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Application Engineer V

Applied Materials

Santa Clara, CAFull-time$163–224K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$163–224K/yr
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Applied Materials seeks an Application Engineer V to lead complex customer application work and product application roadmaps for semiconductor and display technologies. The role defines customer technical requirements, develops methodologies to optimize system performance, and transfers new application capabilities to customer support teams. It also leads field execution and customer technical reviews, with travel stated at 10% of the time.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Customer Technology AnalysisApplication RoadmappingApplication EngineeringCustomer Requirements AnalysisSystem Performance OptimizationApplication DevelopmentField ExecutionTechnical CommunicationPersuasion

Qualifications

Technical Expert in FieldBroad Cross-Disciplinary Knowledge

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Full job description

Who We Are

Applied Materials is the global leader in materials science and engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor chip and advanced display in the world. The equipment that we create and service is essential to advancing AI and accelerating the commercialization of next-generation semiconductor chips. Join us and push the boundaries of materials science and engineering in a company at the foundation of the electronics industry. The work we do together advances the world’s technology.

What We Offer

Salary:

$163,000.00 - $224,000.00

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 (https://hrportal.ehr.com/applied/) .

Key Responsibilities

  1. through in-depth understanding of customer technologies and critical gaps, lead product application roadmap for future solutions

  2. Technically leads difficult, complex application activities and team

  3. Create and Leads the execution teams ß-sites, evaluation and demos at customers site, through high involvement in the SOW and commitment schedule

  4. Defines customer technical requirements, through deep analysis and clear understanding of the product roadmap

  5. lead complex field execution teams from planning to implementation

  6. Define new methodologies in order to optimized system performance for specific application

  7. identify need -Analysis, Develop and Transfer new application capabilities in the system envelope from product division to customer application support team

  8. Lead customer Technical review meetings

Functional Knowledge

  • Regarded as the technical expert in their particular field

  • Demonstrates in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own discipline and broad knowledge of other disciplines within the function

Business Expertise

  • Anticipates business and regulatory issues; recommends product, process or service improvements

Leadership

  • Leads projects with notable risk and complexity; develops the strategy for project execution

Problem Solving

  • Solves unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions

Impact

  • Impacts the direction and resource allocation for program, project or services; works within general functional policies and industry guidelines

Interpersonal Skills

  • Communicates complex ideas, anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view

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 (https://www.appliedmaterials.com/us/en/careers.html) 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.

How this job compares

Set against the 554 open Application Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$163–224K/yr
  • California median$125–183K/yr64 salary ranges
  • US median$96–176K/yr353 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $194K, is 26% above the California median midpoint ($154K) — in the middle half of Application Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 78 open Application Engineer jobs in California and 554 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Application Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 5 years (400 postings).
Education
247 of the 554 open Application Engineer jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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