Application Engineer IV (E4)
About The Position
Applied Materials is hiring an Application Engineer IV to serve as a technical expert for optical inspection systems used in semiconductor and advanced packaging applications. The role develops and validates application solutions, inspection recipes, and system-level test plans to meet product specifications, manufacturing needs, and customer requirements. The engineer works with customers to understand process challenges, defect mechanisms, and inspection requirements, and collaborates with Systems, Software, Algorithms, Product Engineering, and Marketing teams on product development and deployment. The role also supports new product introduction, customer evaluations, onsite tool activities, technical training, and application support. It contributes to product requirements and roadmap planning and maintains detailed technical documentation. International travel of at least 30% is required, with additional travel as business needs require.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of industry experience in wafer inspection or advanced packaging processes.
- 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 activities, including 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 participation in a bonus program
- Potential eligibility for a stock award program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
