Equipment Technician - Thin Film / Semiconductor Lab - US-CA-Santa Rosa-Bldg 1, United States
$67,030 USD yearly
Originally posted 23 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is an equipment and maintenance technician supporting the Thin Film department in a semiconductor manufacturing facility. The position maintains electro-mechanical systems used in R&D and volume production within Keysight's Thin Film Fab.
What you'll do
- Maintain and repair electro-mechanical equipment utilizing high vacuum, sub-micron precision, exotic chemistry, and advanced imaging. - Work with process engineers and operators to support both volume production and R&D process development. - Perform preventative maintenance and emergency repairs in a manufacturing environment. - Coordinate with suppliers to select and purchase spare parts and schedule service visits. - Work with the Equipment Engineering team to install new process tools, assist in the retirement of legacy tools, and develop written maintenance and PM procedures. - Assist with implementing hardware improvements and automation projects.
What you'll need
- Maintenance experience with manufacturing equipment or other complex systems. - Familiarity with Microsoft Office suite of tools and standard engineering practices. - Proven ability to manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously and solve complex problems independently. - Ability to learn on the job and work with complex technologies and processes.
Nice to have
- Previous experience maintaining semiconductor equipment or complex manufacturing hardware. - AS/BA/BS degree in Electronics, military electronics training, or strong electro-mechanical technical capability. - Previous experience working across mechanics, electronics, materials science, and software engineering. - Experience with semiconductor manufacturing techniques. - Experience with high vacuum technology, deposition methods, etching technologies, and RF sources.
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
3892
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Median days open
55 d
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Median salary
$126k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Keysight Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (3892 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 49 | 3892 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 129 | 10080 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 32 d | 55 d (−23 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 641 open roles · median 53 d
- Lam Research · 573 open roles · median 38 d
- Micron Technology · 285 open roles · median 48 d
- KLA Corporation · 274 open roles · median 68 d
- ASML · 183 open roles · median 73 d
- ASM International · 163 open roles · median 86 d
How we counted: 3892 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 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.