01Applied Materials' dry-etch / dielectric-deposition bench is 213 current seats
As of August 26, 2026, 6:50 a.m. PT (8/26), Applied Materials maps 213 current etch / ALD / CVD process seats against Lam Research 120, with 60 open jobs on that slice.
Applied Materials maps 213 current etch / ALD / CVD process seats. This page reads the unit-process seat at two wafer-equipment names; it does not lead with company-wide totals.
Lam Research maps 120 current. The two add 213 + 120 = 333.
Headline open jobs are 60. Applied Materials maps 34 jobs; Lam Research maps 26. This is a talent-flow contrast.
Austin 19, Santa Clara 19, and Fremont 14 sit in later sections. The first screen cites 213 versus 120.
02Lam Research's 120 are Dry Etch Process Engineer seats, and 26 jobs sit on etch / CVD
Lam Research maps 120 current seats. The people side is Dry Etch Process Engineer; the job book sits on etch and CVD.
03Austin 19 and Santa Clara 19 sit against Fremont 14 on the mapped city layer
Applied Materials' two thickest named cities tie: Austin 19, Santa Clara 19. Lam Research's thickest named city is Fremont 14.
04333 / 60 is unit-process etch and deposition, not overlay metrology, not field CE
Headline 333 / 60 adds the unit-process seat at these two equipment names only. Overlay metrology, field customer engineers, facilities, and foundry integration are out.
| Company | Mapped current | Mapped open jobs | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Materials | 213 | 34 | headline · thicker bench |
| Lam Research | 120 | 26 | headline · Dry Etch layer |
| Headline sum | 333 | 60 | these two equipment names only |
05Why AMAT on this page is Applied Materials, not Applied Intuition
Function slice
Title / function tokens: etch, or ALD, or CVD, or dry etch, or dielectric deposition. Seat-family samples (no names published): Lam Research current EIC Dry Etch / Dry Etch Process Engineer / Dry Etch Focus Engineer; jobs Etch Process Technologist- Manager / TW Engineer - FS II, CVD. Applied Materials current Dry Etch Process Manager / Dry Etch PSE Manager / Sr. Dry Etch Process Engineer; jobs Module Process Engineer IV - Dielectric Deposition (CVD / ALD) / PVD/CVD/ALD Supplier Engineer III Senior. Etch Finance, overlay metrology, field CE, facilities, foundry integration, and Cadence HAV were not used. Company-wide Applied Materials or Lam Research was not used.
Current and open jobs
The figures are profiles Metix maps as currently employed at that company name, and visible open jobs mapped to that name, not official headcount.
Names
Lam Research is the lamresearch.com Fremont company record (8527948). Counts are id-only on that record; listed-name totals are not published as headcount. A bare Lam name collides. Applied Materials is appliedmaterials.com, Santa Clara (8702563), id-only. A bare Applied name collides with Applied Intuition (12526788, appliedintuition.com); that record was discarded and is not a mapped company on this page.
As-of and source
As of August 26, 2026, 6:50 a.m. PT (8/26). Source: Metix AI. This page does not invent company-wide totals. This page sits in the series. Overlay / litho process-control is a different page's slice, not this one.
Questions this report answers
- What is the Applied Materials 213-versus-Lam Research 120 etch / ALD / CVD process seat?
- As of August 26, 2026, 6:50 a.m. PT, Applied Materials maps 213 current etch / ALD / CVD process seats against Lam Research 120, with 60 open jobs on that slice. These are Metix-mapped function-slice counts, not official headcount. Source: Metix AI.
- What does 333 current / 60 open jobs add?
- 333 current / 60 jobs adds Applied Materials 213 / 34 and Lam Research 120 / 26 only. The slice is unit-process etch / ALD / CVD process-engineer seats. Overlay metrology, field customer engineers, facilities, foundry integration, Cadence HAV, overseas-chip, and company-wide Applied Materials or Lam Research are out. Applied Intuition was discarded. This is not a remake of an overlay / litho process-control page.
- Why do Austin 19 and Santa Clara 19 sit thicker than Fremont 14?
- Applied Materials mapped current, named countries: United States 138 of 213, Korea 22, Taiwan 17. Named cities: Austin 19, Santa Clara 19, San Jose 17, Sunnyvale 12. Jobs 34: United States 22, China 12. Lam Research mapped current: 74 of 120 US, Korea 17, Taiwan 10. Named cities: Fremont 14, San Francisco 11, Portland 7, San Jose 7. Jobs 26: United States 2, Taiwan 15, Korea 4. Official hiring pages: Lam Research https://opportunities.lamresearch.com , Applied Materials https://jobs.appliedmaterials.com.
- How should the Applied Materials 213 etch / deposition map be cited?
- Metix AI Talent Intelligence, 2026-08-26. Etch / Deposition Process Talent Map 2026 | Metix AI. https://metix.ai/reports/series/lam-amat-etch-deposition-process-2026
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