Excellent for technical growth, but heavy workload - Quality Engineer Applied Materials Employee Review

4.0
27 Aug 2025
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Pros

Working at Applied Materials provides great exposure to advanced semiconductor manufacturing and reliability engineering. I have had the opportunity to work with broad cutting-edge processes, while applying structured quality tools. The environment fosters collaboration with engineering, operations, and supplier teams, and there are real chances to drive measurable improvements in yield and reliability. Recognition for performance is possible—high-impact contributions are noticed.

Cons

Heavy workload, bureaucracy, work-life balance challenges, growth can be slow.

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5.0
27 May 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good company , benefits , lots of room for growth

Cons

Slow changes , tech related software on the IT side are very old.

4.0
25 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Strong place to start your career. If you do the Fusion Program you will learn a lot. Good training and benefits. Amazing Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Coworkers are smart and grounded people.

Cons

Stingy with salary, raises, and promotions. The engineer roles are broken up into Jr and Senior so the title progression goes Engineer I, I Sr, II, II Sr, etc which slows career progression and pay. Only the CA office gets extra pay due to the expense of living there, even if the MA office is expensive.

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