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Electrical Engineer III - (E3)

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In-Office
Santa Clara, CA, USA
124K-171K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
Santa Clara, CA, USA
124K-171K Annually
Senior level
Design, modify, and troubleshoot electrical assemblies, schematics, and control architectures for semiconductor equipment. Lead subsystem architecture, perform engineering analysis, build/qualify prototypes, support integration and testing, and provide field support to ensure manufacturability, reliability, and specification compliance.
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Who We Are

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT. If you want to push the boundaries of materials science and engineering to create next generation technology, join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world. 

What We Offer

Salary:

$124,000.00 - $171,000.00

Location:

Santa Clara,CA

You’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company. Visit our Careers website to learn more. 

At Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go. Learn more about our benefits



As an Electrical Engineer, you are responsible for designing, modifying, and troubleshooting electrical or electronic engineering assemblies, layouts, schematics, and drawings to advance the equipment that supports our technology. Using your technical experience and critical thinking skills, you will perform engineering analysis, generate test reports, develop innovative solutions, and create documentation for product releases. You will also coordinate the procurement and assembly of components, identify sources of critical parts, and resolve technical issues to ensure peak performance.

What You’ll Do 

As an Electrical Engineer, you’ll draw on your strong engineering, mathematical and analytic skills to design, develop, evaluate, improve, and advance the electronic equipment that supports our technology. Your technical skills will allow you to analyze and interpret electrical data, conduct experiments, and develop innovative solutions and peak performance. Attention to detail, critical thinking, and strong problem-solving abilities will be essential in identifying and resolving issues that arise during the design and implementation phases.  

 

Role Responsibilities:  

  • Complete definition and design of complex components, modules, and sub systems.  Contribute to the system engineering specification both within the field of expertise and broaden into other disciplines. Ensure designs meet market requirement specifications (MRS).   
  • Coordinate with project marketing and management to understand sub system requirements.   
  • Lead architecture brainstorming meetings and drive the systems process to down select to a final architecture of a subsystem 
  • Conduct detailed engineering analysis of sub systems using vast knowledge of design concepts and functional requirements in field of technical expertise and broaden into other disciplines.   
  • Assist in creating concepts for architectural design approaches.  Evaluate architectures to provide recommendation for best system solution approach 
  • Build and qualify prototypes of new designs, or procure entire subsystems from outsourced suppliers and test for compliance with detailed specifications 
  • Identify and troubleshoot a variety of difficult engineering problems in field of technical expertise, including serviceability and manufacturability. 
  • Support System Integration during the assembly and final testing of new product designs.  
  • Perform and coordinate tests against internal and industry-accepted reliability specifications. Make suitable design or operational changes as required. 
  • Support system engineering projects that have a substantial mix of electrical, mechanical, physics, algorithms and software design, and understand the underlying system implications. 
  • Provide remote and onsite support to field support personnel as required. 

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree 

  • Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in system engineering.

  • Minimum of 6 years’ experience as a system design engineer

  • Design or modify electrical/electronic engineering assemblies, layouts/schematics and/or detailed drawings/specifications for control systems.

  • Design experience with control architecture design with system level knowledge, integration and testing.

  • Must have knowledge and understanding of equipment/tools in the semiconductor industry

Additional Information

Time Type:

Full time

Employee Type:

Assignee / Regular

Travel:

Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:

Yes

The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.

For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

In addition, Applied endeavors to make our careers site accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us via e-mail at [email protected], or by calling our HR Direct Help Line at 877-612-7547, option 1, and following the prompts to speak to an HR Advisor. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

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