RF Engineer - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$147,000 - $202,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 23 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As an Electrical Engineer, you are responsible for designing, modifying, and troubleshooting electrical or electronic engineering assemblies, layouts, schematics, and drawings to advance equipment supporting semiconductor chips.
What you'll do
- Technically lead or execute complex electrical engineering projects, including the development of key suppliers. - Identify and troubleshoot a wide range of complex electrical problems. - Design, specify, or modify electrical engineering assemblies, layouts, schematics, or drawings of complex scope. - Generate product specifications and perform engineering analysis. - Define, coordinate, perform, and generate engineering test reports. - Lead moderately complex functional or project teams.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree. - 7-10 years of experience in a related field.
Nice to have
- Extensive experience with project management and the Applied Materials product development life cycle. - Demonstrated experience leading teams.
Skills: electrical engineering projects, design modificiyng troubleshooting electrical assemblies, equipment, semiconductor chips
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: electrical engineering projects, design modificiyng troubleshooting electrical assemblies, equipment, semiconductor chips
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.