New Product Manufacturing Engineer III

About the role

Applied Materials, a global leader in materials science and engineering solutions for semiconductors and advanced displays, is hiring a New Product Manufacturing Engineer III in Santa Clara, CA. The engineer takes newly designed products and features from initial design through to volume manufacturing, working with suppliers and manufacturing operations.

Key responsibilities

• Review, evaluate and modify engineering designs to ensure manufacturability at the supplier level and in Applied Materials' own manufacturing operations
• Create engineering change orders, provide design enhancements and kit structure, and launch, release and approve change orders
• Own the module/product on the PLC/CIP program, the SMBOM release and non-standard BOM requests
• Create and maintain master layouts in UG/NX and support new product documentation
• Develop project methodology and proposals, and prepare concept and feasibility studies
• Interface with operations, design engineering and Global Product management, and recommend tooling and process requirements
• Use DFx principles to reduce manufacturing and product costs and improve quality
• Participate in new product builds, resolve issues and determine root causes of problems during assembly and test
• Work with volume manufacturing engineers, NPT PMs, materials, manufacturing techs and suppliers to move from NPI to volume manufacturing
• Evaluate work methods, procedures and policies, and help document new business processes

Required profile

• BS-level degree in an engineering discipline
• 4+ years of manufacturing or engineering experience, or equivalent; 5-7 years preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of products, configurations, options and variants, and hands-on experience creating and maintaining new options and variant conditions
• Knowledge of supplier manufacturing processes and the ability to engage with suppliers

Required skills

• In-depth knowledge of CAD tools: UG/NX and Teamcenter
• SAP BOM and engineering change orders
• Understanding of the engineering change order process, DFx, value engineering, producibility analysis, product structure, bill of materials, product safety requirements, material handling and root cause analysis
• Strong product technology, change management, problem-solving, communication and team skills

What we offer

• Salary of $110,500 to $152,000
• Full-time position with travel of about 10% of the time
• Relocation eligibility
• Comprehensive benefits package, with possible bonus and stock award program