Process Support Engineer - Austin, TX, United States
$108,000 - $148,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 4 September 2026 by the employer.
Applied Materials is seeking a Process Support Engineer with expertise in Chemical Vapor Deposition, Atomic Layer Deposition, Plasma Reactive Ion Etch, Physical Vapor Deposition, Anneal, and Implant technologies.
About the role
As a Process Support Engineer, you will guide products through their entire lifecycle, from initial concept to final qualification, and provide customer support through on-site installations, system diagnoses, and the service and repair of complex systems and equipment. You will work across technologies such as Chemical Vapor Deposition, Atomic Layer Deposition, Plasma Reactive Ion Etch, Physical Vapor Deposition, Anneal, and Implant.
What you'll do
- Serve as liaison between the customer and the Business Unit for assigned projects.
- Optimize tool performance to meet customer process and integration requirements.
- Check and approve operational quality of system equipment.
- Instruct customers in the operation and maintenance of the system.
- Provide on-site installation, diagnoses, troubleshooting, service, and repair of complex equipment and systems.
- Develop processes used to manufacture advanced semiconductor chips, and create hypothesis experiments and design of experiments (DOEs).
- Analyze data with statistics and compile reports with high-level conclusions on process engineering experiments.
- Troubleshoot complex problems, perform root cause analyses, and resolve process engineering and customer product issues.
What you'll need
- Minimum 5 years in Semiconductor Capital Equipment or similar high-tech industry.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field.
- Knowledge of 3 or more processes on 1 or more technologies.
Nice to have
- 3+ years’ experience in Applications or Process Engineering.
This role has been open 41 days — well below the 54-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3787
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Median days open
54 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 (3787 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 619 | 3787 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1113 | 9878 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 52 d | 54 d (−2 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 616 open roles · median 54 d
- Lam Research · 563 open roles · median 42 d
- Micron Technology · 284 open roles · median 42 d
- KLA Corporation · 246 open roles · median 67 d
- ASML · 188 open roles · median 69 d
- ASM International · 162 open roles · median 83 d
How we counted: 3787 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.