Application Engineer jobs at Applied Materials in India

• Estimating, prioritizing, planning and execute quality testing activities.
• Creating detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases.
• Designing and implementing tests, debugging, and defining corrective actions.
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Closely connect with business and building test data accordingly.
• Planning and working towards research success criteria at beginning and later building qual plan for production worthiness
• Innovative in testing and defining success criteria with minimum test data
• Collaborating with customer, marketing, technical manager, developer and budling qual plan according to business need

• Minimum 8-10 years Proven work experience in software quality assurance
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Experience is working research-oriented project.
• Strong Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Experience in Non-functional testing
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Thorough Understanding of Software Development Life Cycles
• Exceptional attention to detail and analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Able to communicate with international teams and interfaces outside of local site
• Strong communication skill in English. Able to speak clearly and fluently.

• Work Experience with Jira, Xray
• Good knowledge on Semi-Conductor domain

• Function as a technical support Tier for SW issues
  • Contain all field SW escalations that don’t require code changes.
  • Independently resolve customer complex issues by analyzing product and system/computing issues (SW, IT, databases)
  • Provide troubleshooting plans and technical solutions to field and Tiel-1 Tier-2 teams.
  • Reproduce customer issues on internal systems. Perform Root Cause Analysis.
  • Proactively identify points of failure and drive for resolution.
• Involvement in new SW development
  • Take part in SW development road map milestones, new features reviews, and customer demos.
  • Provide support-related inputs to be included in the next versions.
  • Participate in new products introduction.
• On-site Projects:
  • Perform new installations/SW upgrades.
  • Troubleshoot complex cases and support local teams.
• Support Infrastructure:
  • Develop training programs for field engineers and end users.
  • Proactively drive support-related feature developments within the team.
  • Initiate Support-related Specs, improvements, utilities and Document solutions, procedures, best-known methods
• Customer Experience:
  • Collect end-user pain points and work on solutions.
  • Develop in-house utilities,and tools, and work with the DevOps team to implement the same ideas, that enhance customer experience.

• Self-Learning capability and passion to learn new technology.
• At least d years' experience in technical support or a position of like Tier-3
• Proven experience with Microsoft \Linux operating systems.
• Required education: Bachelor/master’s degree in computer science and/or engineering and/or other technical degree.
• Advantage: experience in SW development / SW testing and integration
• Willingness to work off hours and weekends and willingness to travel up to 40%
• Excellent English – verbal and written
• Proven experience with Microsoft \Linux operating systems.
• Experience in 7 - 10 yrs

Key responsibilities:

• Kinaxis Maestro (Formerly Rapid Response) application analytics
• Expertise in authoring role in Kinaxis Maestro application ie developing workbooks with advanced features like composite workbooks, scorecards and dashboards along with scripting.
• System integration knowledge to connect with other enterprise systems with Kinaxis Maestro application.
• Serve as an interface with a customer sub-group within a business unit or functional area such as Sales, Operations, Engineering, Service and Finance for the purpose of business technology alignment, solution discovery, service management, project portfolio management and relationship management.
• Analyzes business requirements or issues, converts analysis to functional specifications, and designs solutions to meet cross functional business requirements or resolve issues. Perform and document software application configuration, prepare and execute testing scenarios and scripts (unit, integration, performance, regression acceptance) and data conversions.
• Provides business application functional support services to meet performance, availability, customer service level agreement, and customer satisfaction targets. Monitors specific IT systems or set of systems for availability, performance and capabilities and reports anomalies through predefined process. Oversees and/or completes root cause analysis and resolution of complex outages or incident trends working with infrastructure and technical teams, support providers and application vendors. Recommends and executes required corrective actions. Participate in evaluation and recommendation of patches, point releases, major upgrades and new systems.
• Delivers project and support services in area of responsibility within allocated budget. May be responsible for development of budgets for small to mid size projects and/or for timely renewal of maintenance and subscription contracts.
• Adheres to and guides junior staff and contingent workers to adhere to GIS project management, software application development, testing, service management, change management, RCA and other relevant processes, standards, governance and controls. May manage execution of sox controls and testing, and support internal and external audits.
• Plan and manage small to medium sized business application projects to ensure effective and efficient execution in line with guardrails of scope, timeline, budget and quality. May serve as a team lead on a larger, complex project.
• Oversees/manages contingent workers performing project and/or support services. Responsible for the selection, on boarding and off boarding of contingent workers in a timely manner. Mange contingent worker project/task assignments and ensure work product quality. Approves contingent worker time sheets/cost.

Functional Knowledge:

• Demonstrates conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines.
• Candidate should have a minimum of 3-4 years of Kinaxis Rapid Response application development.
• Good knowledge on the core RR authoring and analytics.
• Should have expertise in developing workbooks using advanced features like composite workbooks, Scorecard and Dashboards
• Should have worked in defining alerts, automation chains, scheduled tasks. Knowledge on Scripting and interfacing with external application using WebAPI
• Knowledge and Experience in SAP PP module is advantage.
• Basic domain knowledge of Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory planning and Capacity Planning with constraints and yields is good to have for this role.
• System integration knowledge to connect with other enterprise or stand-alone systems (interfaces, connections, imports, exports)
• RR tool knowledge on resources like workbooks, Automation Tasks, Forms and Scripts, Dashboards and Widgets.
• RR analytical knowledge (Netting, CTP, FLP etc.,) and the knowledge of Attribute Based Planning in RR.
• Good Programming skills with adequate knowledge on PL/SQL programming and Java

Business Expertise:

• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.

