Summer 2026 Process Engineer Intern PhD (Santa Clara, CA)
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Job Location:
Santa Clara County, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
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
Location:
Santa ClaraCAYoull 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.
Responsibilities
- Design experiments perform experiments and analyze data with statistics and compile reports with high level conclusions on technically challenging process engineering experiments
- Assist with laboratory demonstrations including; tool preparation processing wafers measuring wafers and summarizing data and planning next experiments.
- Lead development projects collaborating with hardware software and wafer metrology teams.
- Troubleshoot a variety of complex problems perform root cause analysis and resolve the issues to meet customer requirements.
Requirements
- Student must be currently pursuing a PhD degree program in Materials Engineering Chemical Engineering or a related field and intend on continuing their education upon completion of the internship
- Student must be in good academic standing at their university with a GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale
Preferred Skills
- Experience in cleanroom environment
- Experience of dry (plasma) or wet etch
- Quick learner and able to manage a high volume diverse workflow
Additional Information
Time Type:
Full timeEmployee Type:
Intern / StudentTravel:
NoRelocation Eligible:
YesThe 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.
Required Experience:
Intern
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About Company
Applied Materials, Inc. is the global leader in materials engineering solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic (PV) industries.
