Equipment Technician

Veeco•Franklin Township, NJ

7d•$59,000 - $79,000•Onsite

About The Position

Veeco designs, develops, manufactures, and services highly complex, cutting-edge machines used by customers to create essential devices that drive the digital age, connect the world, and improve the human experience. The company helps solve difficult material science challenges, enabling technologies for a more connected, sustainable, and convenient world. Veeco designs and builds advanced process equipment that enables the production of semiconductors, compound semiconductors, power electronics, MEMS, advanced packaging, and emerging technologies. Their innovative vacuum-based systems support highly complex thin-film deposition and material processing applications where precision, performance, and reliability are critical. This role supports the development, integration, testing, and validation of next-generation semiconductor manufacturing platforms. It is a hands-on role responsible for building, integrating, troubleshooting, testing, and qualifying complex vacuum processing systems throughout the product development lifecycle. The technician will work alongside Mechanical, Electrical, Controls, Systems, Process, Manufacturing, and Quality Engineers, playing an important role in transforming engineering concepts into robust, manufacturable, and customer-ready products. This position is ideal for a technically skilled professional who enjoys hands-on problem solving, supporting product development efforts, and working with cutting-edge semiconductor technology. The role offers exposure to advanced vacuum process technologies, cross-functional collaboration, and hands-on involvement in bringing innovative tools from concept through customer release. It is well suited for technicians who thrive in dynamic development environments and enjoy applying their technical expertise across a wide range of equipment integration, troubleshooting, and test activities.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent and 2-4 years of hands-on experience supporting semiconductor, vacuum, electromechanical, automation, or similar complex industrial equipment.
Direct experience with vacuum-based semiconductor equipment and wafer or substrate processing tools.
Experience troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, and electromechanical systems within a manufacturing, engineering, or service environment.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, Industrial Technology, or a related technical discipline. An equivalent combination of technical education, military training, certifications, and experience may be considered.
Experience supporting engineering, manufacturing, NPI, product development, or process development activities within the semiconductor industry.
Experience working with vacuum systems, RF systems, robotics, automation platforms, motion-control systems, gas delivery systems, or related semiconductor equipment subsystems.

Responsibilities

Assemble, install, configure, and integrate advanced semiconductor equipment, including vacuum systems, motion-control systems, robotics, RF subsystems, gas delivery systems, and electromechanical assemblies.
Support prototype, alpha, beta, and NPI builds through system integration, engineering validation, and product release activities.
Support assigned modules or subsystems through integration, troubleshooting, testing, and build readiness activities while providing technical feedback to engineering teams.
Diagnose and resolve electrical, mechanical, vacuum, pneumatic, thermal, automation, and process-related issues using structured troubleshooting and root cause analysis techniques.
Recommend troubleshooting approaches and corrective actions to address system integration, performance, and reliability issues.
Utilize diagnostic equipment, including digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, vacuum instrumentation, helium leak detectors, and other engineering test tools to identify and resolve technical issues.
Execute engineering test plans, design verification activities, subsystem qualification testing, and data collection efforts to support engineering evaluations and product development activities.
Support chamber qualification, equipment characterization, process development activities, and system performance evaluations.
Document test results, technical observations, and findings that support engineering decisions, design reviews, and product release readiness.
Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to investigate product and subsystem issues and support implementation of approved solutions.
Perform engineering changes, prototype upgrades, hardware retrofits, and subsystem modifications to support evolving product designs.
Provide technical feedback and recommendations to improve product performance, manufacturability, serviceability, and reliability.
Support engineering releases through accurate documentation, issue tracking, build feedback, and technical recommendations.
Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, failure investigations, and product development reviews.
Provide technical guidance and support to less experienced technicians during integration, troubleshooting, testing, and validation activities.