About the Role
Serve as the direct liaison with customers, collaborating closely to install, maintain, and upgrade equipment. Use digital analytics for troubleshooting and apply basic diagnostic techniques to assess and address technical issues. Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on various systems such as electrical, vacuum, mechanical, plasma, hydraulic, and gas systems. Coordinate and communicate directly with customers to ensure smooth operations and exceptional service.
Responsibilities
- Install, maintain, and upgrade customer equipment
- Apply troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, as well as company diagnostic tools and documentation, to solve complex equipment issues
- Follow and generate documented procedures and published task plans
- Communicate with customers and internal business units, lead projects as necessary
- Train and mentor junior Customer Engineers
- Fulfill additional duties, as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree
- 7-10 years of work experience in semiconductor industry or other equipment support industry
- Advanced mechanical aptitude with pneumatics, hydraulics, electronics, vacuum, and/or thermodynamics
- Strong knowledge of hand tools and their appropriate usage, including digital multimeters
- Advanced knowledge of wafer processing parameters
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Possession of a valid driver’s license and the ability to obtain a passport, if travel is required
- Able to meet all on-site requirements, including safety, environmental guidelines, and COVID-19 protocols
- Project management skills and ability to lead key customer and internal product meetings
- Knowledge on software for semiconductor equipment
- Extensive walking, standing for extended periods, working in tight spaces, bending, squatting, twisting, kneeling, reaching, climbing stairs and ladders, working at height
- Lifting up to 35 lbs
- Ability to distinguish between colors
- Working with electricity
- Ability to work in an environment with noise that may be difficult for some individuals with sensitivity to noise
- Use of hand and power tools
- Working in a clean room environment
- Use of appropriate Personal Protective Equipment such as coveralls, hoods, booties, safety glasses, gloves, respirators, chemical aprons, and face shields
Skills
- Troubleshooting
- Problem-solving
- Digital analytics
- Mechanical aptitude
- Pneumatics
- Hydraulics
- Electronics
- Vacuum systems
- Thermodynamics
- Hand tools
- Digital multimeters
- Wafer processing parameters
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Project management
- Software for semiconductor equipment
Location
- Nishi Tokyo, JPN
Work Type
- Full time
- Assignee / Regular
- Travel: Yes, 25% of the Time
Experience Level
- 7-10 years of work experience in semiconductor industry or other equipment support industry
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree
Benefits
- Supportive work culture that encourages learning, development, and career growth
- Programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth
- Care for employees at work, at home, or wherever they may go
- Relocation Eligible: Yes
About the Company
- Applied Materials is the global leader in materials science and engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor chip and advanced display in the world.
- The equipment that we create and service is essential to advancing AI and accelerating the commercialization of next-generation semiconductor chips.
- Join us and push the boundaries of materials science and engineering in a company at the foundation of the electronics industry.
- The work we do together advances the world’s technology.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
