Supplier Engineering Intern

Job Description

Supplier Engineering Intern | Applied Materials

The Tone:
This is an internship at Applied Materials, located in Santa Clara, CA. Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions, crucial for producing advanced displays and virtually every new chip worldwide. The company designs, builds, and services cutting-edge equipment that enables customers to manufacture the semiconductor and display chips that power daily life. As a Supplier Engineering Intern, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality and manufacturability of components, helping to facilitate exciting technologies like AI and IoT and deliver material innovation.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Santa Clara, CA

• Team: The AGS Supplier Engineering Group is an international team composed of various discipline engineers.
• Mission: Collaborate with suppliers to validate their manufacturing capabilities, ensuring they can build parts according to Applied Materials’ drawings and requirements.

What You’ll Actually Do
• New Product Development: Ensure clear engineering drawing requirements are communicated effectively to supporting suppliers during new product introduction.
• Manufacturing Design: Engage suppliers in the development and review of specifications to promote efficient and cost-effective manufacturing processes.
• Process Optimization: Utilize project management skills and quality tools to investigate alternative manufacturing processes for cost reduction or improved product quality and reliability.
• Supplier Growth: Continuously contribute to the Supplier Selection Process to cultivate a supply base that offers a competitive advantage in terms of quality, value, delivery, and technology.
• Quality Management: Assist in resolving quality problems and managing incidents, working directly with Special Process Suppliers such as those involved in cleaning, plating, or surface treatments.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Early career intern pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in any Engineering Discipline.
• Experience: Not specified, but will involve collaborating closely with internal Supplier Chain, Project Management, Engineering, and Quality teams.
• Skills: Project management skills and the ability to utilize quality tools.
• Bonus: GPA of 3.0 or above preferred.