Senior Electrical Engineer - Lead R&D for Semiconductors

Applied Materials, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a senior electrical design engineer to drive SOW technology development, including modeling, simulation, measurement and CAD tool flow.

You will support electrical performance driven PDK development and work with customers on high‑value problems. This full‑time role emphasizes leadership of complex projects, collaboration with internal teams and external clients, and delivering innovative solutions that advance next‑generation semiconductor

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement concepts for a wide range of significantly complex product issues and engineering solutions
• Technical lead and/or execute engineering projects and spearhead research and development of new technologies, as appropriate
• Problem identification and troubleshooting a wide range of significantly complex engineering problems
• Specify and/or perform engineering analysis of significant complex scope
• Interface with internal and external customers regarding significantly complex electrical issues to address customers High Value Problems (HVP) for a range of products
• Independently, generate product specifications
• Specify the development of design and/or modify engineering assemblies, layout/schematics and/or detailed drawings/specifications of significantly complex scope
• Define, coordinate, perform and document engineering tests
• This technical staff position leads and/or develops and executes exceptionally complex technology and engineering projects and leads research and development of new technologies as appropriate. Works on critical complex issues that impact longer term product development and business success measured by one or more of the following: incremental revenue growth, market share increases, key customer penetrations, time to market improvement and commercial value of the work.
• Within safety guidelines design, perform, collect data, analyze and compile reports on unusually complex engineering experiments and provides solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious.
• Develop innovative solutions as part of proven track record of significant technology contributions. Recognized internally (across Business Units) as one of the limited number of technical experts in their field of expertise
• Conceive and implement new technology, normally named as primary inventor on numerous critical patents and recognized through awards and/or published papers within the last five years.
• Leads and collaborates to contribute to the development of new principles and concepts. Guides less experienced engineers in utilizing techniques to define methods and new technologies and apply them on unusually complex systems. Involved in judging the approach and verifying the validity of technical strategies.
• Leads and collaborates to contribute to the development of new principles and concepts. Guides less experienced engineers in utilizing techniques to define methods and new technologies and apply them on unusually complex systems.

Job description

Applied Materials, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a senior electrical design engineer to drive SOW technology development, including modeling, simulation, measurement and CAD tool flow.

You will support electrical performance driven PDK development and work with customers on high‑value problems. This full‑time role emphasizes leadership of complex projects, collaboration with internal teams and external clients, and delivering innovative solutions that advance next‑generation semiconductor