Advanced Commercialization Engineer IV; ACE Engineer IV

Applied Materials is the global leader in materials science and engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor chip and advanced display in the world. The equipment that we create and service is essential to advancing AI and accelerating the commercialization of next‑generation semiconductor chips. Join us and push the boundaries of materials science and engineering in a company at the foundation of the electronics industry.

The work we do together advances the world’s technology.

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Location:

Kalispell,MT 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.

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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.

• 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 hands‑on co‑development, capability assessments, manufacturing process development, and TRM alignment for complex parts and assemblies. Works directly with suppliers and Design Engineering to ensure supplier capability and manufacturing learning influence design before lock.
• 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,…