Application Engineer IV (E4)
About The Position
Applied Materials is seeking an Application Engineer IV to serve as a technical expert for optical inspection systems used in semiconductor and advanced packaging applications. The role supports manufacturing and customer applications, develops and validates system performance, and translates customer process challenges and inspection requirements into application and system solutions. The engineer collaborates with customers and cross-functional teams on product development and deployment, supports new product introduction and onsite customer activities, and provides technical training and application support. The position also contributes to product requirements, feature prioritization, and roadmap planning, while maintaining documentation of application development, validation, and customer support. The posting states a minimum of 3 years of industry experience in wafer inspection or advanced packaging process, with hands-on manufacturing and customer application support experience. It requires willingness and ability to travel internationally at least 30% of the time, with additional travel as business needs require; the Additional Information section separately lists travel as 20% of the time. The role is based in Santa Clara, California, and is full-time.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of industry experience in wafer inspection or advanced packaging process.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience supporting manufacturing and customer applications.
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally at least 30% of the time, with additional travel as business needs require.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical expert for optical inspection systems for semiconductor and advanced packaging applications.
- Develop and execute application and system-level test plans to validate performance against product specifications.
- Develop, optimize, and validate inspection recipes for customer requirements and manufacturing use cases.
- Work with customers to understand process challenges, defect mechanisms, and inspection requirements, and translate them into system and application solutions.
- Collaborate with Systems, Software, Algorithms, Product Engineering, and Marketing teams to drive product development and deployment.
- Analyze experimental results, prepare technical reports, and present findings and recommendations to engineering teams, management, and customers.
- Support new product introduction activities, including characterization, performance validation, beta testing, and customer evaluations.
- Provide technical training and application support to customers, field teams, and internal stakeholders.
- Support onsite customer tool evaluations, troubleshooting, process development, recipe optimization, and performance demonstrations.
- Contribute to product requirements definition, feature prioritization, and future roadmap planning based on customer feedback and application needs.
- Maintain documentation related to application development, characterization studies, validation results, and customer support activities.
- Travel internationally at least 30% of the time, with additional travel as business needs require.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Potential eligibility for bonus compensation
- Potential eligibility for a stock award program
- Relocation eligible
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
