Sr. Equipment Maintenance Technician

Lumentum•San Jose, CA

About The Position

The Equipment Maintenance Technician troubleshoots, maintains, repairs, and rebuilds wafer fab manufacturing equipment. The role performs preventive maintenance, identifies root causes of failures, and uses schematics, manuals, drawings, and diagnostic equipment to inspect and repair equipment. It also supports equipment modifications, upgrades, and new equipment installation and startup. The technician works with Process and Equipment Engineering and other cross-functional groups to resolve maintenance issues, improve reliability, review procedures, reduce downtime, and support throughput and yield improvements. The position participates in shift handoffs, spare-part analysis, and inventory development, and is a member of the Lumentum MERTeam. The schedule is Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, with alternating Wednesdays, from 6:00 PM to 6:15 AM.

Requirements

  • High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
  • Ability to meet ERT Member eligibility requirements.
  • Knowledge of and ability to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, documentation, and teamwork skills.
  • Reliable, punctual, dependable, and committed to high-quality work.
  • Ability to comply with safety policies and procedures and clean room protocols and procedures.
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision and exercise good judgment.
  • Excellent troubleshooting skills.
  • Experience performing scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
  • Ability to follow written or verbal instructions and accurately follow directions.
  • Ability to work effectively as an individual contributor and with other groups and business units.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to multitask and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience in wafer fab clean room manufacturing.

Responsibilities

  • Perform preventive maintenance and troubleshoot equipment failures to determine root causes.
  • Dismantle, adjust, repair, assemble, and rebuild wafer fab manufacturing equipment using schematics, manuals, sketches, or drawings.
  • Use test and diagnostic equipment to perform equipment checkouts.
  • Perform equipment modifications as directed by equipment engineers.
  • Participate in shift pass-down activities with incoming and outgoing shifts.
  • Work with Process and Equipment Engineering and cross-functional groups to resolve maintenance issues, improve equipment reliability, review procedures, and minimize downtime.
  • Support continuous improvement activities for throughput and yield enhancements.
  • Participate in spare-part analysis and inventory development.
  • Assist with equipment upgrades and installation and startup of new equipment.
  • Serve as a member of the Lumentum MERTeam.
  • Perform other duties and tasks as assigned by the maintenance supervisor.

Benefits

  • Competitive total compensation packages, which may include annual bonus, commission for certain sales roles, equity, and health and welfare benefits.
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