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Applied Materials

Technical Program Managment New College Grad- Master's/PhD (Santa Clara, CA)

Applied Materials Santa Clara, CA, United States 21 days ago
Product & Program Management

$90,000 - $124,000 USD yearly

Originally posted 21 September 2026 by the employer.

About the role

This role involves technical program management of Research, Development, and Engineering aspects for new service product development within the MDP SBU.

What you'll do

  • Manage program management for Research, Development, and Engineering within the MDP SBU.
  • Partner with business leadership to develop service product roadmaps and manage product portfolios.
  • Lead development and execution of innovation/technology roadmaps.
  • Drive customer application understanding to facilitate new product introduction.
  • Ensure on-time delivery, cost, and quality of new products and technologies.
  • Lead development and execution of project management (PMP) and product lifecycle processes (PLC).

What you'll need

  • Master's or PhD in Science/Engineering related degree (Materials, Mechanical, Chemical, Physics, Electrical, or related field).
  • New product introduction experience.
  • Strong program management experience.
  • Product lifecycle management experience.

Nice to have

  • GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale.
  • Materials, Deposition, Systems experience and domain expertise.
  • Semiconductor applications and services experience.

Skills: program management, product roadmaps, new product introduction, project management, product lifecycle

Market context

This role has been open 20 days — well below the 47-day median for Technical Program Management roles.

Technical Program Management · Manufacturing Equipment

Open roles in category
364
Median days open
47 d
Median salary
$152k
See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
How Applied Materials compares in Technical Program Management hiring
Metric Applied Materials All employers we track in this specialty (364 roles · 41 employers)
Open roles in this specialty 98 364
Median days open 41 d 47 d (−6 d vs this employer)
Median salary (USD postings) — $152k

Skills observed across this category: program management, product roadmaps, new product introduction, project management, product lifecycle

Who's hiring in this category

  • Applied Materials (this employer) · 98 open roles · median 40 d
  • Lam Research · 69 open roles · median 37 d
  • Micron Technology · 37 open roles · median 120 d
  • ASML · 22 open roles · median 53 d
  • Teradyne · 17 open roles · median 23 d
  • ASM International · 12 open roles · median 93 d

How we counted: 364 open Technical Program Management (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 41 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 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. Figures refresh nightly.

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Santa Clara, CA, United States
On-site
$90,000 - $124,000 USD yearly
21 days ago

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