Summer Process Engineer Intern - Phd Santa Clara Ca jobs at Applied Materials

Role Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Senior Field Service Engineers [Customer Engineers] in installing, maintaining, and upgrading customer equipment

• Use digital analytics for troubleshooting

• Apply basic diagnostic techniques to assess equipment and address technical issues, with guidance from Senior Field Service Engineers [Customer Engineers]

• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on electrical, vacuum, mechanical, plasma, hydraulic, and gas systems (training provided)

• Coordinate and communicate directly with customers

• Fulfill additional duties, as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Completion of an Associate degree, military technical training, field service experience, or trade certification

• 1–2 years of work experience in customer/field service support, or a related technical field

• Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical schematics

• Experience diagnosing and resolving basic technical challenges

• Basic mechanical aptitude with pneumatics, hydraulics, electronics, vacuum, or thermodynamics

• Familiarity with hand tools and their appropriate usage, including digital multimeters

• Effective written and verbal communication skills

• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

• Possession of a valid driver’s license and the ability to obtain a passport, if travel is required.

• Able to meet all on-site requirements, including safety, environmental guidelines, and COVID-19 protocols

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2–4 years of work experience in customer/field service support, or a related technical field

This position often requires extensive walking, standing for extended periods of time, working in tight spaces, bending, squatting, twisting, kneeling, reaching, climbing stairs and ladders, working at height, lifting up to 35 lbs., the ability to distinguish between colors and working with electricity, the ability to work in an environment with noise that may be difficult for some individuals with sensitivity to noise, and the use of hand and power tools. Additionally, because this position generally involves working in a clean room, it requires the use of appropriate Personal Protective Equipment such as coveralls, hoods, booties, safety glasses, gloves, respirators, chemical aprons, and face shields.

What We Offer

Key Responsibilities

*Shift assignment will be four days per week, 6AM to 6PM or 6PM to 6AM

- Prepares wafers for experimentation to include cleaning. Loads wafers, prepares reactor for experimentation and cleans reactors. Operates reactor to perform etch process. Recommends performance of process system and troubleshooting.

- Prepare cross section samples for scanning electron microscope (SEM) and TEM, including cutting, mounting coupons, cleaning, coating and submission.

- Records process conditions and experimental observations. Evaluates wafers and coupons, including modification of the process recipes.

- Prepares graphs and tables summarizing results.

- Coordinates with process engineers on wafer evaluations. Sets up equipment for experiments.

Uses quantitative wafer evaluation and process instrumentation knowledge to draw conclusions from data. Assists in training lower level technicians.

- Develop and publish best known method (BKM) procedures including, sample prep, and special sample handling.

Knowledgeably operates laboratory process equipment and instrumentation.

Functional Knowledge

Has developed advanced specialized expertise within aanalytical/scientificarea to perform the most complex work

Problem Solving

Exercises judgment, based on previous experience, practices and precedents, to identify and solve problems that arise with little or no precedent

Interpersonal Skills

Exchanges ideas and information effectively; uses tact and diplomacy when dealing with others

Key Responsibilities

Performs all standard service activities through Tier I unassisted. Performs standard Tier II with assistance. Able to perform routine preventative maintenance within established timeframes. Completes quality repairs.

Responds to fab issues by communicating with other engineers and participating in escalation conference calls. May participate in projects to reduce costs and increase uptime.

Verifies operational quality of system equipment. Assists senior engineers as needed.

Applies diagnostic techniques and use of documentation and test equipment with assistance from senior engineers. Ability to diagnose and resolve technical problems. Uses training and experience to identify some process, software or hardware related system problems.

Complies with all safety procedures and consistently demonstrates safety as a value.

