Tech Proj/Prog Manager IV

About this role

Who We Are

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT. If you want to push the boundaries of materials science and engineering to create next generation technology, join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world. 

What We Offer

Salary: $133,500.00 - $183,500.00 Location: Santa Clara,CA You’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company. Visit our Careers website to learn more. 

At Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go. Learn more about our benefits . 

Key Responsibilities • Prepares project plans and drives the project from conception and planning to implementation. Will participate in the development of strategies, processes and resources. • Manages project schedule and task details by utilizing project management tools such as reports, tracking charts, checklist and project scheduling software. • Coordinates allocated resources from within the Division to achieve on-time and within budget performance objectives for the project. Initiates and manages purchase requisitions, and purchase orders. • Drives cost schedule performance of equipment for internal and external customers and vendors worldwide. • Participates on multifunctional design teams comprised of internal, external and/or matrixed headcount to complete projects. Provides technical input to team members to achieve project goals. • Interfaces and coordinates within the division to define project objectives, provide status updates and prepare for release and deployment. • Provides engineering and business process expertise to team and other members on various standard programs / issues. • Identifies and resolves potential complications within the project and develops solutions for resolution.

Functional Knowledge • Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field

Business Expertise • Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services

Leadership • May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity

Problem Solving • Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions

Impact • Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies

Interpersonal Skills • Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view

SSH Platform Management & Systems Integration

Special Substrate Handling (SSH) is a strategic differentiator that enables semiconductor manufacturers to process increasingly complex non-standard substrates including warped wafers, glass carriers, stacked wafers, thick substrates, rectangular panels, and other advanced package structures that cannot be handled using conventional wafer automation systems. SSH combines specialized hardware, robotics, sensors, algorithms, and software controls to ensure reliable transport, alignment, and processing of these substrates while maintaining yield and productivity. This capability is becoming increasingly important as AI-driven demand accelerates the adoption of advanced packaging technologies such as CoWoS, chiplets, 2.5D/3D integration, panel-level packaging (e.g. CoPoS), and glass-core substrates. These next-generation architectures require larger, heavier, thinner, and more fragile substrates, creating significant handling challenges throughout the manufacturing flow. As a result, Special Substrate Handling is evolving from a niche engineering requirement into a critical enabler of AI and high-performance computing growth, unlocking new revenue opportunities, expanding platform applicability, improving customer time-to-market, and positioning Applied Materials to capture value across the rapidly growing advanced packaging ecosystem. The industry specs/standards around these special substrates are evolutionary and emerging, unlike the mature standards for silicon wafers.  Enterprise materials indicate SSH requests have increased significantly over recent quarters, driven largely by advanced packaging and wafer-warp complexity, further reinforcing the strategic importance of this segment.

Role-Specific Responsibilities • Own the SSH product vision, strategy, roadmap, and business case across all BUs. • Drive alignment of system-level requirements between Platform COE, CSS, BU’s (incl. HI), customers, and engineering teams. • Translate customer challenges and advanced packaging technology trends into prioritized product and platform requirements. • Lead cross-functional roadmap planning and execution, ensuring alignment across hardware, software, automation, robotics, metrology, and subsystem teams. • Partner with PDC, Metrology organizations, external vendors, and leading-edge customers to identify future substrate handling requirements and technology gaps. • Act as the system integration leader for SSH capabilities across multiple product platforms. • Establish governance, prioritization, and program management processes to drive execution across a broad stakeholder network

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