Equipment Engineer III (E3) - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$124,000 - $171,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves developing and documenting procedures for servicing, installing, and maintaining semiconductor manufacturing equipment. It focuses on supporting new products from initial build and test through field deployment and issue resolution.
What you'll do
- Develop new procedures and Best Known Methods (BKMs) to service new products.
- Participate in or own first chamber Build & Test in the Apps lab.
- Partner with the Quality & Reliability (Q&R) group to review and address Top Field Issues.
- Develop and document procedures to install (start-up), retrofit, and maintain the product (Technical Product Manuals).
- Collect process and qualification data to create product Best Known Methods (BKMs).
- Develop initial training packages for new products and train Customer Engineers (CEs), Process Engineers (PSEs), and Technical Product Support (TPS).
What you'll need
- Demonstrates conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline.
- Basic knowledge of related disciplines.
- Knowledge of best practices.
- Solves complex problems.
- Explains difficult or sensitive information and builds consensus.
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 53-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3718
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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 (3718 roles · 82 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 622 | 3718 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1102 | 9796 · 108 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) · 613 open roles · median 52 d
- Lam Research · 545 open roles · median 43 d
- Micron Technology · 269 open roles · median 44 d
- KLA Corporation · 254 open roles · median 66 d
- ASML · 198 open roles · median 64 d
- ASM International · 157 open roles · median 78 d
How we counted: 3718 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 82 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 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.