Equipment Engineering Supervisor - Compressed Night Shift - Farmers Branch, TX, United States
Originally posted 11 August 2026 by the employer.
Supervise equipment and process technicians in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment.
About the role
The Equipment Engineering Supervisor is a frontline technical leader responsible for supervising Equipment Technicians and Process Technicians while ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of manufacturing equipment in a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment. This role combines direct people leadership with hands-on equipment support, overseeing daily shift execution, maintenance activities, equipment troubleshooting, escalation management, and technician development.
What you'll do
- Lead daily night-shift execution, including technician assignments, work prioritization, shift coverage, pass-downs, and escalation response.
- Provide direct equipment troubleshooting, recovery support, technical guidance, and return-to-service coordination for assigned manufacturing tools.
- Support preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, tool qualifications, and equipment performance improvement.
- Coach and develop Equipment Technicians and Process Technicians through feedback, training support, certification progress, and performance expectations.
- Reinforce safety, quality, cleanroom, lockout/tagout, chemical handling, and operating procedure compliance.
- Identify recurring equipment issues and partner with cross-functional teams to support root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
What you'll need
- Associate degree, technical certificate, military technical training, or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Technology, Electronics, Mechatronics, Industrial Technology, Semiconductor Manufacturing, or a related technical field.
- Experience leading or coordinating technicians in semiconductor, cleanroom, electronics, high-volume manufacturing, or advanced manufacturing environments.
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting complex manufacturing equipment, automated tools, metrology systems, vacuum systems, robotics, motion control, pneumatics, controls, sensors, or electromechanical systems.
- Experience supporting compressed shifts, night shifts, 24/7 operations, or high-urgency production environments.
- Working knowledge of preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, tool recovery, equipment qualification, structured troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
- Familiarity with semiconductor fabrication, wafer processing, assembly, test, cleanroom operations, or other precision manufacturing processes.
Nice to have
- Experience with maintenance management systems, work-order systems, MES, shift pass-down tools, dashboards, SPC, or production reporting systems.
- Knowledge of safety practices including lockout/tagout, electrical safety, chemical safety, cleanroom protocols, incident reporting, and EHS compliance.
- Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, standard work, kaizen, visual management, or continuous improvement methods.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools; data analysis or equipment performance reporting experience is a plus.
- Lean Six Sigma certification, maintenance reliability training, electrical/electronics certification, PLC or controls training, OSHA safety training, or equivalent technical certifications.
Skills: manufacturing equipment, equipment troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, tool qualifications, cleanroom
This role has been open 67 days — well above the 53-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3796
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$126k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | FormFactor | All employers we track in this specialty (3796 roles · 81 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 33 | 3796 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 109 | 9862 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 51 d | 53 d (−2 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Skills observed across this category: manufacturing equipment, equipment troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, tool qualifications, cleanroom
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 617 open roles · median 53 d
- Lam Research · 559 open roles · median 43 d
- Micron Technology · 283 open roles · median 44 d
- KLA Corporation · 251 open roles · median 67 d
- ASML · 195 open roles · median 70 d
- ASM International · 162 open roles · median 85 d
How we counted: 3796 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 81 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.