Systems Engineer - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$124,000 - $171,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 7 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves designing, modifying, and troubleshooting electrical or electronic engineering assemblies, layouts, schematics, and drawings to advance semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The work focuses on the electronic equipment that supports materials engineering technology.
What you'll do
- Coordinate the procurement and assembly of electrical or electronic components and equipment.
- Identify sources of critical parts and subsystems to resolve basic technical issues.
- Design or modify electrical engineering assemblies, layouts, schematics, drawings, or specifications.
- Perform engineering analysis and generate engineering test reports.
- Generate alpha/gamma documentation for product releases.
- Troubleshoot and resolve electrical problems using engineering processes.
What you'll need
- Master's degree.
- Minimum of 6 years’ experience as a system design engineer.
- Design or modify electrical/electronic engineering assemblies, layouts/schematics and/or detailed drawings/specifications for control systems.
- Design experience with control architecture design with system level knowledge, integration and testing.
- Knowledge and understanding of equipment/tools in the semiconductor industry.
Skills: electrical engineering, equipment design, control systems, schematics, troubleshooting
This role has been open 72 days — well above the 54-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3768
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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, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Applied Materials | All employers we track in this specialty (3768 roles · 81 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 621 | 3768 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1115 | 9897 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 54 d | 54 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Skills observed across this category: electrical engineering, equipment design, control systems, schematics, troubleshooting
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 611 open roles · median 54 d
- Lam Research · 559 open roles · median 44 d
- Micron Technology · 282 open roles · median 45 d
- KLA Corporation · 251 open roles · median 68 d
- ASML · 190 open roles · median 72 d
- ASM International · 161 open roles · median 86 d
How we counted: 3768 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 81 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 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.