Equipment Maintenance Technician

MKS Instruments•Irvine, CA

6d•$31 - $52

About The Position

As an Equipment Maintenance Technician at MKS Newport, you will partner with Thin Film Engineering to maintain, update, repair, and troubleshoot coating deposition hardware. The role reports to the Director of Thin Film Engineering. You will support equipment uptime and reliability through preventive maintenance, repairs, modifications, inventory management, equipment documentation, and collaboration with Thin Film Engineering and Production Operations.

Requirements

Associate degree, military technical training, or equivalent vocational training.
6 or more years of related experience.
May require experience testing digital and/or analog systems.

Nice To Haves

Troubleshooting and repair of technical components.
Hands-on experience with vacuum and/or coating hardware.
Ability to read and understand technical drawings.

Responsibilities

Perform regular preventive maintenance, pump changes, and component rebuilds.
Assist Thin Film Engineering with coating chamber modifications and upgrades.
Maintain inventory for items related to coating machines.
Disassemble, clean, and reassemble deposition sources, feed throughs, rotational drives, and other items.
Maintain and support sensors and monitoring equipment, and perform basic operation of Thin Film Equipment to aid troubleshooting of electronics to the component level.
Collaborate frequently with Thin Film Engineering and Production Operations to optimize equipment uptime and reliability.
Organize, write, and revise preventive maintenance programs and procedures for coating systems using a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
Write technical maintenance procedures and processes for production equipment.