Memory/Advanced Packaging Strategy Technologist

Applied Materials • Gloucester, MA

10d • $148,000 - $203,500

About The Position

Applied Materials is seeking a Memory/Advanced Packaging Strategy Technologist to support the Memory Technology Roadmap and Strategy for the Varian Business Unit within the Silicon Products Group. The Varian Business Unit develops solutions for customer challenges in implant, patterning, packaging, and photonics applications. The role serves internal and external customers and contributes to strategic planning, market sizing, forecasting, analysis, and high-level presentations for internal, corporate, and external audiences.

The position focuses on understanding future memory and advanced packaging technology developments and translating those changes into process equipment requirements and business opportunities. The technologist works with marketing, technical, and engineering teams, supports integrated demonstrations and business-unit integration activities, develops and files intellectual property, prepares technical and marketing collateral, and analyzes customer and competitor strategies. The role also contributes to market forecasting and share analysis, tracks customer investment and technology adoption, identifies emerging markets and penetration opportunities, and supports executive presentations.

The role requires an advanced degree in a related technical field and at least five years of semiconductor processing experience as a lead process integration engineer or device engineer working on leading-edge technology. The position is full-time, based in Gloucester, Massachusetts, with travel required 20% of the time. Relocation is eligible.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in semiconductor processing as a lead process integration engineer or device engineer working on leading-edge technology.
• Excellent understanding of memory technologies such as DRAM and NAND.
• Knowledge of process integration and device physics.
• Excellent presentation, data analysis, and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with all levels and functional areas.

Nice To Haves

• Good understanding of advanced packaging processes and integration schemes.
• Knowledge of effective use of AI applications for engineering process optimization.

Responsibilities

• Understand industry technology roadmaps and key path-finding activities for the next 10 years, including implications for Applied Materials.
• Work with marketing, technical, and engineering professionals to identify future technology challenges, focusing on memory and advanced packaging.
• Understand technology inflections in memory and translate them into process equipment requirements.
• Provide integrated demonstration and integration support to Business Units.
• Write and file intellectual property to protect developed integration solutions.
• Develop technical and marketing collateral to promote Applied Materials solutions.
• Gather data and analyze customer and competitor strategies to address technology inflections; provide updates and act as a thought partner to stakeholders.
• Support nodal sizing, forecasting, and market-share analysis for Business Units, accounting for the effects of upcoming technology changes and inflections.
• Analyze technology and economic conditions, monitor end-user trends affecting market demand, identify emerging markets, and track worldwide customer investment plans, technology adoption, and changes to the customer landscape.
• Track competitors’ positions by customer and inflection segment, and assist in sizing and prioritizing penetration opportunities.
• Assist in constructing executive presentations for internal and external audiences as needed.
• Anticipate business and regulatory issues and recommend product, process, or service improvements.
• Lead projects with notable risk and complexity and develop project execution strategies.
• Solve unique, complex problems with broad business impact using conceptual and innovative thinking.
• Communicate complex ideas, anticipate potential objections, and persuade others, including senior stakeholders, to adopt a different point of view.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Candidates may be eligible for participation in a bonus program and a stock award program, as applicable.
• Relocation eligible.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior