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Process Engineer New College Grad - Doctorate Degree (Santa Clara, CA)

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Job ID: R2517248
Date posted: 09/23/2025
Location: Santa Clara, California
Category: Engineering

What You’ll Do

As a Process Engineer, you'll play a critical role in solving our customers’ biggest challenges by designing and optimizing display and semiconductor manufacturing processes. You will work on some of the most advanced and challenging technologies in the world, shaping the way process engineering evolves for our business and the semiconductor industry.

Process Engineers at Applied enjoy a diverse and exciting work experience—no two days are the same and the challenges are complex and interesting. You will experiment, learn, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the semiconductor and display industries, partnering with our globally recognized R&D teams on state-of-the-art research and development projects. Visit ourEngineering Careers page to learn more about engineering at Applied.

Role Responsibilities:

Design, collect data, analyze, and compile reports on complex process engineering experiments

Perform hardware characterization on a variety of systems

Measure film properties, organize data, and interpret data

Troubleshoot moderately complex problems, perform Root Cause Analysis, and resolve moderately difficult processengineering issues

Generate internal documentation for products, presentations, and technical reports

Interact with customers to resolve process engineering issues

Identify, select, and work with vendors and suppliers

Implement new technology, products, and analytical instrumentation

Minimum Qualifications:

Graduating with a PhD degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous internship or related field experience

Demonstrated leadership experience

Able to solve complex problems and take a new perspective on existing solutions

Ability to exercise judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information

Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus

Flexible and adaptable mindset who thrives in a results-driven culture

Qualifications

Education:

Doctorate Degree (Required)

Skills

Certifications:

Languages:

Years of Experience:

Up to 1 Year

Work Experience:

Additional Information

Shift:

10-Day 8-Hr (United States of America)

Travel:

Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:

Yes

U.S. Salary Range:

$124,000.00 - $171,000.00

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 committed to diversity in the workplace. All 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.