Advanced Commercialization Engineer IV; ACE Engineer IV

Position: Advanced Commercialization Engineer IV (ACE Engineer IV)
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:

$ - $

Location:

Austin,TX

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.

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This role is onsite in Austin TX

The Advanced Commercialization Engineer IV for the New Product Commercial team (NPC) acts as a senior technical authority driving early commercialization of first‑in‑world semiconductor equipment by shaping architecture, manufacturability, cost intent, and supply readiness before design lock.

Operates at the front end of the product lifecycle to ensure design intent, supplier capability, and manufacturing strategy are aligned while leverage is highest.

Solves complex, ambiguous problems with a systems‑level perspective to enable scalable execution downstream

Provides technical program leadership across engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing to ensure early technical decisions translate into executable, scalable results.

Exercises significant judgment in balancing technical, commercial, and operational trade-offs.

Key Responsibilities

* Leads front-end commercialization engineering engagement during concept, architecture, and early design phases to influence manufacturability, cost, scalability, reliability, and serviceability.

* Provides advanced Design for Excellence (DFx) leadership (DfM, DfA, DfC, DfS, DfR, ITO, transportability) to drive early design decisions and prevent downstream issues.

* Engages suppliers as key technical partners, leading capability assessments, co-development discussions, and Technical Roadmap (TRM) alignment.

* Acts as a technical co-owner of product definition, challenging architecture, material selection, tolerances, modularity, and integration decisions using data, modeling, and build experience.

* Applies should-cost principles and manufacturing process economics to identify and eliminate cost risk in design before it becomes a supplier negotiation problem; uses knowledge of process sequencing, GD&T implications, and feature complexity to challenge design decisions and prioritize DFx actions with the highest cost and producibility impact. Collaborates with Product Cost Engineering to validate cost assumptions and align on DFx recommendations.

* Defines and drives the Master Layout (MLO) strategy when design maturity is incomplete, determining the minimum viable layout content and interface definition required to enable Virtual Analysis (VA) progression.

* Executes Virtual Analysis (VA) using partial models and evolving designs, preserving design intent while identifying manufacturability, serviceability, and producibility risks; clearly documents assumptions, constraints, and required design clarifications.

* Influences Design Engineering to resolve ambiguity that blocks commercialization readiness, ensuring manufacturing strategy, producibility considerations, and supplier constraints are comprehended and reflected in the forward design path.

* Analyzes complex mechanical and electrical designs to ensure producibility and scalability; leads virtual analysis including Master Layout (MLO) and validates designs through early physical builds.

* Identifies and mitigates commercialization risks including RTM readiness, SPOFs, capacity constraints, long-lead components, cost risk, and quality exposure.

* Influences manufacturing and sourcing strategies in partnership with Design Engineering, Supply Chain, DFx, and Materials teams.

* Participates in and leads design reviews, providing authoritative DFx and commercialization input focused on cost, quality, cycle time, and scalability.

* Drives engineering build and ELS learning cycles, ensuring issues are captured, reviewed and mitigated while preserving DFx intent through launch and transition to NPI.

* Partners with Program Management and Materials Program Management to track DFx and commercialization inputs as tangible program…