Process Engineer, Senior Manager (PVD)

Santa Clara County, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 163000 - 224000

Posted on: 25-10-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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:

$163000.00 - $224000.00

Location:

Santa ClaraCA

Youll 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 possiblewhile 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. Were 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

Drive innovative techniques to characterize hardware define methods and new technologies and apply them to characterize hardware and/or perform hardware characterization on significantly complex systems for a range of programs within safety guidelines.

Design collect data analyze and compile reports on significantly complex process engineering experiments for a range of products within safety guidelines

Design and implement new technology products and analytical instrumentation

Train engineers define and implement new methodologies define and apply new technologies and/or troubleshoot and resolve significantly complex process engineering issues/problems for a range of products

Develop plan and execute process engineering projects for a range of products

Interact with key customers to resolve significantly complex process engineering issues for a range of products to address our customers High Value Problems (HVP)

Generate internal and external documentation for products presentations technical reports for integrated products and generate process engineering specifications for integrated products

Define and validate film measurement techniques. Train engineers on the techniques and guide them in the interpretation of the data

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

Additional Information

Time Type:

Full time

Employee Type:

Assignee / Regular

Travel:

Yes 25% 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 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 or by calling our HR Direct Help Line at 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.

Required Experience:

Senior Manager

Who We AreApplied 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...