דרושים Customer Engineer Ii ב-Applied Materials ב-Japan, Yokkaichi

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.

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. Verifies operational quality of system equipment unassisted . Assists senior engineers as needed.
• Follows all checklists and procedures and ensures correct Revs of procedures and schematics are available prior to performing work.
• Strives to perform BKM’s. Uses knowledge management systems. Follows all IP guidelines.
• Able to diagnose and resolve recurring technical problem. Demonstrates consistent ability to execute escalation plan. Able to resolve Day-Day issues. Exposure to systemic issue resolution. Able to support the preparation and delivery of technical issues to internal and external stakeholders. Knowledge in fundamental theories. Minimum aid needed to read circuit diagrams. Single primary product and platform. Executes projects to reduce costs and increase uptime.
• Applies diagnostic techniques and use of documentation and test equipment with assistance from senior engineers (Testing). Has the ability to diagnose and resolve technical problems (Corrective maintenance). Uses training and experience to identify some process, software or hardware related system problems (Predictive maintains).
• Assumes responsibility for complete customer satisfaction within work area. Assists in planning, communicating, and coordinating support plans with customer management. Complies with all safety procedures and consistently demonstrates safety as a value.

Other Requirements:This is a physically demanding position that often requires extensive walking, standing for extended periods of time, working in tight spaces, bending, squatting, twisting, kneeling, reaching, climbing stairs and ladders, lifting up to 35 lbs., the ability to distinguish between colors, 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 powertools. 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.

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.

Technical Support Engineer (TSE)

TSEs provide technical support remotely, and on site, to FSO personnel for highly complex problems involving equipment malfunction, on wafer issues, and performance enhancement programs where first-line product support was unable to isolate or fix a problem. Using advanced troubleshooting methodologies, they establish success criteria, develop comprehensive action plans, analyze and compile findings, perform root cause analysis and support FSO repair activities through escalation closure.

• Support multiple technical escalations, resolve with focus on time to resolution and quality of work

• Attend customer field issues meetings with FSO, collaborate with BU engineers

• Recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services.

• Publishing Technical Lessons Learned, troubleshooting guides, technical (ET) papers, etc.

• Provide on-site coaching to FSO

• Provide Alpha and Beta Site support

• Support NPI development early in the product life cycle, and at key customer sites

• Support BU DFx (Design for Service / Install) projects

• Create, or collaborate in creation of, innovative advanced trouble shooting tools

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.

Provides coaching to colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements.

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

Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Manage difficult situations in stressful environments.

• Education:
  Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in technical field

• Skills:

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team

  • Strong organizational and time management skills

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

  • Ability to handle stressful situations and effectively manage difficult problems

  • Familiar with suite of Microsoft Apps, and internal ones such as SAP, VSPI, and ARK

• Certifications:
  Applied Materials Etch Product Certification or equivalent.

• Languages:
  English (written and verbal)

• Years of Experience:
  3+ years of experience with Applied Materials Etch products or similar

• Work Experience:
  Minimum 3 years of semiconductor fab experience

• Shift:
  Mon-Fri 8 hr per day

• Travel:
  Yes, generally 25% of the time, but could be as high as 50%.

• Relocation Eligible:
  No

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. Verifies operational quality of system equipment unassisted . Assists senior engineers as needed.
• Follows all checklists and procedures and ensures correct Revs of procedures and schematics are available prior to performing work.
• Strives to perform BKM’s. Uses knowledge management systems. Follows all IP guidelines.
• Able to diagnose and resolve recurring technical problem. Demonstrates consistent ability to execute escalation plan. Able to resolve Day-Day issues. Exposure to systemic issue resolution. Able to support the preparation and delivery of technical issues to internal and external stakeholders. Knowledge in fundamental theories. Minimum aid needed to read circuit diagrams. Single primary product and platform. Executes projects to reduce costs and increase uptime.
• Applies diagnostic techniques and use of documentation and test equipment with assistance from senior engineers (Testing). Has the ability to diagnose and resolve technical problems (Corrective maintenance). Uses training and experience to identify some process, software or hardware related system problems (Predictive maintains).
• Assumes responsibility for complete customer satisfaction within work area. Assists in planning, communicating, and coordinating support plans with customer management. Complies with all safety procedures and consistently demonstrates safety as a value.

Other Requirements:This is a physically demanding position that often requires extensive walking, standing for extended periods of time, working in tight spaces, bending, squatting, twisting, kneeling, reaching, climbing stairs and ladders, lifting up to 35 lbs., the ability to distinguish between colors, 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 powertools. 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.

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.