Leadership:

• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements.
• Should be Self driven/task oriented individual who is capable of completing the tasks with no/minimal supervision.

Problem Solving:

• Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information.

Impact:

• Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies.

Interpersonal Skills:

• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus.
• Should be a team player who is open to work with the support team occasionally for resolving complex/ageing tickets in addition to the project/Enhancement work.

Key Responsibilities:

Problem identification and troubleshooting a variety of difficult mechanical problems with limited supervision

Define, coordinate, perform, and document engineering test reports with limited supervision

Develop, design, or modify mechanical engineering layouts/schematics and/or detailedof difficult scope

Perform engineering analysis of difficult scope with limited supervision

Technically lead and/or execute engineering projects, including development of key suppliers. Generate mechanical product specifications.

May be responsible for the design, development and implementation of custom mechanical tooling, fixturing, and associated processes to enable the handling, assembly and/or disassembly of parts, components, sub-assemblies and final assemblies throughout the product life cycle. Establishes standards across all operational processes

Specify and review engineering documentation

Implements concepts for variety of complex product issues and mechanical solutions

Primary Skills:

Mechanical Design related to Vacuum Chamber Design, Gasline/Foreline, Pneumatic and structural frame design (Welding). Good Hands on experience in Inventor 3D Modelling and 2D AUTOCAD and TCE.

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines

Business Expertise

• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market

Leadership

• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements

Problem Solving

• Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information

Impact

• Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies

Interpersonal Skills

• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus

Key Responsibilities

Problem identification and troubleshooting a variety of difficult mechanical problems with limited supervision

Define, coordinate, perform, and document engineering test reports with limited supervision

Develop, design, or modify mechanical engineering layouts/schematics and/or detaileddrawings/specificationsof difficult scope

Perform engineering analysis of difficult scope with limited supervision

Technically lead and/or execute engineering projects, including development of key suppliers. Generate mechanical product specifications.

May be responsible for the design, development and implementation of custom mechanical tooling, fixturing, and associated processes to enable the handling, assembly and/or disassembly of parts, components, sub-assemblies and final assemblies throughout the product life cycle. Establishes standards across all operational processes

Specify and review engineering documentation

Implements concepts for variety of complex product issues and mechanical solutions

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines

Business Expertise

• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market

Leadership

• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements

Problem Solving

• Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information

Impact

• Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies

Interpersonal Skills

• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus

Key Responsibilities

Perform engineering analysis under general supervision

Design or modify mechanical engineering layouts/schematics and/or detaileddrawings/specificationsof moderate scope under general supervision

Perform and document engineering tests under general supervision

Generate related alpha/gamma documentation for product release under general supervision

Coordinate the procurement and assembly of mechanical components/equipment and identify sources of critical parts and subsystems to resolve moderately complex technical issues

Troubleshoot a variety of mechanical problems of moderate difficultly under general supervision

Implement concepts of moderate product issues and mechanical solutions of moderate difficulty

May be responsible for the design, development and implementation of custom mechanical tooling, fixturing, and associated processes to enable the handling, assembly and/or disassembly of parts, components, sub-assemblies and final assemblies throughout the product life cycle

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates expanded conceptual knowledge in own discipline and broadens capabilities

Business Expertise

• Understands key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work

Leadership

• No supervisory responsibilities but provides informal guidance to new team members

Problem Solving

• Solves problems in straightforward situations; analyzes possible solutions using technical experience and judgment and precedents

Impact

• Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team; works within guidelines and policies

Interpersonal Skills

• Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations

What You’ll Do

You will be responsible leading research, design, development and implementation of algorithmic modules. You will perform algorithmic concept and feasibility for image processing algorithms, including problem analysis, data gathering, literature review, concept selection and evaluation and implementation constrains.

Your key responsibilities will be

• Demonstrates understanding of computer vision and machine learning / deep learning algorithms for image analysis, pattern recognition, filtering, classification, and object detection.
• Prototyping algorithms approaches to solve complex problems and drive integration of new algo solutions to product.
• Algorithm optimization to reduce computational cost and influence hardware requirements.
• Experience with machine learning frameworks such as scikit-image, open-cv, sk-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Keras, especially in the context of image analysis.
• Experience in unsupervised and supervised method with feature extraction, segmentation, pattern recognition and signal analysis for measurements.
• Knowledge of GPU programming using CUDA or OpenCL (Good to have)
• Strong background in computer vision, classical image processing, and DL technology
• Expertise in C/C++, Python, MATLAB (Good to have)
• Academic background in Computer Vision; Deep Learning, Machine Learning, or Artificial Intelligence.
• Experience working in the Semiconductor or Medical imaging industry (Good to have).
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, along with strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience in managing teams, sets organizational priorities and allocates resources (Good to have).
• Ph.D. or master’s in computer science/engineering or similar fields with 5+ years of experience
• Experience working with Matrix Organization
• Willingness to travel to customers and different locations

Master’s / Research background- Qualification preferred – Image/ Signal Processing, Computer Vison, Deep Learning

Years of Experience:

5- 10 Years