2026 Summer Physicist/Scientist Intern - Undergrad (Santa Clara, CA) jobs in United States
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Applied Materials · 3 hours ago

2026 Summer Physicist/Scientist Intern - Undergrad (Santa Clara, CA)

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions, and they are seeking a highly motivated intern to join their Computational Products and Solutions group in Summer 2026. The role involves contributing to the development and optimization of simulations and modeling tools for next-generation semiconductor applications.

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Responsibilities

Develop pipelines for training machine learning surrogate models
Simulation workflow automation using internal and open-source tools
Perform testing and optimization of modeling workflows
Custom software application development

Qualification

PythonMachine LearningPhysics Simulation SoftwareSimulation Workflow AutomationCustom Software DevelopmentRapid Learning

Required

Student must be pursuing a Bachelor's degree program in Computer Science, Aerospace, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical Engineering or a related field
Student must be in good academic standing at their university, with a preferred GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale
Programming experience with Python, including implementing machine learning algorithms and building models
Ability to rapidly understand new simulation and ML frameworks

Preferred

Experience with physics simulation software preferred

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package
Participation in a bonus and a stock award program

Company

Applied Materials

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Applied Materials is a semiconductor and display equipment company that offers materials engineering solutions.

H1B Sponsorship

Applied Materials has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.1B
Key Investors
Stonnington GroupUS Department of Energy
2025-02-24Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2023-06-27Post Ipo Equity· $0.38M
2022-10-19Grant· $100M

Leadership Team

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Omkaram Nalamasu
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
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Tony Chiang, Ph.D
VP, CTO Applied AI
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