Engineering Manager & Process Lead – Hardware

Applied Materials; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 172,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a senior engineering leader to manage engineers, define methods and new technologies, and apply hardware characterization across the division’s products.

You will interact with key customers to resolve high‑value problems, ensure effective demonstrations, lead cross‑functional collaboration, and drive market share improvements. This full‑time role includes travel up to 10% and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates comprehensive understanding of concepts and principles within own job family and knowledge of other related job families.
• Applies in-depth understanding of how own discipline integrates within the segment/function.
• Manages multiple related teams, sets organizational priorities and allocates resources.
• Identifies and resolves complex technical, operational and organizational problems.
• Impacts the business results of a team or area by supporting and funding of projects, products, services and/or technologies and developing policies and plans.
• Influences others internally and externally, including senior management.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineers in utilizing techniques to characterize hardware, define methods and new technologies and apply them to characterize hardware, and/or perform hardware characterization on extremely complex systems for entire range of products for division
• Interact with key customers to resolve extremely complex process engineering issues to address customers High Value Problems (HVP) for an entire range of products for the division
• Ensures effective product/technology demonstrations
• Manages experimental tests, evaluates results and escalates critical technology issues to management
• Determines product process specifications and equipment strengths, weakness and area of developmental opportunity
• Leads collaboration efforts with executive managers and junior managers to ensure strategic execution
• Leads market share improvement efforts

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Interpersonal Skills

Functional Knowledge

Business Expertise

Impact

Job description

Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a senior engineering leader to manage engineers, define methods and new technologies, and apply hardware characterization across the division’s products.

You will interact with key customers to resolve high‑value problems, ensure effective demonstrations, lead cross‑functional collaboration, and drive market share improvements. This full‑time role includes travel up to 10% and a comprehensive benefits package.