Equipment Engineer

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Pay Range: $55hr - $60hr

• Monitor and maintain tool performance, including routine review of SPC data, process health indicators, and equipment metrics to ensure stable operations and high-quality output.
• Perform root cause analysis and drive corrective and preventive actions (RCA/CAPA) for both process deviations and equipment failures.
• Execute and support preventative maintenance (PM) on a wide range of nanofabrication, cleanroom, and post-processing/packaging tools following industry best practices and manufacturer guidelines.
• Conduct equipment repairs, troubleshooting, and recovery actions, collaborating with vendors, facilities, and process teams as needed.
• Manage tool health, including tracking consumables, spare parts, materials, and coordinating upgrades, PMs, and corrective maintenance with cross-functional teams.
• Perform material characterization and use metrology tools (profilometry, ellipsometry, microscope inspection, defect scanning, etc.) to verify process results.
• Support operation and maintenance of vacuum-based systems such as PVD, PECVD, LPCVD, ALD, RIE/ICP tools, including vacuum pump checks, leak tests, and chamber conditioning.
• Execute cleanroom material handling, including safe handling of wafers, substrates, chemicals, gases, hazardous materials, and process consumables.
• Maintain compliance with cleanroom protocols, safety expectations, contamination control standards, and required PPE—including respirators when needed.
• Support installation, testing, and qualification of new tools, modules, subsystems, or hardware upgrades.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, or related field. Experience in micro-/nano-fabrication or semiconductor processing is strongly preferred.
• Professional experience in Process Engineering, Equipment Engineering, or a similar technical discipline.
• Experience operating semiconductor or nanofabrication tools and machine interfaces.
• Strong collaborative skills; able to work effectively with cross-functional teams and external vendors.
• Willingness to work in a cleanroom environment and use appropriate PPE, including respirators.
• Comfortable supporting physically demanding maintenance tasks requiring bending, lifting, reaching, and kneeling.