Customer Engineer II - CVD/PVD - Malta, NY, United States
$31 - $42 USD hourly
Originally posted 7 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves serving as a direct liaison with customers to install, maintain, and upgrade semiconductor manufacturing equipment, specifically CVD/PVD systems.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with Senior Field Service Engineers in installing, maintaining, and upgrading customer equipment.
- Use digital analytics for troubleshooting.
- Apply basic diagnostic techniques to assess equipment and address technical issues.
- Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on electrical, vacuum, mechanical, plasma, hydraulic, and gas systems.
- Coordinate and communicate directly with customers.
What you'll need
- Completion of an Associate degree, military technical training, field service experience, or trade certification.
- 1–2 years of work experience in customer/field service support, or a related technical field.
- Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical schematics.
- Experience diagnosing and resolving basic technical challenges.
- Basic mechanical aptitude with pneumatics, hydraulics, electronics, vacuum, or thermodynamics.
- Familiarity with hand tools and their appropriate usage, including digital multimeters.
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Possession of a valid driver’s license.
Nice to have
- 2–4 years of work experience in customer/field service support, or a related technical field.
This role has been open 3 days — well below the 54-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3743
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$126k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Applied Materials | All employers we track in this specialty (3743 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 612 | 3743 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1088 | 9738 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 54 d | 54 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 612 open roles · median 54 d
- Lam Research · 547 open roles · median 43 d
- Micron Technology · 270 open roles · median 45 d
- KLA Corporation · 252 open roles · median 67 d
- ASML · 197 open roles · median 65 d
- ASM International · 162 open roles · median 79 d
How we counted: 3743 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.