Process Engineer High Purity Rare Earth Oxide Powder Purification & Manufacturing

## Our Team\n\nThe Materials Center of Excellence (MCOE) team is responsible for developing and productization of chamber materials and critical components to enable Applied Material Customers to modify materials at atomic levels on the industrial scale with world class productivity and yield. To achieve this, we employ some of the best, brightest, and most talented people in the world who work together as part of winning team delivering results. \n\n## \n\n## The Opportunity\n\nThis role supports development, scale\u2011up, and manufacturing control of high\u2011purity ceramic and rare\u2011earth oxide powders spanning aqueous precipitation through calcination and final particle classification. The position is highly visible within MCOE and directly impacts contamination control, defectivity, and yield performance for semiconductor hardware.\n\n## \n\n## What You\u2019ll Do\n\n * Lead wet chemical powder manufacturing processes including controlled precipitation, redox chemistry, washing, filtration, drying, and calcination\n\n * Drive purity, particle size distribution (PSD), morphology, and agglomeration control across multiple product streams\n\n * Scale processes from lab to pilot to high\u2011volume manufacturing, including equipment qualification and production ramp\n\n * Establish process windows, QA/QC checkpoints, SPC, and control plans to ensure long\u2011term production consistency\n\n * Partner with suppliers to manage feedstock variability and product quality\n\n * Conduct failure analysis and root\u2011cause investigations tied to particle\u2011driven defects and downstream hardware performance\n\n * Define and align product specifications, guardrails, and measurement methodologies with application requirements\n\n * Support capacity expansion and new material introductions (e.g., yttrium, terbium, and other rare earth elements)\n\n\n\n\n## Key Qualifications\n\n * B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field (Masters or Ph.D. preferred) \n\n * 5\u201310+ years of experience in powder, ceramics, wet chemical, or specialty materials manufacturing\n\n * Hands\u2011on experience with high\u2011purity materials and contamination\u2011sensitive environments\n\n * Demonstrated success scaling chemical or materials processes from development into manufacturing\n\n * Develop, plan and execute material engineering projects for a range of projects\n\n * Design, collect data, analyze and compile reports on significantly complex materials engineering experiments\n\n * Assess the technical trade-offs compared to cost trade-offs\n\n * Define and validate material measurement/analytical techniques. Train engineers on the techniques and guide them in the interpretation of the data\n\n * Define and implement new methodologies, define and apply new technologies, and/or troubleshoot and resolve significantly complex materials engineering issues/problems for a range of products\n\n * Interact with key customers to resolve significantly complex engineering issues for a range of products to address our customers High Value Problems (HVPs)\n\n * Generate internal and external documentation for products, presentations, technical reports for integrated products and generate engineering specifications\n\n\n\n\n## Functional Knowledge\n\n * Aqueous chemistry and precipitation kinetics (nucleation and growth control)\n\n * Powder separation and purification methods (filtration, centrifugation, washing)\n\n * Calcination and thermal processing of oxide materials (rotary kiln, belt furnace)\n\n * Particle and materials characterization: PSD, BET, SEM, ICP\u2011MS, XRD\n\n * Statistical process control, process consistency, and manufacturing scale\u2011up\n\n\n\n\n## \n\n## Leadership\n\n * Leads complex technical problems with a structured, systems\u2011level approach\n\n * Owns outcomes and drives execution from concept through stable production\n\n * Influences cross\u2011functional teams spanning R\u0026D, manufacturing, quality, and suppliers\n\n\n\n\n## \n\n## Problem Solving\n\n * Strong root\u2011cause analysis skills applied to particle\u2011driven defects and contamination issues\n\n * Data\u2011driven decision making in ambiguous, high\u2011impact environments\n\n\n\n\n## \n\n## Impact\n\n * Impacts product performance, yield, supplier strategy, and capacity planning by ensuring robust, scalable rare earth powder supply to enable Applied Materials next generation semiconductor equipment\n\n\n\n\n## Qualifications\n\n### Education:\n\nBachelor\u0027s Degree\n\n### Skills\n\n### Certifications:\n\n### Languages:\n\n### Years of Experience:\n\n7 - 10 Years\n\n### Work Experience:\n\n## Additional Information\n\n### \n\n### Shift:\n\n10-Day 8-Hr (United States of America)\n\n### \n\n### Travel:\n\nYes, 20% of the Time\n\n### \n\n### Relocation Eligible:\n\nYes\n\n### Referral Payment Plan:\n\nEmployee Referral (Standard)\n\nU.S. Salary Range:\n\n$147,000.00 - $202,500.00\n\nThe salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable. \n\nFor all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.\n\nApplied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. \n