Technical Project/program Management V jobs at Applied Materials in United States, Gloucester

• Lead materials strategy and execution for complex sourcing projects supporting division level objectives.
• Manage end-to-end materials strategy from concept to enablement, including sourcing, supplier selection, and alignment with volume manufacturing.
• Analyze demand signals to crate plans that minimize inventory exposure and accelerate supply chain performance.
• Collaborate with engineering to interpret requirements and identify critical, long-lead, and inspection-intensive parts.
• Benchmark internal and external systems to integrate best practices into project deliverables.
• Align with program management to clearly communicate status, milestones, tasks, and risks.
• Monitor supplier performance toward program goals and escalate issues as needed.
• Drive resolution of supplier quality issues in partnership with engineering and quality teams.
• Provide business process expertise to increase velocity of execution across engineering, supply chain, and quality.

• Recognized as a technical expert in materials and sourcing within the organization with the ability to lead and motivate.
• Demonstrates broad knowledge across operations disciplines and applies innovative thinking to solve complex problems.
• Anticipates business and regulatory challenges and recommends improvements to processes, products, or services.

• Leads high-risk, complex projects with strategic impact.
• Influences cross-functional teams without direct authority to drive project success.
• Communicates complex ideas effectively and gains consensus across senior stakeholders.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree preferred; significant relevant experience considered.

Experience: 5–10 years managing sourcing projects in large organizations.

• Lead materials strategy and execution for complex sourcing projects supporting division level objectives.
• Manage end-to-end materials strategy from concept to enablement, including sourcing, supplier selection, and alignment with volume manufacturing.
• Analyze demand signals to crate plans that minimize inventory exposure and accelerate supply chain performance.
• Collaborate with engineering to interpret requirements and identify critical, long-lead, and inspection-intensive parts.
• Benchmark internal and external systems to integrate best practices into project deliverables.
• Align with program management to clearly communicate status, milestones, tasks, and risks.
• Monitor supplier performance toward program goals and escalate issues as needed.
• Drive resolution of supplier quality issues in partnership with engineering and quality teams.
• Provide business process expertise to increase velocity of execution across engineering, supply chain, and quality.

• Recognized as a technical expert in materials and sourcing within the organization with the ability to lead and motivate.
• Demonstrates broad knowledge across operations disciplines and applies innovative thinking to solve complex problems.
• Anticipates business and regulatory challenges and recommends improvements to processes, products, or services.

• Leads high-risk, complex projects with strategic impact.
• Influences cross-functional teams without direct authority to drive project success.
• Communicates complex ideas effectively and gains consensus across senior stakeholders.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree preferred; significant relevant experience considered.

Experience: 5–10 years managing sourcing projects in large organizations.

Key Responsibilities

1. Can safely operate all machines in the shop performing very complex operations in producing prototype parts, production parts, modifications and repairs to existing parts and assemblies, and/or fabricating parts from steels, stainless steels, aluminum, plastics and other non-metals.
2. Supports in-house customers, such as manufacturing, engineering, business units, direct/indirect materials, and facilities. Portrays a customer service approach. Interfaces effectively and courteously with customers.
3. Utilizes Work Orders, blueprints, sketches, written and verbal instructions to determine machining process, procedures, tooling and fixtures requirements.
4. Performs a variety of machining and/or assembly tasks utilizing standard machine shop equipment, such as surface grinders, drill presses, grinders, sanders, band saws, rotary table, and/or standard band and power tools.
5. Plans and performs very complex machine set-ups. Possesses an advanced working knowledge of trigonometry, which is required to accurately calculate angles used in set-ups and machining. Makes full use of machine capacity to minimize amount of machining or number of set-ups required to product parts competitively.
6. Performs machining operations, such as milling, turning, facing, boring, chasing single and multiple external and internal threads, drilling, grooving, reaming and chamfering. Monitor machines and verify that part dimensions conform to specifications.
7. Performs visual and dimensional inspections to verify compliance with specifications. Uses calipers, micrometers, gauges, indicators, and other inspection tools. Performs rework as necessary.
8. Maintains cleanliness of the work area and ensures proper handling of tools, equipment, and stock to prevent loss. Conforms to departmental safety requirements

Functional Knowledge

• Has comprehensive understanding of a range of processes, procedures, systems and concepts within own discipline

Business Expertise

• Has in-depth understanding of how related teams coordinate their efforts and resources to achieve shared and individual objectives

Leadership

• May act as a lead for the team, may coordinate the work of others beyond own area. May provide subject matter guidance to more junior team members

Problem Solving

• Resolves problems by identifying and selecting solutions and applying methods, techniques, experience and precedents; exercises judgment within generally defined practices

• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors

Impact

• Has direct impact through responsibility for the quality of deliverables

Interpersonal Skills

• Demonstrates tact and diplomacy to exchange ideas and information in a concise and logical way

• Lead materials strategy and execution for complex sourcing projects supporting division level objectives.
• Manage end-to-end materials strategy from concept to enablement, including sourcing, supplier selection, and alignment with volume manufacturing.
• Analyze demand signals to crate plans that minimize inventory exposure and accelerate supply chain performance.
• Collaborate with engineering to interpret requirements and identify critical, long-lead, and inspection-intensive parts.
• Benchmark internal and external systems to integrate best practices into project deliverables.
• Align with program management to clearly communicate status, milestones, tasks, and risks.
• Monitor supplier performance toward program goals and escalate issues as needed.
• Drive resolution of supplier quality issues in partnership with engineering and quality teams.
• Provide business process expertise to increase velocity of execution across engineering, supply chain, and quality.

