key customer penetrations, time to market improvement and commercial value of the work.
Within safety guidelines design, perform, collect data, analyze and compile reports on unusually complex engineering experiments and provides solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious.
Develop innovative solutions as part of proven track record of significant technology contributions. Recognized internally (across Business Units) as one of the limited number of technical experts in their field of expertise
Conceive and implement new technology, normally named as primary inventor on numerous critical patents and recognized through awards and/or published papers within the last five years.
Leads and collaborates to contribute to the development of new principles and concepts. Guides less experienced engineers in utilizing techniques to define methods and new technologies and apply them on unusually complex systems. Involved in judging the approach and verifying the validity of technical strategies.
Leads and collaborates to contribute to the development of new principles and concepts. Guides less experienced engineers in utilizing techniques to define methods and new technologies and apply them on unusually complex systems. .
Functional Knowledge
Regarded as the technical expert in their particular field
Demonstrates in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own discipline and broad knowledge of other disciplines within the function
Business Expertise
Anticipates business and regulatory issues; recommends product, process or service improvements
Leadership
Leads projects with notable risk and complexity; develops the strategy for project execution
Problem Solving
Solves unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions
Impact
Impacts the direction and resource allocation for program, project or services; works within general functional policies and industry guidelines
Interpersonal Skills
Communicates complex ideas, anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view
Drive electrical design for SOW technology development and external client product; spearheading modeling, simulation, measurement, and correlation effort; support electrical performance driven PDK development and CAD tool flow through enabling SOW technology to customers
Additional Information
Time Type:
Full timeEmployee Type:
Assignee / RegularTravel:
Not SpecifiedRelocation Eligible:
NoThe 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.
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How this pay compares
Base floor $163,000, above 65% of the 3,582 Engineering (non-software) roles in California on this site. The employer's range is $61,000 wide, 37% of the floor. Observed open for 1 day so far (since Nov 6, 2026).
Pay in context
Among 3,582 Engineering (non-software) roles in California listed on this site, the median base floor is $147,000 and the middle half runs from $125,000 to $173,000. This role's floor ($163,000) is above 65% of them; 9 others list the same floor.
Base floors of 3,582 Engineering (non-software) roles in California
Table
| Floor band | Share | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 24.9% | 892 |
| $125K to $150K | 29.1% | 1,043 |
| $150K to $175K | 21.2% | 759 |
| $175K to $200K | 11.6% | 414 |
| $200K to $225K | 6.4% | 229 |
| $225K to $250K | 2.5% | 91 |
| $250K to $275K | 2.1% | 75 |
| $275K and up | 2.2% | 79 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Base floor distribution of the cohort
- Formula
- count of cohort postings in each $25K band of published base floor / postings in the cohort
- Denominator
- 3,582 open postings with this job family in California
- Sample size
- 3582
- Hidden when
- needs at least 30 postings in the cohort
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.
State against nationwide
Median base floor in California vs nationwide
Table
| Value | postings | |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering (non-software), California | $147K | 3,582 |
| Engineering (non-software), all states | $136K | 8,145 |
| This job's base floor (marked) | $163K |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Median floor, state vs nationwide
- Formula
- median published base floor of each cohort
- Denominator
- open postings of this job family
- Sample size
- 3582 in California; 8145 nationwide
- Hidden when
- needs at least 30 postings in both cohorts
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
How Applied Materials pays
74 of Applied Materials's 538 live roles on this site list a higher base floor and 444 list a lower one. Across them the median floor is $133,500; the middle half runs from $116,000 to $152,000.
Base floors of Applied Materials's 538 live roles
Table
| Floor band | Share | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 44.4% | 239 |
| $125K to $150K | 29.4% | 158 |
| $150K to $175K | 16.7% | 90 |
| $175K to $200K | 6.9% | 37 |
| $200K to $225K | 2.4% | 13 |
| $225K to $250K | 0.0% | 0 |
| $250K to $275K | 0.0% | 0 |
| $275K and up | 0.2% | 1 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Employer base floor distribution
- Formula
- count of the employer's open roles in each $25K band of published base floor / its open roles
- Denominator
- 538 open public roles at this employer
- Sample size
- 538
- Hidden when
- needs at least 5 roles
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- current
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Similar pay elsewhere
Other employers' Engineering (non-software) roles in California with the nearest published base floor to $163,000, one per employer.
- Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer Planet · base floor $162,600
- Senior GNC Engineer Neros Technologies · base floor $163,500
- Staff Loads & Dynamics Engineer Radiant Industries · base floor $162,500
- Staff Field Applications Engineer – Power Solutions Analog Devices · base floor $163,530
- Senior Mechanical Engineer Arista Networks · base floor $162,000
This listingSr MTS Electrical Engineer$163K to $224K
Manager, Hardware (HW) Qualification and Development Support Team (DST) Engineer$165,500 to $227,500
Project Manager, Employee Experience & HR Technology Director - (B6)$164,000 to $225,500
Product Line Manager$163K to $224K
Employee Relations Partner - (B5)$163K to $224K
Business Management V$163K to $224K
Business Management V$163K to $224K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Sr MTS Electrical Engineer (this listing) | $163K - $224K |
| Manager, Hardware (HW) Qualification and Development Support Team (DST) Engineer | $165,500 - $227,500 |
| Project Manager, Employee Experience & HR Technology Director - (B6) | $164,000 - $225,500 |
| Product Line Manager | $163K - $224K |
| Employee Relations Partner - (B5) | $163K - $224K |
| Business Management V | $163K - $224K |
| Business Management V | $163K - $224K |
Observed changes
No changes to the pay or listing since we first observed this role on Nov 6, 2026 (1 day ago).
- First observed on the employer's board, already publishing a qualifying base salary
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-11-06
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: Santa Clara,CA
$163,000.00 - $224,000.00
- Method
- Employer text, read with fixed rules and re-verified
- Checked
- Rule set
- us-base-v2
The pay passage appears in the employer's own job text. Fixed, deterministic rules located it, and the passage below was checked against the stored copy of the posting.
What we verified
- The pay figures come from the employer's own listing, quoted exactly above.
- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
We do not verify what the employer will actually offer, whether the employer is still recruiting for the role, or anything beyond what the employer published. Full methodology.
