Applications Engineer – 3D X-ray Systems

Applied Materials, Inc.; Benicia (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials, Inc. seeks an Applications Engineer for 3D X-ray systems in Benicia, CA. You will join a team of scientists, engineers, and researchers to apply advanced 3D X-ray technology across research and industrial applications.

Responsibilities include demonstrations for prospective customers, developing new use cases, defining specifications from insights, and delivering training on operation, workflows, and data analysis.

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in a relevant technical field.
• Hands-on experience designing and conducting experiments, with the ability to analyze and communicate results.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (domestic and international).

Responsibilities

• Identify complex problems and needs at the customer site and work throughout the work cycle until the implementation of the solution
• Lead recipe creation to optimize system performance and train PSE/AEs in recipe creation
• Develop new applications and use cases for 3D X-ray technology
• Deliver customer training on system operation, workflows, and data analysis

Skills

Experiment design

Data analysis

Technical communication

Travel up to 25%

Education

BS or MS degree in a relevant technical field

Job description

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: $86,500.00 - $119,000.00

Location: Benicia, 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify complex problems and needs at the customer site and work throughout the work cycle until the implementation of the solution
• Lead recipe creation to optimize system performance and train PSE/AEs' in recipe creation
• Qualification of new technologies/features, executes sites, evaluation and demos at customers site
• Participate in customer demo activities
• Participate in finding the solution, follow up on solution execution
• Create new methodologies in order to optimized system performance for specific application
• Analyze and transfer new application capabilities in the system envelope from product division to customer application support team
• Participate in customer technical review meetings
• Demonstrates expanded conceptual knowledge in own discipline and broadens capabilities
• Understand key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work
• No supervisory responsibilities but provides informal guidance to new team members
• Solves problems in straightforward situations; analyzes possible solutions using technical experience and judgment and precedents
• Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team; works within guidelines and policies
• Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations

Applications Engineer – 3D X-ray Systems

As an Applications Engineer, you will join an exciting and growing team of scientists, engineers, and research professionals. In this role, you will collaborate on the use of advanced 3D X-ray systems to support a wide range of research and industrial applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct system demonstrations for prospective customers
• Develop new applications and use cases for 3D X-ray technology
• Contribute to defining and refining product specifications based on application insights
• Deliver customer training on system operation, workflows, and data analysis
• Develop and optimize imaging and analysis workflows
• Perform tool characterization and baseline performance evaluations
• Provide customer-facing technical sales support, including:
  • Delivering technical demo presentations
  • Supporting conferences and trade shows
  • Contributing to technical publications and conference presentations

Customer Base

Our customers include semiconductor failure analysis (FA) laboratories, advanced R&D centers, academic research institutions, and central microscopy facilities.

Role Impact

• Serve as a critical technical bridge between engineering, sales, and marketing
• Act as the voice of the customer, advocating internally while working closely with external clients and engineering teams to:
  • Develop repeatable workflows for routine applications
  • Identify and enable new, high-value applications of 3D X-ray technology
  • Help solve complex, high-value problems (HVPs) across multiple industries

Essential Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in a relevant technical field
• Hands-on experience designing and conducting experiments, with the ability to analyze and communicate results
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (domestic and international)

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in microscopy or related imaging techniques
• Experience performing system demonstrations in a commercial or customer-facing environment
• Foundational understanding of X-ray absorption principles and imaging/optical fundamentals

Additional Information

Time Type: Full time

Employee Type: Assignee / Regular

Travel: Yes, 25% of the Time

Relocation Eligible: No

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

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