Nanofabrication Equipment Engineer

Nanofabrication Equipment Engineer Fabric8

Labs

11075 Roselle Street, San Diego, CA 92121

$90,000 - $100,000 a year

Full-time

• Parental leave
• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance

Fabric8

Labs, headquartered in sunny San Diego, CA, is revolutionizing advanced manufacturing with next-generation 3D printing technology. We're looking for a Nanofabrication Equipment Engineer to support the Printhead Department as we scale our patented Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing (ECAM) process for global production.

ECAM uses precise, room-temperature metal deposition to unlock geometries and applications that conventional metal AM can't reach. Since announcing our agreement to be acquired by TDK Corporation, we're rapidly expanding our team to advance this disruptive technology across a wide range of electronics components—including data center infrastructure, wireless communications, and power electronics.

As a Nanofabrication Equipment Engineer
, you'll be a crucial part of the team, responsible for planning multiple product and technology development projects in a fast-paced environment spanning NPI and production.

If you're excited to help shape the future of manufacturing alongside a growing team, come join us. We thrive on collaborative problem-solving and are eager to bring in diverse minds and perspectives.

• Perform preventative maintenance (PM) on nanofabrication equipment. Primarily Sputter (PVD) tools but also lithography, wet processing, and metrology tools.
• Develop and optimize preventative maintenance schedules based on equipment performance and component lifetime.
• Define replacement intervals for shields, targets, cathodes, vacuum seals, pumps, valves, RF components, and motion systems.
• Improve maintenance procedures to reduce downtime while maintaining process stability.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, vacuum, gas delivery, RF, and control system issues.
• Calibrate and qualify equipment after maintenance or repairs.
• Partner with process engineers to optimize tool performance and minimize variation.
• Maintain accurate maintenance logs, spare parts inventory, and service documentation.
• Lead installation, commissioning, acceptance testing, and qualification of new equipment.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that increase equipment reliability and production capacity.
• Support cleanroom expansion and infrastructure efforts.
• Ensure compliance with cleanroom protocols and EHS requirements
• Respond to tool-down situations in a timely and structured manner.
• Perform cleanroom and facility checks.
• Interface with external parts suppliers and service providers, when necessary

• 2+ years of proven experience in nanofabrication or microfabrication processes in a production cleanroom environment.
• Demonstrated experience working in a fast-paced research and development environment with ability to adapt and learn new processes quickly.
• Strong understanding of vacuum technology, RF/DC power supplies, gas delivery systems, and thin-film deposition.
• Experience troubleshooting complex electro-mechanical systems.
• Knowledge of vacuum pumps, load locks, pressure control systems, mass flow controllers, chillers, and high-vacuum hardware.
• Experience with preventative maintenance programs and equipment reliability engineering.
• Strong analytical and root cause investigation skills.

• Experiencing maintaining a fleet of industrial linear-track sputtering lines.
• Hands-on experience supporting semiconductor or advanced manufacturing equipment.
• Experience scaling from LVM to HVM.
• Experience in designing and building clean rooms.
• Experience with 3D modeling

• We offer a comprehensive benefits package, health, dental, and vision plans; 401(k) with employer match; and an unmetered vacation policy.
• We have a collaborative work environment where we work in tight knit teams focused on transforming manufacturing technology.
• Regular catered company events and celebrations, and a fully stocked breakroom!

• Routinely required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to type, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch. Routinely required to move around the facility.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
• May require travel (domestic and/or international) dependent on business needs, up to 10%
• Specific vision abilities that may be required by this job include close…