Process Integration & Yield Engineer

Overview

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.

Salary
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Location
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Chandler, AZ;
Hillsboro, OR

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The Principal Process Integration & Yield Engineering Services Engineer is a senior technical expert who partners directly with customers to solve complex yield, defect, and process integration challenges in semiconductor manufacturing. This role applies deep domain expertise, advanced yield analysis, and strong customer engagement skills to deliver measurable yield improvement, accelerate issue resolution, and strengthen Applied Materials’ position as a trusted manufacturing and yield partner.

• Serve as a principal technical authority for customer‑facing yield engineering and process integration engagements
• Lead complex yield investigations using inline, electrical, test, FA, and reliability data to identify yield limiters and excursions
• Drive end‑to‑end root cause analysis, corrective action definition, and prevention strategies
• Guide customers in improving process robustness, manufacturability, and control strategies
• Collaborate closely with Applied product, process, and service engineering teams to resolve escalated, high‑impact issues
• Influence customer technical direction through data‑driven insights and expert recommendations
• Accountable for execution and delivery of more complex consulting services and commitments working with sales, PSEs, KATs and FSO
• Responsible for project financial results and identifying pull‑through revenue, in collaboration with other business stakeholder
• This position originates, develops and executes the most complex technical projects and influences future technology and product strategy. Focus, knowledge, judgment and intuition is required for those technical challenges that may not have an identified solution by customer, competitors or within industry. Works on critical complex issues that impact longer term product development and business success measured by two or more of the following: incremental revenue growth, market share increases, key customer penetrations, time to market improvement and commercial value of the work.
• Within safety guidelines originate, design, perform, collect data, analyze and compile reports on unusually complex engineering experiments and provides solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious.
• Develop innovative solutions as part of proven track record of significant technology contributions. Widely recognized internally (across Business Units) as one of the company's top experts in their field.
• Leads through contribution to the development of new principles and concepts. As a technical role model to Applied's technical and engineering community, this position acts as a mentor to guide less experienced engineers. Typically is involved in judging the approach and verifying the validity of technical strategies
• Deep subject matter expert who consults with management and customers on…