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MDP Customer Engineer II

Japan

Overview

As a MDP Customer Engineer II, you'll serve as Applied’s direct liaison with our customers and quickly solve high-value problems on their behalf. By collaborating closely with our customers onsite to install, maintain, and upgrade Applied Materials equipment, and with our internal teams to improve business processes, you’ll make a significant impact on ensuring peak performance and deliver exceptional service, while becoming an integral part of Applied Materials' dynamic field team.

We empower our MDP Customer Engineer II through comprehensive on-the-job training and the use of advanced digital tools and immersive technology, including Augmented Reality (AR) to support the systems and processes that underpin everyday semiconductor chip production.

  • Full Time
  • Level: Entry
  • Travel: 10% - 30%
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Success Profile

What makes a successful MDP Customer Engineer II at Applied Materials? Check out the top traits we’re looking for and see if you have the right mix.

  • Problem Solver
  • Communicator
  • Collaborative
  • Industrious
  • Results Driven
  • Trustworthy

Culture Points

  • Our culture has always exhibited our core values – Most Valued Partner, Winning Team, Responsibility & Integrity, and World Class Performance. To live these values – and to succeed as a global business – we hire the best minds in the industry from various backgrounds all over the world.
  • We focus on creating an environment where employees do their best work, realize their full potential, feel valued and heard, and are connected and included. Employees participate in over 30 employee engagement groups globally– that are accessible to all – to support employee connection and business impact.
  • Applied is a growing company, in a growing industry, which creates innumerable pathways for personal career development. Our commitment to career growth includes: participation in innovative projects, comprehensive training, mentorship and shadowing opportunities, internal mobility, and the ability to travel (and apply) globally to our locations in 24 countries.
  • As a leader in the semiconductor industry, we see it as our responsibility to make sure that, as we focus on our business’ growth, we don’t compromise the environment. As a company, we are on-track to reach our global goal of 100% renewable energy by 2030. Currently, 70% of electricity at Applied globally – including 100% in the U.S.-- comes from renewable sources.

If you like working with your hands and troubleshooting complex problems, Applied Materials is definitely a place where you want to work, and Field Service Engineer is the role to start with because the sky is the limit.

— Jimmy D., Field Service Engineer

Benefits

Learn about our benefits.

  • Compensation & Benefits

    You qualify for a competitive and comprehensive total rewards program starting on Day 1.

  • Wellness

    Our Employee Assistance Program, meditation and family support resources, travel insurance, and other options enhance your physical, emotional, social, and financial wellbeing.

  • Development & Training

    Take advantage of free career development and mentoring programs, as well as technical and professional courses.

  • Work-Life Balance

    We offer generous Flexible and Paid Time Off for employees to support their goals and lives outside of work.

  • Community

    Join one of our 30+ Employee Resource Group chapters, attend Fun@Work Events, and find a sense of belonging among our global team.

  • Giving

    Our worldwide “Giving” program encourages employees around the globe to donate money and volunteer their time, and the Applied Materials Foundation matches employee contributions.

Responsibilities

Job ID
R2511029
Date posted
03/28/2025
Location
Japan
Category
Customer Service & Support

Who We Are

Applied Materials is the global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT. If you want to work beyond the cutting-edge, continuously pushing the boundaries of science and engineering to make possible the next generations of technology, join us to Make Possible® a Better Future. 

What We Offer

Location:

Kamimashiki,JPN

At Applied, we prioritize the well-being of you and your family and encourage you to bring your best self to work. Your happiness, health, and resiliency are at the core of our benefits and wellness programs. Our robust total rewards package makes it easier to take care of your whole self and your whole family. 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

You’ll also 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 about careers at Applied.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Performs all standard service activities through Tier I unassisted.Performs standard Tier II with assistance.Able to perform routine preventative maintenance within established timeframes.Completes quality repairs.
  • Responds to fab issues by communicating with other engineers and participating in escalation conference calls.Verifies operational quality of system equipment unassisted .Assists senior engineers as needed.
  • Follows all checklists and procedures and ensures correct Revs of procedures and schematics are available prior to performing work.
  • Strives to perform BKM’s. Uses knowledge management systems. Follows all IP guidelines.
  • Able to diagnose and resolve recurring technical problem. Demonstrates consistent ability to execute escalation plan. Able to resolve Day-Day issues. Exposure to systemic issue resolution. Able to support the preparation and delivery of technical issues to internal and external stakeholders. Knowledge in fundamental theories. Minimum aid needed to read circuit diagrams. Single primary product and platform. Executes projects to reduce costs and increase uptime.
  • Applies diagnostic techniques and use of documentation and test equipment with assistance from senior engineers (Testing). Has the ability to diagnose and resolve technical problems (Corrective maintenance). Uses training and experience to identify some process, software or hardware related system problems (Predictive maintains).
  • Assumes responsibility for complete customer satisfaction within work area. Assists in planning, communicating, and coordinating support plans with customer management. Complies with all safety procedures and consistently demonstrates safety as a value.

Other Requirements: This is a physically demanding position that often requires extensive walking, standing for extended periods of time, working in tight spaces, bending, squatting, twisting, kneeling, reaching, climbing stairs and ladders, lifting up to 35 lbs., the ability to distinguish between colors, the ability to work in an environment with noise that may be difficult for some individuals with sensitivity to noise, and the use of hand and power tools. Additionally, because this position generally involves working in a clean room, it requires the use of appropriate Personal Protective Equipment such as coveralls, hoods, booties, safety glasses, gloves, respirators, chemical aprons, and face shields.

Functional Knowledge:

  • Has established skills to perform a range of day-to-day activities.

Business Expertise:

  • Understands how the assigned duties relate to others in the team and how the team integrates with others in the discipline.
  • Assumes responsibility forfull customer satisfaction assuring excellent relations within assigned area.

Leadership:

  • Has no supervisory responsibilities; manages own workload.

Problem Solving:

  • Recognizes and solves typical problems that can occur in own work area without supervisory approval; evaluates and selects solutions from established options.

Impact:

  • Impacts own team through the quality of the services or information provided; follows standardized procedures and practices and receives regular but moderate supervision and guidance.

Interpersonal Skills:

  • Uses communication skills to exchange information.

Additional Information

Time Type:

Full time

Employee Type:

Assignee / Regular

Travel:

Yes, 25% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:

Yes

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.