Application Engineer, Software Engineering
Applied Materials2 months ago
Hsinchu, TaiwanSenior
Responsibilities
- Lead MES solution design and architecture for ATP implementation projects.
- Translate customer manufacturing processes and requirements into functional and technical MES architectures.
- Define application, integration, and infrastructure system landscapes and propose customization or enhancement strategies.
- Gather and validate customer requirements, provide MES consulting, and support technical presentations and solution proposals.
- Coordinate application engineering, infrastructure, operating system, database, integration, and automation workstreams for end-to-end delivery.
- Identify technical risks, review solution designs, code, and deployment approaches, and ensure quality, standards, and audit compliance.
- Create solution architecture, interface design, system requirements, and functional design documentation.
- Lead customer technical reviews, deployment projects, evaluations, demonstrations, and application support planning.
- Develop and transfer new application capabilities and methodologies to optimize system performance.
- Provide technical leadership and guide implementation teams through successful delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer, Electronics, Industry, or a related field, or an MBA with an Information Systems background.
- At least 5 years of experience in MES, CIM, or manufacturing systems in semiconductor front-end or back-end production environments; LCD, LED, or electronics experience is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of 300works or similar MES platforms and ATP domain knowledge.
- Experience with system architecture, integration, and large-scale deployment.
- Strong understanding of semiconductor manufacturing processes, including front-end and back-end operations.
- Experience in customer-facing consulting roles and strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Fluency in English and Chinese.
- Willingness and flexibility to travel worldwide, especially to China, for deployment projects.
- Preferred knowledge of MES platforms including 300works, FactoryWorks, SiView, Camstar, PROMIS, and FAB300.
- Familiarity with Linux, Unix, Windows, networking, databases, message buses, ERP, MCS, EA, shell scripting, Jenkins, Docker, and full-automation-fab subsystems is preferred.
- Software development or coding experience is preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time, regular employment.
- Location in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
- Approximately 50% travel required, including worldwide deployment travel with emphasis on China.
- Relocation eligible.
- Supportive learning and professional development culture with employee health and wellbeing programs.
About Applied Materials
Applied Materials builds semiconductor and display manufacturing equipment and related materials engineering technologies used by chip and flat-panel makers. It sells capital tools, process technology, and lifecycle services and software to support high-volume wafer fabrication and display production worldwide. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the ticker AMAT.