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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
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System Engineer IV, Platform (E4) joins a high-performance engineering team to own the requirements, architecture, and development of next-generation optical inspection and metrology platforms. This individual contributor role serves as the technical authority within a matrixed organization, leading cross-functional teams of mechanical, electrical, software, and systems engineers. Key responsibilities include translating market requirements into detailed system specifications, developing conceptual designs and simulators, troubleshooting multi-disciplinary problems across mechanical, electrical, software, and optical domains, and managing test bench construction and calibration. The role requires proficiency in Python or MATLAB for data analysis and modeling to support architecture decisions. This position addresses complex technical challenges inherent in semiconductor capital equipment, including module packaging, vibration risks, particle contamination, and environmental control, ensuring that advanced systems meet rigorous quality standards and performance budgets throughout the product lifecycle.
Translate market requirements into high-level and detailed system requirements using established engineering methods.
Develop conceptual designs, system budgets, models, and simulators to support architecture decisions.
Troubleshoot complex multi-disciplinary problems across mechanical, electrical, software, and optical domains.
Create test plans, procedures, and custom test benches for components and subsystems.
Lead the integration of new product designs during assembly and final testing phases.
Act as the technical authority to lead cross-functional teams toward meeting development milestones.
Manage vendor relationships and qualify suppliers for critical components and modules.
Create manufacturing procedures and training materials to transfer engineering knowledge to other teams.
What we're looking for
MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
5–10 years of industry experience in design and development engineering roles.
Demonstrated ownership of system architecture and requirements for complex electro-mechanical or opto-mechanical products through at least one full development cycle to production release.
Proficiency in Python or MATLAB for data analysis, modeling, and simulations.
Experience in semiconductor capital equipment design and development (preferred).
Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams without direct reporting authority (preferred).
Experience developing and defending system-level error, tolerance, or performance budgets (preferred).
Hands-on experience with test bench design, system integration, and bring-up of prototype hardware (preferred).
Systems Engineering
Root Cause Analysis
DFMEA
FRACAS
CAPA
NPI
Motion Control
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Robotics
wafer‑handling
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Product Development
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