GPS Engineer
$124,000 - $171,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 15 April 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 30 October 2026.
About the role
The GPS Engineer develops service procedures, Best Known Methods, and documentation to support the release and field maintenance of new equipment.
What you'll do
- Develop new procedures and Best Known Methods (BKMs) to service new products, and contribute to the FMECA process.
- Participate in or own first chamber Build & Test in the Apps lab, and partner with Engineering and Manufacturing to resolve identified issues and develop final test procedures.
- Partner with Quality & Reliability (Q&R) to address Top Field Issues, lead or participate in the CAPA process, and conduct or facilitate Failure Analysis (FA).
- Develop and document procedures for installation, retrofits, and product maintenance, including Technical Product Manuals, Customer Engineering Notices (CENs), Internal Service Bulletins (ISBs), and troubleshooting guides.
- Create initial training packages for new products and partner with Global Technical Training (GTT) to train Customer Engineers, Process Engineers, and Technical Product Support prior to early shipment release.
- Collect process and qualification data to build product BKMs and coordinate with AGS to ensure necessary spare parts are identified and stocked.
What you'll need
- Conceptual and practical expertise in equipment engineering discipline and service methodology.
- Experience developing service procedures, maintenance documentation, and Best Known Methods (BKMs) for complex hardware.
- Experience contributing to FMECA processes and executing Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
- Experience facilitating or conducting Failure Analysis (FA) to address technical field and test issues.
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
Skills: new procedures, BKMs, FMECA, failure analysis, training package, CAPA
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This role has been open 178 days — well above the 56-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3939
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Median days open
56 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$126k
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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 (3939 roles · 84 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 655 | 3939 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1162 | 10132 · 105 employers |
| Median days open | 56 d | 56 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Skills observed across this category: new procedures, BKMs, FMECA, failure analysis, training package, CAPA
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 655 open roles · median 57 d
- Lam Research · 578 open roles · median 38 d
- KLA Corporation · 318 open roles · median 59 d
- Micron Technology · 255 open roles · median 52 d
- ASML · 184 open roles · median 79 d
- ASM International · 156 open roles · median 79 d
How we counted: 3939 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 84 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 30 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.