Field Applications Engineer

Applied Materials

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CAPhoenix, AZAustin, TXGloucester
Salary
$86,500–$119,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
11 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Dec 30, 2026

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Below market

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This role pays less than 95% of similar roles. Most pay $142,687–$214,249 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $103k versus about $178k for comparable roles.

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About Applied Materials

Applied Materials is the world''s largest supplier of equipment, services, and software for the semiconductor and display industries, enabling the production of chips and advanced displays. Industry: Semiconductor Equipment

Applied Materials currently has 337 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $124,000–$171,000 across 219 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Field Applications Engineer

Field Applications Engineer New College Grad- Master's/PhD (Santa Clara, Austin, Gloucester, Phoenix) is a role where the selected candidate will utilize their academic and professional background to design, develop, and improve AI/ML and data science based approaches to diagnose leading edge equipment and customer high value problems. Working with AI/ML/SW developers and semiconductor or display equipment and device process and integration engineers, the individual will identify complex problems at customer sites and lead recipe creation to optimize system performance. Key responsibilities include application qualification of new technologies, executing beta sites, and creating new methodologies for specific applications. The role requires a Master’s or PhD in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering, Physics, Statistics, or AI/ML, with a focus on semiconductor or display R&D.

What you'll do

  • Identify complex customer problems and manage the full work cycle until a solution is implemented.
  • Lead recipe creation to optimize system performance and train PSE/AEs in recipe creation.
  • Qualify new technologies and features by executing beta sites, evaluations, and customer demos.
  • Develop and improve AI/ML and data science approaches to diagnose leading-edge equipment problems.
  • Create new methodologies to optimize system performance for specific customer applications.
  • Analyze and transfer new application capabilities from the product division to the customer application support team.
  • Participate in customer technical review meetings and customer demo activities.

What we're looking for

  • Master’s or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Statistics, or AI/ML.
  • Design and develop AI/ML and data science based approaches to diagnose leading edge equipment and customer problems.
  • Identify complex customer problems and work through the full cycle until solution implementation.
  • Lead recipe creation to optimize system performance and train PSE/AEs in recipe creation.
  • Execute beta sites, evaluations, and demos at customer sites.
  • Create new methodologies to optimize system performance for specific applications.
  • Analyze and transfer new application capabilities from the product division to the customer application support team.
  • Semiconductor or display R&D experience and coursework (preferred).
  • GPA of 3.0 or above (preferred).

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