Equipment Engineering Manager

Equipment Engineering Manager

In this role you will have rare end-to-end ownership — from cleanroom diagnostics to budget and roadmap — in a small, high-impact environment where your engineering decisions directly shape facility uptime.

• Directly manage and develop a team of equipment technicians and engineers, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career growth conversations.
• Build a deliberate training program so technicians can handle increasingly complex repairs independently over time.
• Mentor team members through difficult troubleshooting situations — teaching structured, logical diagnostic approaches rather than just providing answers.
• Foster a culture of ownership, documentation discipline, and continuous improvement within the equipment team.

• Own the facility’s equipment reliability program end-to-end: PM schedules, failure tracking, spare parts strategy, MTBF/MTTR targets, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Define and enforce PM procedures across all cleanroom tools; review and refine them quarterly based on failure data and team observations.
• Develop and maintain a criticality ranking for all assets; build mitigation plans for high-risk tools including redundancy, spare part buffers, and contingency protocols.
• Systematically reduce reliance on external field service engineers by building internal expertise and documenting all tool knowledge.

• Lead root cause analysis on the most complex or recurring equipment failures, personally, not just in an oversight capacity.
• Read and interpret complex schematics (PID, electrical, hydraulic) to support your team’s diagnostic work and fill gaps when needed.
• Make independent engineering decisions on equipment upgrades, retrofits, part qualifications, and configuration changes.
• Interface with equipment vendors at a technical and commercial level: negotiate support contracts, evaluate service quality, and challenge FSE recommendations when appropriate.
• Lead physical installation and qualification of new equipment; own the acceptance protocol and ensure proper documentation.

• Serve as the primary equipment engineering point of contact for Process Engineering, Production, and Quality teams.
• Communicate equipment status, risks, and program updates proactively — especially during tool down situations or planned maintenance windows that affect production.
• Collaborate with Process Engineering when equipment behavior affects process output; ensure EE and PE jointly own excursion investigations.

• Own the equipment maintenance and spare parts budget; develop annual forecasts and present spend justifications to facility leadership.
• Drive capital planning for equipment upgrades, replacements, and new tool installations.
• Build a 1–3 year roadmap for equipment reliability improvement; track and report progress against defined metrics.

• 7+ years of hands‑on experience in semiconductor or microfabrication equipment, with 2–3 years in a leadership or senior engineering role.
• Technical depth in at least two of: vacuum systems, RF generators and matching networks, wet chemical systems, PLC‑controlled tools, or photolithography equipment.
• Experience owning an equipment reliability program — PM strategy, spare parts management, CMMS, and uptime metrics (MTBF/MTTR).
• Proficiency in reading complex technical drawings (PID, hydraulic, electrical) and PLC troubleshooting.
• Proven track record of managing and developing a technical team.
• Experience building internal repair capability to reduce reliance on external field service engineers.
• Familiarity with cleanroom environments and contamination control principles.
• BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or Materials Engineering (MS preferred).

Diverse work forces create the best culture, company, and products. We at Precision are committed to an inclusive culture that celebrates the uniqueness and contributions of everyone.

As an equal opportunity employer, Precision does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The actual base salary offered is determined by a number of variables, including, as appropriate,the applicant’s qualifications for the position, years of relevant experience, distinctive skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location of residence and/or place of employment.

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