Customer Engineer, Kiryat Gat - Frequent Business Travel

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As a Field Service Engineer [Customer Engineer] at Applied Materials, you serve as the direct liaison with customers, collaborating closely to install, maintain, and upgrade equipment. You'll use digital analytics for troubleshooting and apply basic diagnostic techniques to assess and address technical issues. Your responsibilities include performing preventative and corrective maintenance on various systems such as electrical, vacuum, mechanical, plasma, hydraulic, and gas systems. Additionally, you'll coordinate and communicate directly with customers to ensure smooth operations and exceptional service.

Job Description

We are looking for a highly talented customer engineer to join our account team & integrate within our field support group in Kiryat Gat to provide a unique customer experience by demonstrating outstanding technical capabilities and inter-personal skills.

What's in it for you?

As a customer engineer at Applied Materials you'll be working for a high growth international company, integrating into the heart of the manufacturing process of advanced digital devices. You'll get the opportunity and practice to work on the most advanced semiconductor equipment while learning new skills or perfecting existing ones such as advanced trouble shooting and problem solving, project management, robotics, semiconductor device manufacturing processes and more. In addition, you'll get advanced training on cutting edge hardware industry components.

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

• This position will requeir 75% Frequent Business Travel (6-8 consecutive weeks stay) every querter to Ireland, US, or another site, depending on organizational needs.

• Participation in an Frequent Business Travel is a core requirement of this role.

• The timing, duration, and location of any travel will be determined solely by the company based on business priorities, field needs, and product maturity.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.Sc. or Practical Engineer in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering , field service experience, or trade certification

• Willing to learn and interpret electrical and mechanical schematics

• Experience diagnosing and resolving basic technical challenges

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• Associate degree in electronics or engineering technologies

• Knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics, electronics, vacuum, or thermodynamics

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

• Work is located in Kiryat Gat in a cleanroom environment

• Work in shifts including nights and weekends

• Willing to travel - 75%

Physical Requirements:
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.

Additional Information

Time Type:
Full time

Employee Type:
New College Grad

Travel:
Yes, 75% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:
No

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.