Mechanical Engineer III — Engineering Solutions & Process Enablement

This role is for a strong mechanical engineer who will improve how engineering gets work done. You won’t be designing mechanical parts or subsystems day to day, but you will use your ME background and skills to standardize and scale how we work. You’ll build solutions (processes, tools, automation, standards) that the engineering community uses to move faster, reduce errors, and scale best practices.

What you’ll do:

• Identify high-friction engineering workflows and turn them into scalable solutions
• Build, document, and roll out process improvements
• Apply structured problem‑solving and sound engineering judgment to ambiguous challenges
• Use AI as a daily tool to accelerate analysis, drafting, automation, and knowledge capture
• Measure impact (cycle time, rework, escapes, efficiency) and iterate based on data
• Communicate crisply across groups: what’s changing, why, how to use it, and what success looks like
• Act as a senior contributor and resource to other engineers on project execution and prioritization

Core Background:

• Strong mechanical engineering fundamentals and credibility with senior engineers
• Experience working across design, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, or sustaining teams without direct authority
• Ability to assess unfamiliar technical and business problem spaces to determine what needs to be done, by whom, and by when
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment
• Experience presenting concise updates to technical and leadership audiences

Skills:

• Strong project execution and coordination skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience using AI tools responsibly to draft, analyze, synthesize, and automate routine work
• Root-cause / CI methods (8D, A3, DMAIC, 5-Why)

Temperament:

• High ownership and follow-through
• Drives momentum, accountability, and closure
• Execution-minded: delivers working improvements fast, then iterates
• Comfortable with ambiguity; can make progress with partial information
• Collaborative and direct; earns trust through clarity and results
• Demonstrated ability to ramp quickly on new topics and unfamiliar problem domains

Nice to have

• Experience with knowledge management, standard work, or system rollout/change management
• Experience launching new processes or tools and supporting change through adoption
• Tooling mindset: can prototype lightweight solutions (scripts, dashboards, automation) or partner tightly with those who can

## Qualifications

### Education:

Bachelor's Degree

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### Years of Experience:

4 - 7 Years

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## Additional Information

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### Shift:

10-Day 8-Hr (United States of America)

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### Travel:

Yes, 10% of the Time

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### Relocation Eligible:

Yes

### Referral Payment Plan:

Employee Referral (Standard)

Salary Range:

$108,000.00 - $148,500.00

The 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.

For 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.

Applied 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.