• Recognized as a technical expert in materials and sourcing within the organization with the ability to lead and motivate.
• Demonstrates broad knowledge across operations disciplines and applies innovative thinking to solve complex problems.
• Anticipates business and regulatory challenges and recommends improvements to processes, products, or services.

• Leads high-risk, complex projects with strategic impact.
• Influences cross-functional teams without direct authority to drive project success.
• Communicates complex ideas effectively and gains consensus across senior stakeholders.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree preferred; significant relevant experience considered.

Experience: 5–10 years managing sourcing projects in large organizations.

• Lead materials strategy and execution for complex sourcing projects supporting division level objectives.
• Manage end-to-end materials strategy from concept to enablement, including sourcing, supplier selection, and alignment with volume manufacturing.
• Analyze demand signals to crate plans that minimize inventory exposure and accelerate supply chain performance.
• Collaborate with engineering to interpret requirements and identify critical, long-lead, and inspection-intensive parts.
• Benchmark internal and external systems to integrate best practices into project deliverables.
• Align with program management to clearly communicate status, milestones, tasks, and risks.
• Monitor supplier performance toward program goals and escalate issues as needed.
• Drive resolution of supplier quality issues in partnership with engineering and quality teams.
• Provide business process expertise to increase velocity of execution across engineering, supply chain, and quality.

• Recognized as a technical expert in materials and sourcing within the organization with the ability to lead and motivate.
• Demonstrates broad knowledge across operations disciplines and applies innovative thinking to solve complex problems.
• Anticipates business and regulatory challenges and recommends improvements to processes, products, or services.

• Leads high-risk, complex projects with strategic impact.
• Influences cross-functional teams without direct authority to drive project success.
• Communicates complex ideas effectively and gains consensus across senior stakeholders.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree preferred; significant relevant experience considered.

Experience: 5–10 years managing sourcing projects in large organizations.

The Program

During the first two years of employment, Fusion engineers go through a series of rotational assignments and work on cutting-edge designs to enable next generation technologies. The rotations typically consist of three or four unique engineering departmental assignments and one manufacturing department assignment. These rotations help Fusion members and managers determine where the Fusion member will flourish in their full-time position at Applied Materials.

Responsibilities:

Performs routine assignments in the entry level to a professional job progression. Typically has knowledge of and exposure to fundamental theories, principles, and concepts. Develops competence by performing structured work assignments. Uses existing procedures to solve routine or standard problems. Receives instruction, guidance, and direction from others.

Responsibilities Include:

• Write the portion of the system engineering specification pertaining to field of technical expertise.

• Work on system engineering projects that have a substantial mix of electrical, mechanical, physics, algorithms and software design utilizing expertise in technical area of specialty.

• Perform tests and provide feedback to product engineering and software on new designs and ongoing engineering improvements.

• Problem identification and troubleshooting engineering problems in field of technical expertise, including serviceability and manufacturability.

• Work with System Integration during the assembly and final testing of all products.

• Become familiar with the MRS and assure that all new designs of hardware and software are reliable, safe, user friendly and maintainable by the field.

• Review all external equipment interfaces, analyze architecture ideas, and insure they are up to date and documented.

Requirements:

• Graduating with a Bachelor’s (or Master's) degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field

• Must be in good academic standing with a preferred GPA above 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

• Able to solve complex problems and take a new perspective on existing solutions

• Ability to exercise judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information

• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus

• Flexible and adaptable mindset who thrives in a results-driven culture

Considerations

• Previous internship or related experience in field

• Demonstrated leadership experience in associations

The Program

During the first two years of employment, Fusion engineers go through a series of rotational assignments and work on cutting-edge designs to enable next generation technologies. The rotations typically consist of three or four unique engineering departmental assignments and one manufacturing department assignment. These rotations help Fusion members and managers determine where the Fusion member will flourish in their full-time position at Applied Materials.

Responsibilities

Our early career Mechanical Engineers at the Bachelor’s level perform project assignments under the guidance of senior engineers. You will develop competence in the role by performing structured work assignments while using existing procedures to solve both routine and standard problems.

Responsibilities include:

• In support of design projects, coordinate the procurement and assembly of mechanical components/equipment and identify sources of critical parts and subsystems to resolve technical issues

• Design or modify mechanical engineering layouts/schematics, and/or detaileddrawings/specifications

• Perform and document engineering test reports

• Perform engineering analysis

• Effective use of engineering processes in the resolution of mechanical problems

• 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

Requirements:

• Graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

• Must be in good academic standing with a preferred GPA above 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

• Able to solve complex problems and take a new perspective on existing solutions

• Ability to exercise judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information

• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus

• Flexible and adaptable mindset who thrives in a results-driven culture

Considerations

• Previous internship or related experience in field

• Demonstrated leadership experience in associations