Staff Hardware Engineer, Mechanical or Electrical

Applied Materials

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$147,000–$202,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
65 days ago
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This role $175k
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This role pays less than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $152,000–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $175k versus about $183k 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 260 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Staff Hardware Engineer, Mechanical or Electrical

The Sym3 Staff Hardware Engineer, Mechanical or Electrical joins a team focused on creating new services for plasma and thermal chambers. In this role, the engineer collaborates with customers, field teams, and business units to identify service hardware performance improvements for plasma tools. Daily responsibilities include identifying necessary hardware changes, prototyping and testing components with engineering teams and vendors, and collecting data to analyze and compile reports on experiments. The candidate must also generate marketing reports to demonstrate value to customers. Required skills include over five years of Sym3 etch hardware experience, problem solving, root cause mechanism development and validation, and technical presentation skills. This role addresses the specific challenge of improving hardware performance within plasma tools for semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Candidates should possess a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, plasma, or a related field.

What you'll do

  • Identify service High Value Propositions (HVPs) for plasma tools with customers and field teams.
  • Identify necessary hardware changes to improve performance on plasma tools.
  • Prototype and test new hardware in collaboration with engineering teams and vendors.
  • Design, collect data, and analyze results from engineering experiments.
  • Compile technical reports based on experimental data.
  • Generate marketing reports to demonstrate the value of new services to customers.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, plasma, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of Sym3 etch hardware experience.
  • 5+ years of professional work experience.
  • Required skills include problem solving, root cause mechanism development, and validation.
  • Required technical presentation and communication skills.
  • Experience in product development (preferred).
  • Ability to analyze test results and generate marketing reports to demonstrate value to customers.
  • Ability to lead small projects and act as a resource for colleagues with less experience.

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