Equipment Engineering Technician: B / D-Shift
About the role
The Equipment Technician is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and supporting manufacturing equipment used in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices in a clean room environment.
What you'll do
- Coordinate and perform both reactive maintenance and scheduled preventive maintenance on wafer and assembly processing tools, including support equipment such as pumps, power supplies, and gas cabinets.
- Act as initial responder for unscheduled down tools, applying troubleshooting techniques to resolve issues and validate corrective actions.
- Track, record, and communicate maintenance progress on Fab, Back End, and Assembly equipment through tools including the Camstar System.
- Assist engineers and senior technicians with data collection to identify and resolve reoccurring equipment issues.
- Maintain membership on the Emergency Response Team (ERT) and adhere to site environmental health and safety requirements.
- Collaborate with Process Engineering, Facilities, Test Engineering, and EES team members to support tool availability.
What you'll need
- 2+ years of experience maintaining wafer processing equipment.
- Practical knowledge and application of electronics, mechanics, vacuum theory, and testing.
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical blueprints, pneumatic diagrams, and flow charts.
- Experience setting up and operating test equipment including oscilloscopes, digital volt-ohm meters, current and voltage sources, and chart recorders.
- Ability to work in a Class 100/1000 clean room wearing full clean room attire, lift up to 50 pounds, stand for up to 10 hours, and work a compressed 12-hour shift schedule.
- Ability to pass and maintain an ERT clearance through periodic physicals.
Nice to have
- AS technical degree in electronics or Military Electronics certification.
- Maintenance knowledge in multiple equipment sets: Plasmatherm LAPECVD, Matrix Asher, Koyo vertical furnace, Lam rainbow, Oxford ICP, KLA/SPTS ICP, Wet Etch Process, RENA Semi Auto Wet System, MEI SRD, TEL Mark Vz, ACT 8, or ASML 5500.
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 55-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3875
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Median days open
55 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$125k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Coherent Corp | All employers we track in this specialty (3875 roles · 82 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 50 | 3875 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 153 | 10043 · 105 employers |
| Median days open | 63 d | 55 d (+8 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $125k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 662 open roles · median 55 d
- Lam Research · 560 open roles · median 41 d
- KLA Corporation · 309 open roles · median 61 d
- Micron Technology · 248 open roles · median 50 d
- ASML · 193 open roles · median 77 d
- ASM International · 155 open roles · median 83 d
How we counted: 3875 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 82 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 3 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.