Senior GPS Engineer IV — Field Reliability & CAPA Lead

Applied Materials; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Stock award program

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a seasoned engineering professional to drive design and reliability improvements for advanced semiconductor equipment. You will lead cross-functional initiatives, influence product quality, and mentor teams to deliver robust solutions.

The role emphasizes problem solving, collaboration, and strategic thinking, with opportunities for growth, relocation support, and participation in a stock award program.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field.
• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services.
• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.
• Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions.
• Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies.
• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view.

Responsibilities

• Ensure legacy corrective actions and Lessons Learned are captured in New Products design intent. Contribute to the FMECA process.
• Develop new procedures and Best Known Methods (BKMs) to service new products.
• Participate in Engineering Design Reviews
• Partner with Quality & Reliability (Q&R) group to review and address Top Field Issues
• Participate in or own CAPA process. Conduct or facilitate Failure Analysis (FA) if needed
• Drive resolution of key issues with Engineering. Own beta site test plans and reporting
• Align with Global Technical Training (GTT) on overall training plans for new products, train the trainers.
• Identify new parts that require to be stocked by AGS and work with them to ensure parts are stocked in correct locations

Skills

Specialized expertise

Business acumen

Team leadership

Problem solving

Impact

Communication

Job description

Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a seasoned engineering professional to drive design and reliability improvements for advanced semiconductor equipment. You will lead cross-functional initiatives, influence product quality, and mentor teams to deliver robust solutions.

The role emphasizes problem solving, collaboration, and strategic thinking, with opportunities for growth, relocation support, and participation in a stock award program.