Senior Key Account Technology Engineer
Originally posted 20 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Senior Key Account Technology Engineer at ASM International, you will serve as a technical advisor to customer accounts, supporting new product introductions, product enhancements, and product modifications while optimizing installed base performance. The role focuses on supporting the adoption of ALD technologies and securing Development Tool of Record (DTOR) wins.
What you'll do
- Lead process application NPI (New Product Introduction), product improvements, and product modifications across the Key Product Unit (KPU) installed base. - Serve as the primary technical interface for assigned customer accounts and partner with account teams to address requirements. - Resolve process and hardware-related escalations in the field. - Define, maintain, and implement Best Known Method (BKM) processes for applications, including standards, specifications, recipes, and installed base performance. - Collaborate with internal stakeholders across Process Development, Global Sales, Service & Spares, Engineering, and Global Product Management (GPM). - Travel internationally up to 30% of the time.
What you'll need
- Master's degree or above in Materials Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. - Experience in semiconductor wafer processing or the capital equipment industry, with a focus on thin film deposition and treatment such as Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and/or Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD). - Experience in process engineering, productivity, or customer-facing technical support roles. - Working knowledge of Product Life Cycle (PLC) management.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of experience (or 3+ years with a Ph.D.) in semiconductor wafer processing or capital equipment. - Experience with work function metals, metallization, silicides, and electrode applications in logic and/or memory.
Skills: ALD, CVD, semiconductor wafer processing, capital equipment, process application NPI
This role has been open 91 days — well above the 79-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Deposition Process
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Open roles in category
106
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Median days open
79 d
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Median salary
$136k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | ASM International | All employers we track in this specialty (106 roles · 18 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 28 | 106 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 264 | 9979 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 75 d | 79 d (−4 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $136k |
Skills observed across this category: ALD, CVD, semiconductor wafer processing, capital equipment, process application NPI
Who's hiring in this category
- ASM International (this employer) · 28 open roles · median 76 d
- Applied Materials · 20 open roles · median 55 d
- Lam Research · 16 open roles · median 70 d
- onsemi · 7 open roles · median 17 d
- Micron Technology · 6 open roles · median 111 d
- Veeco Instruments · 5 open roles · median 83 d
How we counted: 106 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Deposition Process) roles from 18 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 20 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.