Forward Deployed Engineer - Austin, TX, United States
$124,000 - $170,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 21 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves partnering with various stakeholders to understand planning challenges and translate them into scalable scheduling solutions, focusing on improving operational efficiency.
What you'll do
- Partner with Scheduling, Manufacturing, Factory Operations, and Business stakeholders to develop scalable scheduling solutions.
- Serve as the primary technical liaison, identifying opportunities to improve cycle time, tool utilization, throughput, and delivery performance.
- Work hands-on with scheduling data, optimization engines, simulation environments, APIs, and business systems to deploy planning and execution solutions.
- Analyze structured and unstructured data from manufacturing, supply chain, service, and operational systems to identify bottlenecks and optimization opportunities.
- Develop and deploy analytical models, automation frameworks, and AI-enabled solutions using Python, SQL, optimization algorithms, simulation tools, and cloud platforms.
- Drive rapid proof-of-concepts, pilot deployments, and production rollouts, ensuring measurable business value and operational impact.
What you'll need
- Deep expertise in manufacturing scheduling, planning processes, operations research, optimization techniques, and AI-enabled decision support systems.
- Strong understanding of scheduling methodologies, constraints management, capacity planning, and factory operations.
- Experience working with scheduling data, optimization engines, simulation environments, and APIs.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL.
- Ability to interpret complex operational challenges and recommend innovative solutions.
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing technical and business decisions.
Skills: manufacturing scheduling, factory operations, optimization engines, cycle time, tool utilization, throughput
This role has been open 20 days — well below the 53-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2424
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$99k
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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 (2424 roles · 77 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 230 | 2424 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1090 | 9772 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 39 d | 53 d (−14 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $99k |
Skills observed across this category: manufacturing scheduling, factory operations, optimization engines, cycle time, tool utilization, throughput
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 384 open roles · median 81 d
- Entegris · 243 open roles · median 31 d
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 229 open roles · median 39 d
- Lam Research · 104 open roles · median 53 d
- Infineon Technologies · 90 open roles · median 52 d
- ASML · 74 open roles · median 70 d
How we counted: 2424 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 77 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.