Application Engineer - Y2027 Graduate (Guangzhou/Chengdu/Wuxi/Wuhan)

About the role

Applied Materials, a global leader in materials science and engineering solutions for semiconductors and advanced displays, is hiring a graduate Application Engineer for its China locations in Guangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan and Wuxi. The position is full-time for recent graduates, with up to 30% domestic and international travel.

Key responsibilities

• Explore customers' technical challenges and business needs on site, turn them into practical technical solutions and track project progress to high-quality delivery.
• Drive complex application projects forward with R&D, product, service and customer teams, meeting project goals and service KPIs.
• Support customer evaluations and demonstrations, and transfer new product capabilities and best practices to the customer support team.
• Develop and optimise application methods to improve system performance and meet customer process and production needs.
• Take part in customer technical reviews and business exchanges to build trusted technical partnerships.

Required profile

• Master's degree or higher expected for the 2027 graduating class, in microelectronics, physics, chemistry or materials science.
• Strong teamwork spirit and fast learning ability, able to adapt to rapidly evolving technology.
• Good English communication and presentation skills for working with global teams and customers.
• Able to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time.