Key Responsibilities

1. Develops and maintains customer relationship with all relevant individuals in his/her district at all times, at all levels. Performs regular customer visits.
2. Manages, coaches and directs all customer engineers in his/her district. Responsible for salary planning, career planning, corrective actions where necessary, establishes objectives and performance appraisals. Gives formal updates to all employees. Business, new hires, new products. Can invite any guest speaker.
3. Initiates reports necessary for the business. Be the prime interface with the Product Divisions: tech support, training, spares, reliability.
4. Monitors the CSD Award Program with quarterly results (election, announcements). Monitors the “mentor” program so that all new engineers have a defined mentor.
5. Executes escalation procedure.
6. Responsible for account planning with District Sales Engineer. Provides support plan for system sales to CSD Management, Sales, Field Engineering. Responsible for financial forecast for his/her district. Responsible for cost efficiency with the district. Measured by the financial result.
7. Responsible for system installation; planning, reporting and execution, pre-facility meeting, start-up meeting, process support identification.
8. Manages RMA procedure. Measurement of the engineers on their effectiveness. Manages accuracy, understanding and update of Customer Engineer hours tracking. Personal cross check and signature, measures customer engineers, takes corrective action with customer engineers.

Functional Knowledge

• Works on issues where analysis of situation or data requires review of relevant factors

Business Expertise

• Receives assignments in the form of objectives with goals and the process by which to meet goals. Recommends changes to unit or sub-unit policies. Management reviews work to measure meeting of objectives

Leadership

• Provides direction to employees according to established policies and management guidance. Administers company policies that directly affect subordinate employees

Problem Solving

• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and policies to determine appropriate action.

Impact

• Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results will cause delays in schedules.

Interpersonal Skills

• Interaction normally requires the ability to gain cooperation of others, conducting presentations of technical information concerning specific projects or schedules.

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. Verifies operational quality of system equipment unassisted . Assists senior engineers as needed.
• Follows all checklists and procedures and ensures correct Revs of procedures and schematics are available prior to performing work.
• Strives to perform BKM’s. Uses knowledge management systems. Follows all IP guidelines.
• Able to diagnose and resolve recurring technical problem. Demonstrates consistent ability to execute escalation plan. Able to resolve Day-Day issues. Exposure to systemic issue resolution. Able to support the preparation and delivery of technical issues to internal and external stakeholders. Knowledge in fundamental theories. Minimum aid needed to read circuit diagrams. Single primary product and platform. Executes projects to reduce costs and increase uptime.
• Applies diagnostic techniques and use of documentation and test equipment with assistance from senior engineers (Testing). Has the ability to diagnose and resolve technical problems (Corrective maintenance). Uses training and experience to identify some process, software or hardware related system problems (Predictive maintains).
• Assumes responsibility for complete customer satisfaction within work area. Assists in planning, communicating, and coordinating support plans with customer management. Complies with all safety procedures and consistently demonstrates safety as a value.

Other Requirements:This is a physically demanding position that often requires extensive walking, standing for extended periods of time, working in tight spaces, bending, squatting, twisting, kneeling, reaching, climbing stairs and ladders, lifting up to 35 lbs., the ability to distinguish between colors, 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 powertools. 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.

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.

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. Verifies operational quality of system equipment unassisted . Assists senior engineers as needed.
• Follows all checklists and procedures and ensures correct Revs of procedures and schematics are available prior to performing work.
• Strives to perform BKM’s. Uses knowledge management systems. Follows all IP guidelines.
• Able to diagnose and resolve recurring technical problem. Demonstrates consistent ability to execute escalation plan. Able to resolve Day-Day issues. Exposure to systemic issue resolution. Able to support the preparation and delivery of technical issues to internal and external stakeholders. Knowledge in fundamental theories. Minimum aid needed to read circuit diagrams. Single primary product and platform. Executes projects to reduce costs and increase uptime.
• Applies diagnostic techniques and use of documentation and test equipment with assistance from senior engineers (Testing). Has the ability to diagnose and resolve technical problems (Corrective maintenance). Uses training and experience to identify some process, software or hardware related system problems (Predictive maintains).
• Assumes responsibility for complete customer satisfaction within work area. Assists in planning, communicating, and coordinating support plans with customer management. Complies with all safety procedures and consistently demonstrates safety as a value.

Other Requirements:This is a physically demanding position that often requires extensive walking, standing for extended periods of time, working in tight spaces, bending, squatting, twisting, kneeling, reaching, climbing stairs and ladders, lifting up to 35 lbs., the ability to distinguish between colors, 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 powertools. 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.

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.