Product Safety Engineer III (E3) - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$110,500 - $152,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 11 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves supporting the design, evaluation, and compliance of Applied Materials products with company, customer, and regulatory safety requirements.
What you'll do
- Evaluate new technologies and their interaction with other systems using structured risk assessment methods (FMEA, FTA, HazOp, SEMI S10).
- Develop and implement programs to minimize risk related to Applied products.
- Initiate product and system safety analysis on components, subsystems, and complete systems.
- Lead compliance evaluation of products against company, industrial guidelines, standards, and governmental requirements.
- Provide early product safety input to design teams during design reviews.
- Review engineering drawings, schematics, and specifications to identify potential safety hazards.
What you'll need
- Bachelor or Master of Science in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial, Safety, or a related engineering discipline.
- 5-7 years of experience in product safety, compliance, or equipment engineering.
- Expertise in engineering risk assessment methods and ability to interpret engineering drawings, schematics, and specifications.
- Proficient in FMEA, FTA, HazOp, SEMI S10, 8D, and other investigation and assessment methodologies.
- Subject matter expertise in applicable semiconductor equipment safety standards (e.g., SEMI S2/S8/S10, NFPA 79, EU Machinery Regulation/CE Marking, IEC 61010-1/60204-1).
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.
Nice to have
- 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
This role has been open 27 days — well below the 59-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
430
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Median days open
59 d
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Median salary
$158k
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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 (430 roles · 71 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 12 | 430 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1095 | 9754 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 82 d | 59 d (+23 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $158k |
Skills observed across this category: product safety, risk assessment, FMEA, SEMI S10, compliance
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 74 open roles · median 149 d
- Infineon Technologies · 30 open roles · median 44 d
- Analog Devices · 21 open roles · median 52 d
- onsemi · 20 open roles · median 67 d
- Intel Corporation · 17 open roles · median 36 d
- Renesas Electronics · 17 open roles · median 77 d
How we counted: 430 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 71 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 — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.