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Senior Director of Engineering

Applied Materials · Gloucester, MA · 3 wk ago
Engineering$200k–$275k/yrFull-time

Role Summary

This role is for an engineering leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, someone energized by marrying rapidly evolving technical challenges with critical business decisions that drive both top-line resilience and bottom-line growth.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the multi-year strategy for Supplier Engineering aligned with BU priorities, product roadmaps, and Applied’s global supply chain objectives.

  • Provide clear strategic direction to improve supply continuity, supplier capability, engineering quality, and cost structure.

  • Influence executive leadership through data-driven sourcing, capability, and risk-mitigation recommendations.

  • Develop and lead multi-sourcing strategies, regional supply models, technical capability roadmaps, and Business Continuity Planning (BCP).

  • Drive proactive risk identification and escalation processes with Global Supply Chain.

  • Cross-functional Collaboration & Influence

  • Collaborate extensively across Product Engineering, NPI, Commodity Management, Operations, Quality, Program Management, and Finance.

  • Lead cross-functional steering teams to synchronize supplier strategies and decision-making.

  • Align global and local supply chain teams to ensure consistent communication and execution.

  • Drive organizational alignment and cross-functional adoption of major initiatives.

  • Technical Leadership of the Engineering Organization

  • Lead and develop a high-performance engineering team responsible for increasing supplier capability, manufacturability, and technical problem resolution.

  • Establish technical standards, methods, and engineering expectations and dissemination into the organization.

  • Leading, developing and mentoring a dedicated global organization in a high growth, global company.

  • Identifying and developing leaders for further career development in BU and ops roles.

  • Cost Reduction & Value Engineering Support

  • Support a robust cost-reduction strategy via should-cost modeling, specification refinement, process optimization and produce re-design via DFM.

  • Enable and drive measurable year-over-year total landed cost improvements to meet overall BU AOP metrics.

  • Best Known Methods (BKMs) Development & Dissemination

  • Build and scale a comprehensive BKMs portfolio including engineering standards, supplier readiness frameworks, and technical playbooks.

  • Drive adoption through structured deployment and global training.

  • Dissemination of learnings is critical to this role.

Qualifications

  • 10 years of experience in Supplier Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain Engineering, Product Development or related fields.

  • Strong engineering foundation in semiconductor or high-reliability systems.

  • Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional global teams.

  • Demonstrated results in supplier development, resilience building, and cost transformation.

  • Executive presence, strong communication, and strategic influence capabilities.

  • Experience presenting strategy to senior leadership and driving organizational alignment.

Additional Information

  • Time Type: Full time

  • Employee Type: Assignee / Regular

  • Travel: Yes, 20% of the Time

  • Relocation Eligible: No

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