Systems Engineer III - Early in Career (Gloucester, MA)

Applied Materials\u0027 Advanced Products Group is working on one of Applied\u0027s top program currently in development to address one of the most significant problems of our leading customers. This new product is a highly automated, complex system involving radio-frequency (RF) driven plasma, high-vacuum chambers/pumps, precise control of gas flows, pressure and temperature, safety interlocks, high-voltage pulsing, and robotics for wafer motion.\n\nThe Systems Engineer III supports system and subsystem engineering execution across a multi\u2011disciplinary platform (mechanical, electrical, controls, software, physics). The role contributes to requirements definition, architecture trade studies, integration, verification/qualification, and system\u2011level troubleshooting to enable robust product performance and readiness.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nSystems Engineering / Requirements / Architecture\n\n * Contribute to the definition and decomposition of system and subsystem requirements, including interfaces, constraints, and verification methods.\n\n * Support subsystem architecture concepting and trade studies; participate in architecture brainstorming and down\u2011select activities based on performance, cost, schedule, and serviceability.\n\n * Coordinate with cross\u2011functional stakeholders (engineering, program teams, product partners) to ensure designs meet Market Requirement Specifications (MRS) and product intent.\n\n\n\n\nIntegration / Verification / Qualification\n\n * Support system integration during assembly and final test; identify integration issues and drive resolution with the appropriate owners.\n\n * Develop and/or execute test plans for subsystem and system verification; analyze results and recommend design or operational changes as required.\n\n * Support readiness and qualification documentation packages (e.g., install sign\u2011off verification, tier procedures, qualification summaries) required for internal and/or customer qualification activities.\n\n\n\n\nRoot Cause Analysis (RCA) / Data Analysis / Risk \u0026 Reliability\n\n * Perform system\u2011level diagnostics and structured troubleshooting to isolate complex issues across mechanical/electrical/controls/software boundaries.\n\n * Demonstrate structured Root Cause Analysis (RCA) (problem definition, hypothesis testing, validation, corrective actions) and verify effectiveness through data.\n\n * Conduct data\u2011driven analysis using logs, alarms, sensor signals, test results, and experimental outputs to identify trends/correlations and translate findings into clear technical recommendations.\n\n * Contribute to risk and reliability activities including FMEA/FMECA, maintaining artifacts and ensuring mitigations are validated and documented.\n\n * Troubleshoot difficult engineering problems with attention to serviceability and manufacturability implications.\n\n\n\n\n\u200b\n\n### Prototypes / Supplier \u0026 Subsystem Procurement\n\n * Build and qualify prototypes of new designs or coordinate procurement of outsourced subsystems; test for compliance with specifications and requirements.\n\n * Collaborate with suppliers and internal partners as needed to support technical execution (including part readiness and schedule alignment).\n\n\n\n\n### Engineering Change / Documentation\n\n * Support engineering change and release execution (e.g., ECO\u2011driven updates affecting assemblies and interfaces) and ensure deliverables are installable, testable, and supportable.\n\n * Create and maintain technical documentation supporting installs, tests, and improvements (procedures, test summaries, supporting artifacts).\n\n\n\n\n### Field/Onsite Support (as needed)\n\n * Provide remote and/or onsite support to field support personnel for escalations, installs, upgrades, and readiness activities, as required.\n\n\n\n\nQualifications: \n\n * Education: Bachelor\u2019s (or Master\u2019s) degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.\n * Experience: 2\u20134 years of relevant industry experience.\n * Semiconductor Industry Exposure: Experience working in the semiconductor industry as an intern or full\u2011time employee.\n * Experience designing and/or troubleshooting electro\u2011mechanical systems (semiconductor equipment experience preferred).\n * Demonstrated Root Cause Analysis (RCA) capability using a structured approach (problem definition, hypothesis testing, validation, corrective actions).\n * Demonstrated data analysis skills: ability to use experimental/test data and tool data (logs, alarms, sensors) to drive decisions and recommendations.\n * Strong cross\u2011functional communication skills; ability to summarize complex technical findings clearly\n\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\n * Experience supporting high\u2011volume manufacturing (HVM) readiness and/or transitioning engineering solutions into qualification and deployment.\n\n * Familiarity with reliability and problem\u2011solving tools such as 5\u2011Why, Fishbone, Fault Tree, FMEA/FMECA, and evidence\u2011based validation of corrective actions.\n\n * Familiarity with one or more of the following: vacuum systems, gas delivery, RF/plasma subsystems, robotics/wafer handling, safety interlocks, high\u2011voltage systems.\n\n * Experience creating qualification evidence packages (verification plans, install sign\u2011offs, tier procedures, structured documentation).\n\n * Experience supporting engineering change execution (ECOs) and producing supportable release documentation.\n\n\n\n\nTravel / Work Requirements\n\n * Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required to support installs, escalations, and readiness activities.\n\n * Flexibility to support critical integration/test windows, including occasional off\u2011shift support during key milestones.\n\n\n\n\n## Qualifications\n\n### Education:\n\nBachelor\u0027s Degree (Required)\n\n### Skills\n\n### Certifications:\n\n### Languages:\n\n### Years of Experience:\n\n4 - 7 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, 10% of the Time\n\n### \n\n### Relocation Eligible:\n\nYes\n\n### Referral Payment Plan:\n\nNone\n\nU.S. Salary Range:\n\n$120,000.00 - $165,000.00\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