Equipment Technician - US-CA-Santa Rosa-Bldg 1, United States
$67,030 USD yearly
Originally posted 12 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves supporting the Thin Film department as an Equipment Technician in a semiconductor manufacturing facility at Keysight Technologies' Santa Rosa site, focused on product development and building test instruments.
What you'll do
- Maintain and repair electro-mechanical equipment that may use high vacuum, sub-micron precision, exotic chemistry, and advanced imaging.
- Work closely with process engineers and operators to aid in both volume production and R&D process development.
- Work with suppliers to select and purchase spare parts, and to coordinate service visits.
- Perform preventative maintenance and emergency repairs in a manufacturing environment.
- Develop written maintenance procedures and determine spare parts requirements.
- 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 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 disciplines including mechanics, electronics, materials science, and software engineering.
- Experience with semiconductor manufacturing techniques.
- Experience with high vacuum technology, deposition methods, different etching technologies and RF sources.
This role has been open 2 days — well below the 54-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3787
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Median days open
54 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 (3787 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 48 | 3787 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 125 | 9896 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 48 d | 54 d (−6 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 616 open roles · median 54 d
- Lam Research · 563 open roles · median 42 d
- Micron Technology · 284 open roles · median 42 d
- KLA Corporation · 246 open roles · median 67 d
- ASML · 188 open roles · median 69 d
- ASM International · 162 open roles · median 83 d
How we counted: 3787 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.