Test Systems Engineer, Test Excellence

Applied Materials

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Work type
On-site
Location
Austin, TXSanta Clara, CA
Salary
$116,000–$159,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
2 days ago
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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 340 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Test Systems Engineer, Test Excellence

The Test Systems Engineer, Test Excellence joins the team to identify critical test gaps by analyzing field failures, factory nonconformances, and FMEA risks. This role involves translating complex failure mechanisms into measurable requirements and engineering system-representative test coverage, including functional, stress, thermal, RF, and high-voltage tests. You will own the test solution from concept to deployment, establishing correlation, repeatability, and calibration requirements while leading design, sourcing, and production implementation. Key responsibilities include challenging legacy methods with evidence, monitoring detection effectiveness, and updating Functional Requirements Documents to prevent recurrence. You will collaborate across suppliers and engineering teams to build scalable Test Excellence capabilities. The role focuses on preventing defects from reaching factories or customers by converting real-world risks into robust, production-representative test fixtures and standards.

What you'll do

  • Identify test gaps by analyzing field failures, factory nonconformances, failure analysis, and FMEA risks.
  • Translate complex failure mechanisms into specific, measurable, and defensible test requirements for engineering teams.
  • Define functional, stress, thermal, and RF tests to expose failure modes before products reach customers.
  • Own the test solution from concept through feasibility, design, sourcing, build, validation, and production implementation.
  • Establish correlation, repeatability, and acceptance criteria to prove test systems detect intended failure modes.
  • Deploy and maintain test systems at suppliers and factories while resolving implementation issues and engineering changes.
  • Monitor detection effectiveness and quality indicators to identify and address next improvement opportunities.
  • Update supplier mandates and design documents to prevent recurrence of defects in future product development.

What we're looking for

  • Identify test gaps using field failures, factory nonconformances, failure analysis, 8D findings, and FMEA/FMECA risks.
  • Translate complex failure mechanisms and real-world operating conditions into specific, measurable, and defensible test requirements.
  • Define functional, parametric, stress, burn-in, thermal, RF, high-voltage, leak, particle, and interlock tests.
  • Own the test solution from concept through deployment, including feasibility, specification, cost, schedule, and production implementation.
  • Establish correlation, repeatability, reproducibility, measurement capability, calibration requirements, and acceptance criteria for test solutions.
  • Monitor detection effectiveness, test-system performance, false failures, escapes, and other quality and operational indicators.
  • Apply lessons from escapes to improve supplier test mandates, Functional Requirements Documents, and Design for Testability.
  • Lead complex initiatives across suppliers, factories, Design Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality teams.

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