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Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT. If you want to push the boundaries of materials science and engineering to create next generation technology, join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world.

What We Offer

Salary:

$192,000.00 - $264,000.00

Location:

Santa Clara,CA

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Head of New Product Industrialization:

About You and The Role

You will own the entire product industrialization and supplier development engineering functions — building the team, processes, tools, and culture that make AMAT’s massive scale-up possible without compromising quality, delivery, or cost. This role will have 10-30 direct reports.

What You'll Do

• Full accountability for product and supplier readiness: every new program and every major ramp must pass through your organization’s technical gates before volume commitments are made.
• Build and lead a world-class team of Supplier Quality Engineers (SQEs), Industrialization Engineers, and NPI/Development Engineers
• Design and enforce AMAT’s global Supplier Industrialization Framework from first principles:Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) with AMAT-specific submission requirements (FAI (“First Article Inspection”), PSW (“Part Submission Warrant”), dimensional reports, material certifications, process capability, etc.)
• Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) moderation and risk buy-off methodology
• Run-at-Rate and ramp validation protocols
• Process capability roadmaps (Cpk targets, statistical process controls)
• Supplier scorecard system (OTD (“On-Time Delivery”), PPM (“Parts Per Million” defect rate), capacity utilization, cost-reduction delivery, risk)
• Digital interface collaboration with Software leadership to ensure issue tickets are documented and routed back to suppliers
• Creation of robust, first-principles based should-cost modeling methodology. Build and maintain bottoms-up, parametric should-cost models for every critical commodity. Your models will be the source of truth for commercial negotiation benchmarking, make-vs-buy decisions, and annual cost-reduction targets.
• Lead technical deep dives with customers and suppliers on Design for Manufacturability/Assembly (DFM/A), automation ROI, tooling investment, and value-engineering initiatives driven directly from should-cost models.
• Develop dynamic capacity modeling tools that forecast supplier output 12–36 months forward under multiple demand scenarios, including the rate improvement action tracking systems needed to ensure industrialization risks are understood and mitigated
• Act as the final technical gatekeeper in Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs) and PPAP/FAI sign-off

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Aerospace, Manufacturing, or Electrical Engineering.
• 15+ years in supplier quality, supplier development, or manufacturing/industrialization engineering
• 8+ years directly managing and scaling technical teams of 10+ engineers (hiring, mentoring, org design, span-of-control optimization).
• Multiple end-to-end APQP (“Advanced Product Quality Planning”) and PPAP (“Production Part Approval Process”) cycles personally led from kick-off through PSW approval in high-volume consumer electronics.
• Proven track record taking at least three complex suppliers from prototype/low-rate (100K units/yr) while achieving Cp/Cpk ≥ 1.67 and GR&R (“Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility”)
• Expert-level command of GD&T (“Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing”), MSA (“Measurement System Analysis”), SPC (“Statistical Process Control”), FAI per AS9102, PFMEA, Control Plans, and DOE (“Design of Experiments”).
• Hands-on experience building and defending bottom-up should-cost models that drove >15% cost reduction on programs exceeding $50M annual spend.
• Demonstrated ability to create new processes and tools in high-growth, ambiguous environments (startups or business units that 5×–20×’d revenue in
• Willing and able to travel internationally 80-100% (including 2–4 week stints in Asia during critical ramps).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering or MBA from a top university
• Deep domain expertise in new product industrialization.
• Personally built and institutionalized should-cost platforms (using Excel + Python, Costimator, a Priori, or custom tools) that became the standard for an entire company or division.
• Former leadership roles at top firms.
• Deep experience as a supplier and as a customer.

Leadership Expectations

• Exceptional ability to hire top 5% A-players and keep them challenged and growing
• You are the advocate for the customer, able to drive customer demand, manage requests, and build a new revenue book for AMAT.
• You are the technical conscience of the supply chain—data-driven, willing to kill or delay a ramp when data demands it, and able to persuade executives with rigorous analysis.
• You obsess over root cause and preventive systems; firefighting is a process failure on your watch.
• You treat cost as a design parameter: your should-cost models are proactive weapons to minimize the negotiation loop and drive best-in-class commercial outcomes

• What Else You Need to Know

This role is based out of abc with a minimum of 5 days a week in office. Must be eligible to work in the US and travel globally as needed. This role will require travel of 80-100% of the time to visit customers and suppliers, and AMAT will work together with you to make sure that this is possible.

Additional Information

Time Type:

Full time

Employee Type:

Assignee / Regular

Travel:

Yes, 75% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:

No

The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.

For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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