Customer Engineer – PDC (SEMVision)

About the role

As a Field Service Engineer (Customer Engineer) at Applied Materials, you act as the direct liaison with customers, collaborating closely to install, maintain, and upgrade equipment. You will use digital analytics for troubleshooting and apply basic diagnostic techniques to assess and resolve technical issues.

Key responsibilities

• Install, maintain, and upgrade customer equipment.
• Apply basic diagnostic techniques to assess equipment and address technical issues, with assistance from senior engineers.
• Collaborate with senior engineers and customers to understand roadmaps, process flows, requirements, and business challenges.
• Train and mentor junior Field Service Engineers.
• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on electrical, vacuum, mechanical, plasma, hydraulic, and gas systems.
• Coordinate and communicate directly with customers to ensure smooth operations.
• Fulfill additional duties as assigned.

Required profile

• Completion of an associate degree, military technical training, field service experience, or trade certification.
• 4‑7 years of experience in the semiconductor or equipment support industry.
• Advanced mechanical aptitude with pneumatics, hydraulics, electronics, vacuum, and/or thermodynamics.
• Strong knowledge of hand tools and appropriate usage, including digital multimeters.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to obtain a passport for travel.
• Ability to meet on‑site safety, environmental, and COVID‑19 requirements.

Required skills

• Digital multimeter operation
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Pneumatics
• Hydraulics
• Electronics
• Vacuum systems
• Thermodynamics