New College Grad - Product Safety Engineer (Bachelors/Masters - Santa Clara, CA)
$90,000 - $124,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 18 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role supports the design, evaluation, and compliance of Applied Materials products to meet company, customer, and regulatory safety requirements. The position involves evaluating new technologies and their interaction with other systems using structured risk assessment methods like FMEA and FTA.
What you'll do
- Participate in cross-functional evaluations of new technologies and their potential interaction with other systems using structured risk assessment methods (FMEA, FTA, HazOp, SEMI S10).
- Assist in developing and implementing programs that minimize risk to employees, customers/facility, and the environment relating to Applied products.
- Support product and system safety analysis on components, subsystems, and complete systems.
- Participate in compliance evaluation of products against company, industrial guidelines, standards, and governmental requirements.
- Review engineering drawings, schematics, and specifications to identify potential safety hazards and non-conformances.
- Assist in investigating incidents, concerns, and product safety events; collect and analyze pertinent data and help document corrective and preventive actions.
What you'll need
- Bachelor or Master of Science in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial, Safety, or a related engineering discipline.
- 0-2 years of experience; internship in product safety, compliance, or equipment engineering preferred.
- Foundational understanding of engineering risk assessment methods.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, schematics, and specifications.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Nice to have
- Coursework or project experience in FMEA, FTA, hazard analysis, reliability engineering, or machine safeguarding.
- Exposure to semiconductor capital equipment, industrial automation, or high-hazard process environments.
- Familiarity with SEMI, NFPA, ISO, IEC, or CE regulatory frameworks.
- Experience presenting technical findings to review boards or cross-functional stakeholders.
Skills: product safety, risk assessment, FMEA, SEMI S10, compliance evaluation
This role has been open 20 days — well below the 76-day median for Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering roles.
Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering · Automotive Safety
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Open roles in category
130
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Median days open
76 d
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Median salary
$232k
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| Metric | Applied Materials | All employers we track in this specialty (130 roles · 26 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 130 |
| Median days open | 20 d | 76 d (−56 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $232k |
Skills observed across this category: product safety, risk assessment, FMEA, SEMI S10, compliance evaluation
Who's hiring in this category
- NXP Semiconductors · 27 open roles · median 39 d
- NVIDIA · 16 open roles · median 63 d
- Infineon Technologies · 14 open roles · median 41 d
- Qualcomm · 14 open roles · median 115 d
- Arm Holdings · 10 open roles · median 77 d
- Renesas Electronics · 9 open roles · median 52 d
How we counted: 130 open Automotive/Functional Safety Engineering (Automotive Safety) roles from 26 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. Figures refresh nightly.