Service Product Manager/Product Line Management New College Grad

About the Role

Join Applied Materials' Spares Product Line Management team and build your product management career. As a Spares PLM, you will manage spare parts throughout their lifecycle, drive commercialization and service readiness, and support long-term customer needs. This role offers broad exposure to technology, business strategy, and cross-functional execution, developing future product management leaders.

Key Responsibilities

• Support spare parts through the product lifecycle, including product changes, upgrades, obsolescence, replacements, alternate sourcing, and cost reduction.
• Develop semiconductor process and equipment knowledge, building technical domain expertise across different process areas and spare part applications.
• Support Product Change Management (PCM) activities, including ECOs, PCNs, and product configuration changes.
• Help maintain accurate Bills of Materials (BOMs) and product configurations.
• Support component roadmaps and strategies for obsolescence, replacements, alternate suppliers, and cost reduction.
• Analyze product, cost, supply, and service data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Field Service, and Product teams to support lifecycle and customer needs.
• Support resolution of supplier, supply continuity, quality, and product lifecycle issues.
• Use data, analytics, and AI-enabled tools to generate insights and improve decision-making and business processes.
• Prepare presentations, analyses, and project updates for cross-functional and leadership reviews.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Interest in semiconductor technology, product management, and a general curiosity to learn.
• Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time
• Relocation Eligible: Yes

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering, Physics, or Chemistry.
• GPA 3.0 or above preferred.
• 0-2 years of experience (internship, co-op, or project management experience encouraged).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Exchanges straightforward information, asks questions and checks for understanding.

Preferred Qualifications

• Internship experience in manufacturing, engineering, product management or semiconductor technology.
• Experience with data analytics and AI tools.

What You'll Gain

• Experience supporting top semiconductor customers and knowledge of advanced semiconductor platforms.
• Experience leveraging data, analytics, and AI-enabled tools to support product decisions, identify opportunities, and improve business processes.
• Exposure to product development, service operations, and lifecycle management.
• Opportunities to work directly with global engineering and customer-facing teams.
• A development path toward Leadership roles.

Location

• Austin, TX
• Santa Clara, CA

Salary Range

• $86,500.00 - $119,000.00