Senior Director of Engineering

Senior Director, Supplier Engineering

Business Unit:
Varian Semiconductor Equipment (VSE) – Silicon Systems Group (SSG)

Location:

Gloucester, MA

Role Summary

The Senior Director of Supplier Engineering leads a global, multidisciplinary technical organization responsible for building a resilient, cost‑effective, and innovation‑enabled supply chain. This role shapes and executes long‑range strategies that enhance supply continuity, scale engineering capability, strengthen supplier partnerships across regions, and ensure enterprise alignment. The position drives local and global collaboration, enables cost transformation, improves supplier readiness, and builds the Best Known Methods (BKMs) library deployed across the enterprise.

• Define and execute the multi‑year strategy for Supplier Engineering aligned with BU priorities, product roadmaps, and Applied’s global supply chain objectives.
• Provide clear strategic direction to improve supply continuity, supplier capability, engineering quality, and cost structure; align with Varian and GSC AOPs.
• Influence executive leadership through data‑driven sourcing, capability, and risk‑mitigation recommendations; present long‑range strategies, risk models, and capability roadmaps to secure support and resource alignment.
• Develop and lead multi‑sourcing strategies, regional supply models, technical capability roadmaps, and Business Continuity Planning (BCP); include Single Point of Failure strategy.
• Drive proactive risk identification and escalation processes with Global Supply Chain.
• Collaborate across Product Engineering, NPI, Commodity Management, Operations, Quality, Program Management, and Finance; lead steering teams to synchronize supplier strategies.
• Align global and local supply chain teams to ensure consistent communication and execution.
• Lead and develop a high‑performance engineering team to increase supplier capability, manufacturability, and technical problem resolution.
• Establish technical standards, methods, and engineering expectations and disseminate them.
• Support a cost‑reduction strategy via should‑cost modeling, specification refinement, process optimization, and product re‑design via DFM.
• Achieve year‑over‑year landed cost improvements to meet BU AOP metrics.
• Build and scale a comprehensive BKMs portfolio; drive adoption through structured deployment and global training.

• 10+ years of experience in Supplier Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain Engineering, Product Development or related fields.
• Strong engineering foundation in semiconductor or high‑reliability systems.
• Proven ability to lead and influence cross‑functional global teams.
• Demonstrated results in supplier development, resilience building, and cost transformation.
• Executive presence, strong communication, and strategic influence capabilities.
• Experience presenting strategy to senior leadership and driving organizational alignment.

• Time Type:
  Full time
• Employee Type:
  Assignee / Regular
• Travel:
  Yes, 20% of the time
• Relocation Eligible:
  No

Salary range: $200,000 - $275,000 per year, based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job‑related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. Additional forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program may also apply.

Comprehensive benefits package available.

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.