Mechanical Engineer III - (E3) - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$124,000 - $171,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 22 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Mechanical Engineer, you will resolve mechanical problems, design and implement custom mechanical tooling, and oversee mechanical layouts, schematics, and specifications. You will also coordinate procurement, assembly, and manufacturing processes for hardware components and sub-assemblies across the product life cycle.
What you'll do
- Identify, troubleshoot, and implement concepts for difficult mechanical problems and product issues with limited supervision. - Develop, design, and modify mechanical engineering layouts, schematics, drawings, and specifications. - Design, develop, and implement custom mechanical tooling, fixturing, and associated processes to enable part handling, assembly, and disassembly. - Define, coordinate, perform, and document engineering test reports and engineering analyses of difficult scope. - Technically lead or execute projects, develop key suppliers, and generate mechanical product specifications. - Work on test fixtures to conduct experiments to validate and extend product performance.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field. - 4-7 years of relevant mechanical engineering experience. - Demonstrated experience with CAD software, thermodynamics, sheet metal design, and material selection. - Hands-on experience with manufacturing methods, GD&T, and flow analysis and/or Design for Excellence principles. - Fundamental understanding of heat transfer and fluid mechanics.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of the Applied Materials product life cycle, including prototyping, packaging, material selection, and manufacturing methods. - Basic understanding of CFD & FEA simulations.
Skills: mechanical problems, custom mechanical tooling, designing layouts, manufacturing and installation processes, material selection
This role has been open 88 days — well above the 55-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3786
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Median days open
55 d
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Median salary
$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 (3786 roles · 81 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 627 | 3786 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1124 | 9979 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 53 d | 55 d (−2 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Skills observed across this category: mechanical problems, custom mechanical tooling, designing layouts, manufacturing and installation processes, material selection
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 621 open roles · median 54 d
- Lam Research · 565 open roles · median 45 d
- Micron Technology · 284 open roles · median 46 d
- KLA Corporation · 251 open roles · median 69 d
- ASML · 190 open roles · median 73 d
- ASM International · 162 open roles · median 87 d
How we counted: 3786 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 81 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 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.