Mechanical Engineer V

Applied Materials•Santa Clara, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Mechanical Engineer, you’ll leverage your strong foundation in physics, mathematics, and materials science to process and resolve mechanical problems, design and implement custom mechanical tooling and associated processes, and enable the handling, assembly, and disassembly of parts, components, sub-assemblies, and final assemblies throughout the product life cycle. You'll be responsible for designing, developing, and modifying mechanical engineering layouts, schematics, and specifications. You will oversee manufacturing and installation processes, ensuring adherence to industry standards and regulations-- and you'll coordinate the procurement and assembly of mechanical components and equipment for design projects, identifying sources of critical parts and subsystems to resolve technical issues. This role is as part of a team taking a dry etch chamber from initial customer rollout to high volume production. The team will need to generate hardware improvements to resolve issues identified by our process team and customers. We’re a small team, and as such, this will be a very ‘hands-on’ role - yes, you'll be designing HW, but we’re looking for someone who's also willing to crank out drawings, build C&F HW at their desk, or head into the lab to install & test HW as needed. There will also be some travel (~25%) as we have labs + customers in Asia who you will need to interface with to collect requirements for new HW and test it once developed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
10-15 years of experience
Deep technical expertise in your field and deep knowledge of the Applied Materials product life cycle, as well as in-depth knowledge of other disciplines within your function
Strong interpersonal and communication skills to explain difficult or sensitive information and to build consensus

Nice To Haves

Experience with etch is a major plus
Experience in other vacuum systems (e.g. CVD, PVD)
Experience with designing RF components
RF power delivery best practices
Match design

Responsibilities

Independently develop and implement concepts for a range of significantly complex product issues and engineering solutions
Lead or execute engineering projects and spearhead research and development of new technologies
Identify and troubleshoot a wide range of significantly complex engineering problems
Communicate with internal and external customers regarding significantly complex engineering issues to address customers’ High Value Problems (HVP) for a range of products
Generate product specifications; define, coordinate, perform and document engineering tests
Specify the development, design, or modification of complex engineering layouts, schematics, drawings, or specifications
Specify and review engineering documentation and engineering processes