Functional Knowledge

• Has established skills to perform a range of day-to-day activities

Business Expertise

• Understands how the assigned duties relate to others in the team and how the team integrates with others in the discipline
• Assumes responsibility for full customer satisfaction assuring excellent relations within assigned area

Leadership

• Has no supervisory responsibilities; manages own workload

Problem Solving

• Recognizes and solves typical problems that can occur in own work area without supervisory approval; evaluates and selects solutions from established options

Impact

• Impacts own team through the quality of the services or information provided; follows standardized procedures and practices and receives regular but moderate supervision and guidance

Interpersonal Skills

• Uses communication skills to exchange information

About the Role

This is not just another security role—it’s a chance to. You’ll combinewith
strategic architectural vision, ensuring our industrial ecosystems remain secure, compliant, and future-ready.

The OT Security Engineer is responsible for safeguarding industrial control systems (ICS), SCADA environments, and other OT assets against cyber threats. This role ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of critical infrastructure systems while maintaining operational functionality. The engineer integrates cybersecurity best practices into OT environments, balancing security with operational requirements

Security Architecture & Design

• Develop secure architectures for OT systems, including ICS, SCADA, PLCs, and HMIs.
• Conduct design and architecture reviews to ensure compliance with security standards (e.g., ISA/IEC 62443, NIST 800-82).
• Implement network segmentation, secure remote access, and least-privilege models across IT/OT boundaries.
• Drive architectural reviews and influence security strategy across the enterprise

Risk Management & Compliance

• Perform risk assessments and vulnerability analysis for OT environments.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks (e.g., RMF, ISO 27001).

Advanced Vulnerability Management

• Lead vulnerability assessments for PLCs, SCADA, IIoT devices , and industrial networks.
• Develop proactive remediation strategies aligned with industry frameworks and operational priorities.
• Integrate threat intelligence into architecture and vulnerability workflows.

Innovation & Collaboration

• Partner with engineering, operations, and IT teams to embed security into the system lifecycle .
• Evaluate emerging technologies and tools to strengthen OT/IoT security posture.
• Work closely with facilities and lab manufacturing teams to integrate security into operational workflows.
• Provide guidance and training to lab, manufacturing team personnel on OT security best practices

What We’re Looking For

• Deep expertise in OT/IoT security architecture and vulnerability management.
• 7–10 years in OT/ICS cybersecurity with proven experience designing secure industrial environments.
• Strong knowledge of ICS protocols (Modbus, OPC, Ethernet/IP) and industrial control systems.
• Familiarity with ISA/IEC 62443 , Purdue Model, NIST CSF , ISO 27001.
• Hands-on experience with Armis, Dragos, Claroty , or similar platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in highly regulated environments (energy, manufacturing, pharma).
• Knowledge of threat modeling and penetration testing for OT systems.
• Familiarity with emerging technologies like IoT in industrial environments.
• Semiconductor or advanced manufacturing experience.
• Knowledge of SEMI standards (E187/E188/E191).
• Certifications: GICSP , CISSP , or equivalent.

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to translate technical security concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

What We Offer

Applied Materials’ Systems Engineering C&F is searching for an intern to join our team in summer 2026! This team is involved in system design, analysis, and product development. The position will entail the following:

• Completion of finite element analysis assignments that estimate the structural and modal characteristics of engineering designs.
• Working with system engineers, supporting measurement and analysis efforts associated with new system, or sub-system design.
• Maintain testing equipment and completing annual calibration procedures.
• Write procedures or test plans for data collection as needed.
• Accessing the machine control system remotely, extracting data from the database, creating reports, presenting findings to the vibration team.
• Completing a research project that will expand best known methods. Publish articles on Applied Wiki (internal online encyclopedia).
• Bi-weekly meetings with supervisor to review status of assigned projects.
• Assisting with other Team projects, tasks, and activities.

Requirements

• Student must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program in Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a similar field.
• Student must be in good academic standing at their university, with a GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale
• Experience in semiconductor processing or manufacturing preferred
• Quick learner

2026 Summer Internship program start/end dates:

$31 - $41 per hour