Customer Engineer - Process Diagnostics & Control (PDC) - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$43 - $59 USD hourly
Originally posted 13 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Customer Engineer at Applied Materials, you will serve as the direct liaison with customers, collaborating closely to install, maintain, and upgrade equipment.
What you'll do
- Install, maintain, and upgrade customer equipment
- Apply basic diagnostic techniques to assess equipment and address technical issues
- Collaborate with Senior Field Service Engineers and/or the customer to understand roadmaps, process flows, inflection points, requirements, and business challenges
- Train and mentor junior Field Service Engineers
- 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
- 4-7 years of work experience in semiconductor industry or other equipment support industry
- Advanced mechanical aptitude with pneumatics, hydraulics, electronics, vacuum, and/or thermodynamics
- Strong knowledge of hand tools and their appropriate usage, including digital multimeters
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Possession of a valid driver’s license and the ability to obtain a passport, if travel is required
This role has been open 65 days — well above the 53-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3796
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Median days open
53 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 (3796 roles · 81 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 611 | 3796 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1106 | 9862 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 53 d | 53 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 617 open roles · median 53 d
- Lam Research · 559 open roles · median 43 d
- Micron Technology · 283 open roles · median 44 d
- KLA Corporation · 251 open roles · median 67 d
- ASML · 195 open roles · median 70 d
- ASM International · 162 open roles · median 85 d
How we counted: 3796 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 81 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 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.