Application Engineer – Etch Process

About the role

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions for semiconductor and display manufacturing. The Application Engineer (Etch) will support service product development, deployment and customer troubleshooting for advanced etch equipment.

Key responsibilities

• Provide 7+ years of semiconductor Etch process and hardware expertise with hands‑on lab/fab experience.
• Engage in service product development, including NPI alpha in the lab and optimization at customer sites.
• Deploy new service products to resolve high‑value problems in fabs and validate field performance.
• Lead projects to meet KPIs and ensure successful delivery at customer locations.
• Communicate progress, results and next steps clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
• Document best‑known methods and procedures to create training material and train‑the‑trainer programs.
• Develop or support algorithms using languages such as R or Python (a plus).
• Travel internationally approximately 25% of the time.

Required profile

• Minimum 7 years of semiconductor Etch process and hardware experience.
• Hands‑on laboratory and fabrication expertise with knowledge of state‑of‑the‑art analytics applications.
• Willingness to travel internationally (~25%).
• Ability to write or support algorithms (R, Python) is advantageous.

Required skills

• Etch process engineering
• Semiconductor hardware expertise
• Analytics applications
• R programming
• Python programming

What we offer

• Supportive work culture that encourages learning and development.
• Health and wellbeing programs for employees.
• Opportunities to work on cutting‑edge technology in a global leader.