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Mgr, Process Engineer

Applied Materials

Santa Clara, CAFull-time$147–203K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$147–203K/yr
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Applied Materials seeks a process engineering manager to lead engineers and projects across its product range. The role involves hardware characterization, resolving complex customer and process engineering issues, developing technologies and analytical instrumentation, and generating product documentation and specifications. The manager guides a team, adapts plans to operational challenges, and contributes to technology improvements that support market share gains.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Hardware CharacterizationProcess EngineeringRoot Cause AnalysisAnalytical InstrumentationTechnical DocumentationTeam ManagementProject ManagementCustomer Issue ResolutionTraining

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:

$147,000.00 - $202,500.00

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. 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 significantly complex systems for entire range of products

  2. Manage, develop, plan and execute process engineering projects for entire range of products

  3. Interact with key customers to resolve significantly complex process engineering issues for entire range of products

  4. Develop and implement new technology, products and analytical instrumentation

  5. Train, define and implement new methodologies, define and apply new technologies, and/or troubleshoot, perform Root Cause Analysis, and resolve significantly complex process engineering issues for entire range of products

  6. Generate internal and external documentation for products, presentations and technical reports for integrated products and generate and/or validate process engineering specifications for integrated products

  7. Contributes to market share gains through technology improvement

Functional Knowledge

  • Demonstrates in-depth understanding of concepts, theories and principles in own job family and basic knowledge of other related job families

Business Expertise

  • Applies understanding of the industry and how own area contributes to the achievement of objectives

Leadership

  • Manages a generally homogeneous team; adapts plans and priorities to meet service and/or operational challenges

Problem Solving

  • Identifies and resolves technical, operational and organizational problems

Impact

  • Impacts the level of service and the team’s ability to meet quality, volume, and timeliness objectives

  • Guided by policies and resource requirements within business unit, department or sub-function

Interpersonal Skills

  • Guides, influences and persuades others internally in related areas or externally

Position requires understanding of Applied Materials global Standards of Business Conduct and compliance with these standards at all times. This includes demonstrating the highest level of ethical conduct reflecting Applied Materials' core values.

Additional Information

Time Type:

Full time

Employee Type:

Assignee / Regular

Travel:

No

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 5,255 open Engineering Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$147–203K/yr
  • California median$196–285K/yr898 salary ranges
  • US median$148–253K/yr4,198 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $175K, is 27% below the California median midpoint ($239K) — in the lowest quarter of Engineering Manager salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,050 open Engineering Manager jobs in California and 5,255 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Engineering Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (4,649 postings).
Education
2,483 of the 5,255 open Engineering Manager jobs (47%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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