Facilities Mechanical & MEI Construction Technician - Richardson, TX, United States
Originally posted 21 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Texas Instruments is seeking a Facilities Mechanical & MEI Construction Technician to join the Design and Construction (D&C) team. The role provides technical support for project-execution activities including construction, design, specification, documentation, start-up, and commissioning of facility mechanical systems and fab manufacturing equipment.
What you'll do
- Support field execution of mechanical systems construction and equipment installation projects, ensuring alignment with project scope, drawings, and TI standards. - Coordinate day-to-day field activities and scheduling with contractors, project managers, system owners, and operations partners. - Conduct field walkthroughs, safety observations, and reliability checks to verify compliance and identify risks or quality gaps. - Review drawings, specifications, and field conditions to submit RFIs and provide technical input during planning, installation, start-up, and commissioning. - Create MEI install packages utilizing FSIM data, coordinate equipment bases, and manage utility space allocations. - Perform approved non-critical system manipulations, troubleshooting, and minor repairs to ensure system readiness.
What you'll need
- High school diploma or GED. - 5 years of relevant facilities, construction, or mechanical systems technician experience. - Experience reading and working from mechanical, electrical, chemical, and controls drawings. - Experience supporting installation, startup, troubleshooting, repair, or construction of utility and mechanical systems such as CHW, HW, PCW, DIW, exhaust, pumps, and piping systems. - Experience coordinating field work with contractors, engineers, and operations partners.
Nice to have
- Proficiency with standard business software and maintenance/project systems such as Outlook, Excel, Word, and SAP. - Associate’s degree, trade school certification, apprenticeship, or other related technical credential in mechanical, industrial, facilities, or construction disciplines. - Experience supporting facilities, central utility, or construction work in a semiconductor, manufacturing, or other industrial environment. - Experience supporting construction turnover, start-up, commissioning, or system handoff activities. - Experience using tools or systems such as CX Alloy, AutoCAD, PM Web, ACC Build, or similar project, maintenance, or commissioning platforms. - Experience working in a live operating environment with tight safety, reliability, and change-control requirements.
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 51-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
992
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$154k
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| Metric | Texas Instruments | All employers we track in this specialty (992 roles · 104 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 992 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 32 | 6296 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 20 d | 51 d (−31 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $154k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Intel Corporation · 76 open roles · median 33 d
- KLA Corporation · 63 open roles · median 47 d
- Teradyne · 57 open roles · median 33 d
- NVIDIA · 52 open roles · median 68 d
- Applied Materials · 51 open roles · median 69 d
- AMD · 47 open roles · median 53 d
How we counted: 992 open Hardware Systems Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 104 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 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 Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.