Test Systems Engineer, Test Excellence

Who We Are 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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Austin,TX, Santa Clara,CAYou’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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Key Responsibilities Find the test gaps that matter. Use field failures, factory nonconformances, failure analysis, 8D findings, FMEA/FMECA risks, and test data to identify where existing assurance methods failed to detect risk before shipment.

Translate failure mechanisms into testable requirements. Convert complex failure signatures and real-world operating conditions into specific, measurable, and defensible requirements that engineering teams and suppliers can execute.

Engineer system-representative test coverage. Define the functional, parametric, stress, burn-in, thermal, RF, high-voltage, leak, particle, interlock, and other tests needed to expose targeted failure modes before they reach an Applied factory or customer.

Challenge assumptions with evidence. Question legacy test methods, inherited limits, and accepted practices when they are not supported by data. Use engineering judgment, structured problem solving, and experimentation to determine what the evidence requires.

Own the test solution from concept through sustained deployment. Evaluate feasibility, develop the technical concept, define the specification and statement of work, establish cost and schedule, and lead design, sourcing, build, bring-up, validation, and production implementation.

Prove that the test works. Establish correlation, repeatability, reproducibility, measurement capability, calibration requirements, and acceptance criteria. Demonstrate with objective evidence that the solution detects the intended failure mode under production-representative conditions.

Deploy capability where it prevents the greatest risk. Bring test systems into operation at suppliers and Applied factories. Resolve implementation issues, coordinate engineering changes, and ensure the solution is practical, scalable, and ready for production use.

Preserve test effectiveness throughout the lifecycle. Establish the preventive-maintenance, calibration, out-of-tolerance response, configuration control, data retention, and performance-monitoring requirements necessary to keep deployed test systems reliable and effective.

Measure outcomes, not activity. Monitor detection effectiveness, test-system performance, false failures, escapes, NCs, DMRs, and other relevant quality and operational indicators. Use the results to verify effectiveness and identify the next improvement opportunity.

Prevent recurrence at the source. Apply lessons from escapes to improve supplier test mandates, Functional Requirements Documents, FMEA/FMECA, Design for Testability,…