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Manager III, Field Service Engineer - (M3) - EPI

Sherman, Texas

Overview

As a Manager III, Field Service Engineer - (M3) - EPI, 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 Manager III, Field Service Engineer - (M3) - EPI 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: Mid
  • Travel: 10% - 30%
  • Glassdoor Reviews and Company Rating

Success Profile

What makes a successful Manager III, Field Service Engineer - (M3) - EPI 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
R2515148
Date posted
07/01/2025
Location
Sherman, Texas
Category
Customer Service & Support

Key Responsibilities

  1. Develops and maintains customer relationship with all relevant individuals in his/her district at all times, at all levels. Performs regular customer visits.
  2. Manages, coaches and directs all customer engineers in his/her district. Responsible for salary planning, career planning, corrective actions where necessary, establishes objectives and performance appraisals. Gives formal updates to all employees. Business, new hires, new products. Can invite any guest speaker.
  3. Initiates reports necessary for the business. Be the prime interface with the Product Divisions: tech support, training, spares, reliability.
  4. Monitors the CSD Award Program with quarterly results (election, announcements). Monitors the “mentor” program so that all new engineers have a defined mentor.
  5. Executes escalation procedure.
  6. Responsible for account planning with District Sales Engineer. Provides support plan for system sales to CSD Management, Sales, Field Engineering. Responsible for financial forecast for his/her district. Responsible for cost efficiency with the district. Measured by the financial result.
  7. Responsible for system installation; planning, reporting and execution, pre-facility meeting, start-up meeting, process support identification.
  8. Manages RMA procedure. Measurement of the engineers on their effectiveness. Manages accuracy, understanding and update of Customer Engineer hours tracking. Personal cross check and signature, measures customer engineers, takes corrective action with customer engineers. 

Functional Knowledge

  • Works on issues where analysis of situation or data requires review of relevant factors

Business Expertise

  • Receives assignments in the form of objectives with goals and the process by which to meet goals. Recommends changes to unit or sub-unit policies. Management reviews work to measure meeting of objectives

Leadership

  • Provides direction to employees according to established policies and management guidance. Administers company policies that directly affect subordinate employees

Problem Solving

  • Exercises judgment within defined procedures and policies to determine appropriate action.

Impact

  • Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results will cause delays in schedules.

Interpersonal Skills

  • Interaction normally requires the ability to gain cooperation of others, conducting presentations of technical information concerning specific projects or schedules.

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.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's Degree

Skills

Certifications:

Languages:

Years of Experience:

4 - 7 Years

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:

$88,000.00 - $121,000.00

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.