Supplier Engineer – New College Graduate

Applied Materials

Supplier Quality Engineer at Applied Materials ensuring quality standards across advanced materials and components. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to impact supply chain and product excellence.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeSanta Clara • California, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesEntry Level💰 $78,500 - $108,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support the development, monitoring, and continuous improvement of supplier quality performance across Applied Materials’ supply base
Work closely with engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and suppliers to ensure components, materials, and processes meet defined quality, reliability, and manufacturability requirements
Apply data-driven quality methods to analyze supplier performance
Participate in supplier audits and assessments
Support root cause analysis and corrective action activities
Contribute to defining quality requirements, evaluating process capability, reducing risk, and improving yield

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, or related field (preferred: Welding Engineering)
Internship or project experience in quality engineering, manufacturing, machining, or supply chain (preferred)
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with interest in metric-driven quality methods
Effective communication and teamwork skills
Familiarity with industry standards (ISO, etc.) is a plus
Ability to adapt and grow in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Supportive work culture
Health and wellbeing programs
Opportunities for personal and professional growth

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Hard Skills & Tools

data-driven quality methodsroot cause analysiscorrective actionquality engineeringmanufacturingmachiningsupply chainprocess capabilityrisk reductionyield improvement

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solving skillseffective communicationteamworkadaptabilitycollaboration