Senior Equipment Engineer - Diffusion
About The Position
Senior Equipment Engineers maintain and support equipment readiness, typically as individual contributors. The role performs preventive maintenance and equipment troubleshooting, executes maintenance and tool support, upgrades equipment to minimize downtime, analyzes and monitors technical charts, and drives equipment improvement plans and projects. It also requires safe and responsible work practices and support for Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements. The Senior Equipment Engineer owns hardware performance for a fleet of furnace equipment and is responsible for equipment maintenance strategies, including preventive and corrective maintenance. The role develops and optimizes maintenance work instructions and works with shift technicians and on-site supplier service teams to maintain effective equipment operation. It drives equipment reliability, efficiency, and quality improvements while minimizing costs through effective resource and parts management, second sourcing, and performance optimization. The position supports new equipment startup through hookup and facilitation, hardware installation, process startup, and acceptance until equipment is ready for process. It maintains appropriate equipment documentation and Fault Detection Control, and uses strong troubleshooting skills to perform corrective maintenance across multiple equipment types. The engineer collaborates with equipment and process engineers, suppliers, and other teams as needed, including in a Clean Room environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree and 2–4 years of experience.
- Experience in one or more engineering fields: Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Microelectronics, or equivalent.
- Familiarity with maintenance methods and/or equipment engineering.
- Ability to work in cross-functional teams with equipment and process engineers and supplier service management.
- Comprehensive project management skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across teams and shifts.
- Excellent documentation skills.
- Ability to execute tasks in a Clean Room environment.
- Must be a U.S. citizen.
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a SECRET-level U.S. Government security clearance.
- Strong troubleshooting skills and experience with corrective maintenance across multiple equipment types.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a high-volume semiconductor fab environment.
- Advanced knowledge of equipment reliability and performance optimization techniques.
- Demonstrated success leading continuous improvement projects and equipment improvement initiatives.
- Strong critical-thinking skills, a quality-first mindset, and the ability to influence peers.
- Demonstrated success driving continuous improvement.
- Training and mentoring experience within technical teams.
- Experience managing parts requests and vendor coordination for equipment support.
Responsibilities
- Own hardware performance for a fleet of furnace equipment.
- Develop and manage equipment maintenance strategies, including preventive and corrective maintenance.
- Generate and optimize maintenance work instructions and ensure effective equipment maintenance with a team of shift technicians.
- Coordinate with on-site supplier service teams to ensure effective equipment operation and maintenance.
- Improve equipment reliability, efficiency, and quality.
- Minimize costs through efficient resource utilization, parts management and second sourcing, and performance optimization.
- Start up new equipment through hookup and facilitation, hardware installation, process startup, and acceptance until it is ready for process.
- Maintain appropriate equipment maintenance documentation and ensure Fault Detection Control is used.
- Troubleshoot equipment and perform corrective maintenance across multiple equipment types.
- Perform work safely and responsibly and support Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and perform other projects or assignments as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
