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Sr MTS Electrical Engineer

Applied Materials

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 - $224,000.00

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

  • 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 time

Employee Type:

Assignee / Regular

Travel:

Not Specified

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.

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.

Source: Applied Materials on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)

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

Base floors of 3,582 Engineering (non-software) roles in California$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)0%8%16%24%25%10029%12521%15012%1756%2003%2252%2502%275This job $163K
Each bar counts postings on this site by published base floor, in $K. The marker is this job's floor.
Table
Base floors of 3,582 Engineering (non-software) roles in California
Floor bandSharePostings
$100K to $125K24.9%892
$125K to $150K29.1%1,043
$150K to $175K21.2%759
$175K to $200K11.6%414
$200K to $225K6.4%229
$225K to $250K2.5%91
$250K to $275K2.1%75
$275K and up2.2%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

Median published base floor of the same job family, in this state and across all states, next to this job's floor.
Table
Median base floor in California vs nationwide
Valuepostings
Engineering (non-software), California$147K3,582
Engineering (non-software), all states$136K8,145
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

Base floors of Applied Materials's 538 live 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)0%15%30%45%44%10029%12517%1507%1752%2000%2250%250<1%275This job $163K
Each bar counts this employer's live roles by published base floor, in $K. The marker is this job's floor.
Table
Base floors of Applied Materials's 538 live roles
Floor bandShareRoles
$100K to $125K44.4%239
$125K to $150K29.4%158
$150K to $175K16.7%90
$175K to $200K6.9%37
$200K to $225K2.4%13
$225K to $250K0.0%0
$250K to $275K0.0%0
$275K and up0.2%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.

This range next to 6 other live Applied Materials roles with the nearest advertised base floor
Chart as a table
This range next to 6 other live Applied Materials roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished 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

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Applied Materials roles · How to read the bar

Observed changes

No changes to the pay or listing since we first observed this role on Nov 6, 2026 (1 day ago).

  1. 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.

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