Director, Engineering Management

About the role

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.

Serves as the executive point of accountability for systemic chemical delivery field issues impacting multiple tools or customers.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Serves as the executive point of accountability for systemic chemical delivery field issues impacting multiple tools or customers.
• 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.

Requirements

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.

Familiarity with semiconductor manufacturing requirements for critical inflections (e.g., advanced logic, DRAM, emerging materials, and next-generation platforms).

Qualifications

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.

Skills

Pioneering 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.

Learns and uses data, engineering judgment, and first-principles thinking to guide decisions under uncertainty.

Benefits

Salary: $189,000.00 - $260,000.00

Location: Santa Clara, CA

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 materials science and engineering to create next generation technology, join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world.

Pay

$189,000.00 - $260,000.00

Schedule

Full-time

Position requires understanding of Applied Materials global Standards of Business Conduct and compliance with these standards at all times.

Additional Information

• Time Type: Full time
• Employee Type: Assignee / Regular
• Travel: Yes, 25% of the Time
• Relocation Eligible: Yes

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.