Mechanical Engineer III - (E3)

Applied Materials

Santa Clara, USonsite$124k-$171k/yrPosted Jul 22, 2026
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Skills

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About the role

Who We Are

Applied Materials is a 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 push the boundaries of materials science and engineering to create next generation technology, join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world.

What We Offer

Salary:

$124,000.00 - $171,000.00

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 .

As a Mechanical Engineer, you’ll leverage your strong foundation in physics, mathematics, and materials science to process and resolve mechanical problems, design and implement custom mechanical tooling and associated processes, and enable the handling, assembly, and disassembly of parts, components, sub-assemblies, and final assemblies throughout the product life cycle. You'll be responsible for designing, developing, and modifying mechanical engineering layouts, schematics, and specifications. You will oversee manufacturing and installation processes, ensuring adherence to industry standards and regulations- and you'll coordinate the procurement and assembly of mechanical components and equipment for design projects, identifying sources of critical parts and subsystems to resolve technical issues.

Role Responsibilities:

Identify and troubleshoot a variety of difficult mechanical problems with limited supervision

Define, coordinate, perform and document engineering test reports

Develop, design, or modify mechanical engineering layouts, schematics, or drawings/specifications of difficult scope

Perform engineering analysis of difficult scope with limited supervision

Technically lead or execute projects; develop key suppliers and generate mechanical product specifications

Design, develop and implement custom mechanical tooling, fixturing and associated processes; enable the handling, assembly and/or disassembly of parts, components, sub-assemblies, and final assemblies; establish standards across all operational processes

Specify and review engineering documentation

Implement concepts for a variety of complex product issues and mechanical solutions

Clearly communicate complex or sensitive information; build consensus

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree

4-7 years of experience

Demonstrated experience with CAD software, thermodynamics, sheet metal design, material selection, manufacturing methods, GD&T, flow analysis and/or • Design for Excellence principle

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge of the Applied Materials product life cycle, including prototyping, packaging, material selection and manufacturing methods

Team Overview

Candidate will join a dynamic hardware engineering Team, which pushes the boundary on developing impactful and differentiated engineering products for addressing customers’ high value problems in performance improvement, lifetime improvement, cost of ownership of products, material selection and failure analysis.

Key Responsibilities

Work on understanding mechanical designs of various hardware; create new designs for performance improvement; troubleshoot designs to address performance failures.

Work on test fixtures to conduct experiments to validate and extend product performance.

Work with Suppliers for developing product solutions.

Understand product specifications, propose improvements and generate documentation with updated specifications.

Make Presentations of hardware capabilities, new designs and improvements in Design Review forum to a broad audience

Manage personal deliverables of projects and maintain timelines, under general guidance

Effectively communicate project related information to stakeholders

Technical Skills Required

Fundamental understanding of Mechanical Engineering concepts

Fundamental understanding of heat transfer, fluid mechanics

Basic understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

Basic knowledge of materials, their properties and their application in mechanical design

Basic understanding of CFD & FEA simulations is preferable

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.

In addition, Applied endeavors to make our careers site 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 Accommodations_Program@amat.com, 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.

Compensation

This Software Engineer role pays $124k-$171k/yr. Within typical range for software engineer roles in United States.

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