Industrial Engineer IV

Applied Materials•Santa Clara, CA

About The Position

Applied Materials is hiring an Industrial Engineer IV for an internal consulting team with high visibility to Applied Global Services executive leadership. The role leads strategic projects to streamline business processes, influence business strategy, drive growth, improve operations, reduce costs, and advance business excellence. It has the potential to affect a roughly $7 billion business and involves collaboration across business functions and leaders, engineers, business professionals, a global logistics network, and a broad range of products and services. The engineer owns the complete project life cycle, from current-state analysis and identifying and quantifying opportunities through developing improvement solutions, obtaining stakeholder buy-in, and implementation. This high-impact position requires sustained change-management effort and is intended to deliver measurable results in business-unit performance. The role is based in Santa Clara, California. The listed salary range is $133,500 to $183,500. Relocation is eligible. Candidates may also be eligible for a bonus and stock award program, as applicable.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or equivalent.
7–10 years of relevant work experience.
Strong analytical skills and ability to extract insights from multiple data sources.
Expert-level knowledge of Excel and Tableau or Power BI.
Experience working across cross-functional business teams, including Engineering, Operations, Marketing, and Finance.
Ability to work effectively in a matrix environment and influence others.
Excellent oral and written communication, organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
Attention to detail and ability to connect information and communicate complex ideas effectively.
Broad understanding and experience in service business management, product development, and financial reporting.
Knowledge of Lean / Six Sigma.

Nice To Haves

MBA or equivalent business experience.
Prior management consulting or internal consulting experience.
Relevant experience in the semiconductor industry or consulting.

Responsibilities

Structure and break down complex business problems, develop hypotheses, conduct analysis, and deliver data-driven recommendations.
Lead rigorous analysis across large data sets and synthesize insights and opportunities.
Develop and present high-quality recommendations and deliverables for executive audiences, and contribute to related strategy and execution discussions.
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to gather information, pressure-test hypotheses, co-create deliverables, accelerate execution, and unlock value.
Optimize operations and business processes to achieve measurable gains in business performance, cycle-time reduction, and cost savings.
Own the project life cycle, including current-state analysis, opportunity identification and quantification, solution development, stakeholder buy-in, and implementation.
Lead strategic projects to streamline processes, influence strategy, drive growth, improve operations, reduce costs, and advance business excellence.