Junior Furnace Technician - Night Shift 1 - Hopewell Junction, NY, United States
$38,396 - $85,404 USD yearly
Originally posted 1 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves sustaining and running the fab floor with primary responsibility for resolving equipment and process issues within a 300mm diffusion furnace environment.
What you'll do
- Monitor, control, and qualify 300 mm diffusion furnace semiconductor equipment.
- Perform preventive maintenance activities.
- React to error messages of factory systems and/or equipment.
- Review Statistical Process Control charts and other system indicators for process quality and react to Out of Control conditions, including defect troubleshooting.
- Recover from process and tool interruptions.
- Identify and address potential areas for improvement to optimize tool availability, cycle time, utilization, and cost.
What you'll need
- High School Degree (or equivalent)
- 2-4 years of relevant experience
- Fluency in English Language – written & verbal
- Able to perform shift work on a 12-hour shift schedule, including working in a cleanroom environment.
- Able to wear all required cleanroom & safety protective clothing and equipment throughout a 12-hour day (excluding breaks).
- Able to lift a minimum of 30 pounds on a periodic basis throughout the shift.
- Able to perform work in a standing position for the majority of a 12-hour shift (excluding breaks).
Skills: diffusion furnace, semiconductor equipment, preventive maintenance, process issues, SPC
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 79-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Deposition Process
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Open roles in category
115
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Median days open
79 d
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Median salary
$168k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | onsemi | All employers we track in this specialty (115 roles · 17 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 115 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 272 | 9581 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 0 d | 79 d (−79 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $168k |
Skills observed across this category: diffusion furnace, semiconductor equipment, preventive maintenance, process issues, SPC
Who's hiring in this category
- ASM International · 28 open roles · median 71 d
- Lam Research · 26 open roles · median 82 d
- Applied Materials · 24 open roles · median 53 d
- Veeco Instruments · 7 open roles · median 64 d
- Micron Technology · 6 open roles · median 92 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 4 open roles · median 126 d
How we counted: 115 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Deposition Process) roles from 17 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 1 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.