Systems Engineer II Senior - (E2B)

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Location:

Hsinchu,TWN

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Job Summary:

The R&D Extension Systems Engineer serves as a critical on-site liaison between the Process Diagnostic & Control(PDC) and the customer, ensuring seamless collaboration, technical support, and innovation. This role is designed to provide deep technical expertise and immediate response to customer needs, while also contributing to long-term R&D initiatives. The engineer will support day-to-day fab operations, troubleshoot complex system issues, and drive development of future technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

Customer Support & Collaboration (Primary Focus):

• Act as the on-site R&D representative, providing expert-level support for PDC tools including Navigation, TPT, Scan, Detection, Algorithms, and Electron Optics.
• Resolve customer tool issues in short loops to maintain optimal fab automation and flow.
• Perform fault isolation tests and collect data for unresolved issues, ensuring clear problem statements and escalation paths.
• Lead customer-facing technical discussions, presentations, and issue resolution.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with customer teams to identify high-value problems and improvement opportunities.

R&D and System Engineering (Secondary Focus):

• Support new product development by collecting and analyzing fab data in collaboration with PDC engineers across disciplines.
• Ensure subsystem designs meet Market Requirement Specifications (MRS) through close coordination with marketing and project management.
• Lead architecture brainstorming sessions and guide systems engineering processes.
• Conduct detailed engineering analyses and evaluate alternative design approaches.
• Support system integration, testing, and reliability validation during product development.
• Contribute to cross-disciplinary projects involving electrical, mechanical, physics, algorithmic, and software design.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 2 years of experience in semiconductor equipment or process engineering is a plus.
• Strong understanding of system-level design and operation of semiconductor tools.
• Proficiency in MATLAB or Python for data analysis and engineering tasks.
• Proven ability to conduct failure analysis using Design of Experiments (DOE).
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work independently on-site and collaborate effectively with remote teams.

Additional Information

Time Type:

Full time

Employee Type:

Assignee / Regular

Travel:

Yes, 20% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:

No

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.