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Tower Semiconductor

Equipment Engineering Technician 2, Metrology

Tower Semiconductor San Antonio, TX, United States, 78251, United States Full-time 5 hours ago
Manufacturing & Equipment Engineering

Perform preventative maintenance and repairs on KLA Defect AIT XP+, ALTAIR 8250, KLA Overlay 5200, ARCHER, KLA Thickness UV1280, ASET F5X, Hitachi CD SEM 9200, Eagle View Macro Inspection, KLA SP1-TBI, SURFSCAN, KLA P22, AMAT SEMVision, KLA RS-75/RS-100, Nano Metrics FTIR, SDI SPV, NAK Littlefoot, or NSX Rudolph metrology tools.

About the role

This role is primarily responsible for performing preventative maintenance and repairs on semiconductor equipment. The position involves close collaboration with Equipment Engineers and Area Managers to identify and resolve equipment issues that impact production.

What you'll do

  • Perform preventative maintenance and repairs on semiconductor equipment.
  • Collaborate with Equipment Engineers and Area Managers to identify and resolve equipment issues.
  • Actively participate in area shift pass-downs.
  • Prioritize tasks based on evolving production requirements.
  • Interface with vendors, senior technicians, and engineers to help resolve equipment-specific issues.
  • Ensure all required parts are on order and follow up to minimize equipment downtime.

What you'll need

  • Associate of Science degree with an emphasis in Electronics, or military training and experience.
  • 5+ years of technical experience in a high-tech manufacturing environment.
  • Hands-on experience with KLA Defect AIT XP+, ALTAIR 8250, KLA Overlay 5200, ARCHER, KLA Thickness UV1280, ASET F5X, Hitachi CD SEM 9200, Eagle View Macro Inspection, KLA SP1-TBI, SURFSCAN, KLA P22, AMAT SEMVision, KLA RS-75/RS-100, Nano Metrics FTIR, SDI SPV, NAK Littlefoot, or NSX Rudolph metrology tools.
  • Ability to analyze and resolve recurring maintenance problems.
  • Ability to perform technical servicing of semiconductor production and support equipment.
  • Ability to develop, document, and improve existing semiconductor equipment maintenance procedures and systems, working from procedures, blueprints, sketches, drawings, and diagrams.
  • Ability to follow maintenance and safety procedures.

Skills: preventative maintenance, semiconductor equipment, metrology tools, KLA, Hitachi CD SEM

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Market context

This role has been open 74 days — well above the 52-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.

Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Metrology Inspection

Open roles in category
222
Median days open
52 d
Category median salary (all employers)
$160k
See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
How Tower Semiconductor compares in Semiconductor Equipment Engineering hiring
Metric Tower Semiconductor All employers we track in this specialty (222 roles · 24 employers)
Open roles in this specialty 1 222
Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family 48 10057 · 117 employers
Median days open 74 d 52 d (+22 d vs this employer)
Median salary (USD postings) — $160k

Skills observed across this category: preventative maintenance, semiconductor equipment, metrology tools, KLA, Hitachi CD SEM

Who's hiring in this category

  • KLA Corporation · 89 open roles · median 52 d
  • Applied Materials · 31 open roles · median 52 d
  • Onto Innovation · 24 open roles · median 51 d
  • Lam Research · 18 open roles · median 31 d
  • Entegris · 9 open roles · median 101 d
  • Micron Technology · 8 open roles · median 64 d

How we counted: 222 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Metrology Inspection) roles from 24 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 8 Nov 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.

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San Antonio, TX, United States, 78251, United States
On-site
Full-time
5 hours ago

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