Originally posted 12 March 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Diffusion Equipment Engineer takes ownership of the maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and productivity of manufacturing tools and processes in a high-volume semiconductor wafer manufacturing environment.
What you'll do
- Identify and reduce recurrent machine faults, scrap, defectivity, and overall costs. - Source, install, and qualify new equipment while defining standard tool maintenance procedures. - Improve tool utilization and availability, supporting factory capacity planning and modeling. - Implement Six-Sigma statistical process control methods and write tool specifications. - Support development activities and participate in or lead cross-functional and lean activity teams. - Train technicians and engineering peers on equipment operations and repair procedures.
What you'll need
- BS in an engineering discipline. - 5 years’ experience in equipment engineering in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment. - Prior experience with ownership of maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and productivity of semiconductor manufacturing tools/processes. - Demonstrated ability to generate, analyze, and interpret equipment performance data to produce action plans resolving recurring equipment failures.
Nice to have
- Previous experience with SVG VTR7000, AVP8000, TEL Alpha 8S and/or TEL Alpha 8SE Waves furnaces, or Lumonics Laser Scribe. - Working knowledge of associated furnace pumps and abatement systems. - Previous experience in Lean Manufacturing methods.
Skills: equipment engineering, high-volume semiconductor manufacturing, furnaces, process equipment, troubleshooting