Senior Customer Engineer

Salary: €48,000.00 - €66,000.00

Location: Leixlip,IRL You'll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible - while learning every day in a supportive leading global company. Visit our Careers website to learn more.

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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.

About the Role As a Customer Engineer III, you'll play a critical role in supporting some of the world's most advanced semiconductor manufacturing environments. Working directly with customers and cross-functional teams, you'll help maximize equipment performance, uptime, productivity, and operational excellence through the installation, maintenance, and optimization of Applied Materials' leading-edge technologies. This role offers the opportunity to combine hands-on technical expertise with customer engagement and problem-solving while building a long-term career within a global technology leader. Many of our engineers grow into technical specialist, product support, leadership, installation and ramp, and operational management roles as they develop their careers with Applied Materials.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, maintain, qualify, and upgrade Applied Materials equipment within customer manufacturing facilities.
• Diagnose and resolve complex equipment issues through a structured troubleshooting and root-cause approach, escalating when required.
• Support customers in achieving critical performance objectives related to equipment availability, productivity, and process stability.
• Collaborate with Senior Customer Engineers and customer stakeholders to understand technology roadmaps, operational priorities, and manufacturing challenges.
• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance across electrical, vacuum, mechanical, plasma, hydraulic, and gas systems.
• Lead and coordinate technical activities during equipment install, startup, qualification, and ramp phases.
• Train, coach, and mentor junior Customer Engineers, helping to build technical capability across the team.
• Build strong customer relationships through effective communication, responsiveness, and service delivery.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and share best practices to drive operational excellence.
• Ensure all activities are performed in accordance with Applied Materials' safety, quality, and environmental standards.
• Fulfil additional duties and project assignments as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate Degree, military technical training, trade certification, or equivalent technical experience.
• 4-7 years of experience within the semiconductor industry or a related capital equipment, advanced manufacturing, or equipment support environment.
• Strong mechanical and technical aptitude with experience in pneumatics, hydraulics, vacuum systems, electronics, thermodynamics, or related technologies.
• Demonstrated troubleshooting and problem-solving experience within a customer-focused technical environment.
• Experience working with hand tools, diagnostic equipment, and digital multimeters.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work directly with customers and cross-functional teams.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Valid driver's licence and ability to obtain a passport if business travel is required.
• Ability to meet all site-specific requirements, including safety, environmental, and customer compliance standards.

• Support the technologies that enable the world's most advanced semiconductor manufacturing.
• Work directly with leading semiconductor customers in highly complex, technology-driven environments.
• Develop deep technical expertise across market-leading equipment platforms.
• Access broad career opportunities spanning technical specialist, installation and ramp, product support, operations, and leadership pathways.
• Learn from world-class engineers and benefit from continuous training and development.
• Be part of a collaborative culture focused on innovation, customer success, and continuous improvement.