{"id":1127464,"url":"https://alion.io/job/applied-materials-forward-deployed-engineer-2","title":"Forward Deployed Engineer","company":{"id":2749,"name":"Applied Materials","domain":"appliedmaterials.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/applied-materials","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Eightfold","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":89,"open_postings":536,"ghost_share":0.004,"stale_share":0.203,"repost_share":0.017,"time_to_fill_p50_days":68,"computed_at":"2026-09-27T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Solutions","role_family":"Solutions","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Austin, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":124000,"max":170500,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":170500},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-14T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-21","last_verified_at":"2026-09-28T02:19:17Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":14,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":14},"description":"Who We Are\nApplied Materials is the global leader in materials science and engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor chip and advanced display in the world. The equipment that we create and service is essential to advancing AI and accelerating the commercialization of next-generation semiconductor chips. Join us and push the boundaries of materials science and engineering in a company at the foundation of the electronics industry. The work we do together advances the world’s technology.\nWhat We Offer\nSalary:\n$124,000.00 - $170,500.00Location:\nAustin,TXYou’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.\nAt Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go. Learn more about our benefits.\nKey Responsibilities:\nPartner directly with Scheduling, Manufacturing, Factory Operations, and Business stakeholders to understand planning challenges, operational constraints, and business objectives, translating them into scalable scheduling solutions.\nServe as the primary technical liaison between scheduling teams and engineering organizations, rapidly identifying opportunities to improve cycle time, tool utilization, throughput, delivery performance, and operational efficiency.\nWork hands-on with scheduling data, optimization engines, simulation environments, APIs, and business systems to develop, prototype, and deploy solutions that address real-world planning and execution challenges.\nCollaborate with scheduling planners, product owners, software engineers, data scientists, and operations leaders to design and implement decision-support tools, workflows, dashboards, and AI-driven scheduling capabilities.\nAnalyze structured and unstructured data from manufacturing, supply chain, service, and operational systems to identify bottlenecks, scheduling conflicts, capacity constraints, and optimization opportunities.\nDevelop and deploy analytical models, automation frameworks, and AI-enabled solutions using technologies such as Python, SQL, optimization algorithms, simulation tools, and modern cloud platforms.\nDrive rapid proof-of-concepts, pilot deployments, and production rollouts, ensuring solutions deliver measurable business value and operational impact.\nFacilitate customer workshops, requirements gathering sessions, and design reviews to align solution development with evolving business needs.\nMonitor solution performance, gather user feedback, and continuously improve scheduling processes through data-driven insights and operational best practices.\nCommunicate recommendations, findings, and implementation strategies to business and technical leadership, influencing roadmap decisions and adoption of new capabilities.\nFunctional Knowledge\nDemonstrates deep expertise in manufacturing scheduling, planning processes, operations research, optimization techniques, AI-enabled decision support systems, and related technologies.\nStrong understanding of scheduling methodologies, constraints management, capacity planning, and factory operations.\nBusiness Expertise\nUnderstands business goals and operational priorities across manufacturing and supply chain functions.\nInterprets complex operational challenges and recommends innovative solutions that improve productivity, predictability, and customer outcomes.\nLeadership\nLeads cross-functional initiatives involving scheduling teams, product organizations, engineering teams, and business stakeholders.\nInfluences technical and business decisions without direct authority through expertise, collaboration, and execution excellence.\nProblem Solving\nSolves highly ambiguous and complex operational problems by combining business context, technical expertise, analytical rigor, and systems thinking.\nDevelops innovative approaches to overcome scheduling, planning, and execution constraints at scale.\nImpact\nDirectly impacts operational performance, scheduling effectiveness, factory throughput, resource utilization, and customer commitments.\nDrives measurable improvements in business outcomes through deployment of scalable technology solutions.\nInterpersonal Skills\nBuilds trusted relationships with planners, operations leaders, product teams, and engineers.\nCommunicates complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences and drives alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.\nActs as a customer advocate, ensuring solutions are practical, adoptable, and aligned with business needs.\nAdditional Information\nTime Type:\nFull timeEmployee Type:\nAssignee / RegularTravel:\nYes, 10% of the TimeRelocation Eligible:\nNoThe 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.\nFor 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.\nApplied 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.\nIn addition, Applied endeavors to make our careers site accessible to all users. 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