Director, Engineering Management

Job Title

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: $ - $

Location:

Santa Clara, CA

• Directs an engineering group responsible for all development of chemical delivery components, systems and resolves issues across business unit product line, including the design, development and implementation of unusually complex engineering programs in accordance with project budgets and release schedules.
• Anticipates future needs and initiates the development and implementation of new approaches to engineering design and development at the business unit level with complex scope and customer impact.
• Develops long-range plans and creates general engineering or product specific strategies to reach goals and reviews engineering specifications.
• Interfaces with internal and external customers on engineering issues involving the unit's products
• Works with senior leaders to ensure that such programs, strategies, and processes address high value problems for the Business Unit and are aligned with the organization's direction.
• Provides approval guidelines and leadership to reporting team in the area of long-term program, strategy, product and process design.
• Serve as the executive point of accountability for systemic chemical delivery field issues impacting multiple tools or customers
• Own supplier engagement model for chemical delivery components, including roadmap alignment, qualification strategy, and escalation ownership
• Defines performance metrics and reports on the engineering functions' progress against goals.

• Deep expertise in chemical and gas delivery systems, including mass flow controllers, valves, filters, gas panels, diagnostics, and control architectures
• Strong understanding of system‑level integration challenges impacting purity, flow accuracy, pressure stability, response time, and safety
• Working knowledge of supplier qualification, component specifications, change management (SNF, SPS, PQP), and validation methodologies
• Familiarity with semiconductor manufacturing requirements for critical inflections (e.g., advanced logic, DRAM, emerging materials, and next‑generation platforms)

• Ability to translate customer and BU technology inflections into clear, prioritized technical strategies and execution roadmaps
• Experience balancing cost, risk, quality, and time‑to‑market tradeoffs in high‑volume, high‑reliability product environments
• Strong understanding of cost of poor quality, field impact drivers, and life‑cycle value creation through standardization and reuse
• Demonstrated skill in aligning COE objectives with broader SPG and corporate business priorities

• Proven ability to lead and scale a global, multidisciplinary engineering organization across systems, components, suppliers, and automation
• Establishes clear ownership, accountability, and operating mechanisms between the COE, Business Units, Supplier Quality, and Supply Chain
• Coaches and develops senior technical leaders while building sustainable team capacity through structure, clarity, and focus
• Leads through influence as well as authority, driving alignment across organizations with competing priorities

• Frames ambiguous, cross‑BU technical problems into structured problem statements, hypotheses, and executable plans
• Drives root‑cause analysis and long‑term corrective actions for complex field and supplier issues
• Anticipates systemic risks in chemical delivery architectures and proactively implements preventative strategies
• Uses data, engineering judgment, and first‑principles thinking to guide decisions…