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10 Applied Materials engineering leaders
These ten people hold or have held director, senior director and head of engineering roles at Applied Materials, across deposition, etch, platforms, applications and mechanical engineering teams. A reader can learn how engineering leaders build and run their teams in semiconductor companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Abhijit Kangude
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · Applied Materials
Senior Director of Engineering at Applied Materials since January 2026; the profile headline describes leading high-performance hardware engineering teams. Other Applied Materials roles listed are Director of Mechanical Engineering (2023–2026), Senior Engineering Manager (2019–2023) and Engineering Manager (2018–2019).
Ashutosh Agarwal
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Applied Materials
Director of Engineering at Applied Materials since December 2025; the profile describes leading a team of mechanical engineers/managers for metal ALD, and its headline mentions leading Metal ALD equipment development. Other Applied Materials roles listed are Sr. Manager Mechanical Engineer (2023–2025), Mechanical Engineering Manager (2021–2023) and Mechanical Engineer (2018–2021).
Brian Burrows
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · Applied Materials
Senior Director of Engineering at Applied Materials since January 2024, a role the profile describes as Senior Engineering Director, ICAPS, based in Santa Clara. Other Applied Materials roles listed are Director of Engineering in two entries (2017–2021 and 2021–2026) and Senior Member of Technical Staff (2013–2017).
Jean Delmas
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Applied Materials
Director of Engineering at Applied Materials since October 2023; the profile describes the role as engineering director in the Office of the CTO, leading technology and system development on programs including Lithium battery manufacturing. Other roles listed are Senior Engineering Manager (2016–2023) and Senior Mechanical Engineer (2014–2016) at Applied Materials.
Sanjay G. Kamath
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · Applied Materials
Senior Director of Engineering at Applied Materials since July 2022, and Director Of Engineering, Process at Applied Materials since 2017. Other roles listed are Senior Engineering Manager, Process (2011–2016) and Engineering Manager, DSM, SSG (2004–2010) at Applied Materials, and Technologist, Dielectrics, HDP Gapfill at Novellus Systems (1997–2003).
Sanjeev Baluja
LinkedInExperience: Head of Engineering, MDP and ALD Business Units · Applied Materials
Head of Engineering, MDP and ALD Business Units at Applied Materials since January 2025; the profile headline names these as the Metal Deposition and Atomic Layer Deposition Business Units. Other Applied Materials roles listed are Senior Director of Engineering (2016–2021), Engineering Director (2013–2015), Engineering Manager (2008–2012) and Lead Design Engineer (2006–2007).
Sathya Mani
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, Head of Productivity, Etch SPG · Applied Materials
Director of Engineering, Head of Productivity, Etch SPG at Applied Materials since February 2023, and Director New Product Development at Applied Materials (2022–2024). Former Sr. Engineering Manager (Product CTM) (2016–2022), Staff Product Engineer and Data Scientist (2013–2016) and Senior Product Engineer (2010–2013) at Lam Research.
Sujit Jha
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Engineering Mgmt · Applied Materials
Senior Director, Engineering Mgmt at Applied Materials since July 2021, based in Bengaluru; the profile describes heading the Worldwide Applications Engineering & Technical Marketing group of a USD 1.5 billion revenue Business Unit. Former Director, Engineering Mgmt at Applied Materials (2018–2021) and Applications Dev Engr at KLA (2004–2007).
Sushant Koshti
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering, Atmospheric and Vacuum Automation Mainframes within Platforms COE's. · Applied Materials
Senior Director of Engineering, Atmospheric and Vacuum Automation Mainframes within Platforms COE's. at Applied Materials since January 2020; the profile describes heading the Atmospheric and Vacuum Mainframes Center of Excellence within the Semiconductor Products Group. Former Director, FSS (Fluid Systems Solutions) Center of Excellence within the Common Solutions Group (2014–2020).
Zachary Patterson
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Applied Materials
Director of Engineering at Applied Materials since August 2025, described on the profile as engineering director within the Platforms Engineering Group, designing material handling systems for semiconductors and display. The profile also lists Director of Field Operations for Platforms Engineering at Applied Materials since February 2022 and Global Product Support Engineering Manager (2019–2022).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's product line and discipline to your question, since deposition, etch, platform automation and applications engineering teams solve different problems. Check each person's dates so you know whether their Applied Materials experience is current or from an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you organize engineering teams around a new chamber or tool platform from concept to customer shipment?
- 02What does it take to coordinate process, mechanical and systems engineers on one equipment program?
- 03How should an applications engineering group work with customers and product teams on new equipment?
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