ElectroPlating Expert - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$161,000 - $221,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 27 July 2026 by the employer.
Develop and optimize electroplating processes and electrochemical systems to improve coating quality, performance, and manufacturing efficiency.
About the role
This role involves developing and optimizing electroplating processes and electrochemical systems, with a special focus on the development of chemistries for semiconductor integration.
What you'll do
- Develop and optimize electroplating processes and electrochemical systems to improve coating quality, performance, and manufacturing efficiency.
- Design, formulate, and characterize polymer-based materials, coatings, and surface treatments for advanced technology applications.
- Lead process development, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
- Design, collect data, analyze, and compile reports on chemistry related to semiconductor integration.
- Identify new classes of chemical processes on test vehicle equipment and lead the design of test vehicle equipment.
- Develop internal chemistry capabilities and mentor junior chemists.
- Successfully transfer chemical processes to product groups.
What you'll need
- Expertise in specialized discipline or field of electroplating processes and electrochemical systems.
- Ability to interpret internal/external business challenges and recommend best practices.
- Experience leading functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.
- Capability to lead others to solve complex problems; use sophisticated analytical thought to identify innovative solutions.
- Strong interpersonal skills to communicate difficult concepts and negotiate to adopt different points of view.
Skills: electroplating processes, electrochemical systems, polymer-based materials, process development, root cause analysis, chemical processes
This role has been open 83 days — slightly above the 78-day median for Process Engineering roles.
Process Engineering · Semiconductor Process
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Open roles in category
1032
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Median days open
78 d
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Median salary
$139k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Applied Materials | All employers we track in this specialty (1032 roles · 56 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 74 | 1032 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1115 | 9897 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 73 d | 78 d (−5 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $139k |
Skills observed across this category: electroplating processes, electrochemical systems, polymer-based materials, process development, root cause analysis, chemical processes
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 348 open roles · median 142 d
- GlobalFoundries · 77 open roles · median 117 d
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 74 open roles · median 73 d
- Texas Instruments · 54 open roles · median 53 d
- STMicroelectronics · 51 open roles · median 52 d
- Entegris · 43 open roles · median 37 d
How we counted: 1032 open Process Engineering (Semiconductor Process) roles from 56 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 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.