Manufacturing Equipment Technician (MTE) - Day Shift - Shift 5 - Arizona, Phoenix, United States
$60,450 - $116,640 USD yearly
Originally posted 11 August 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 20 October 2026.
About the role
This role supports cleanroom operations for Intel's Advanced Packaging Technology Development - Substrate and Wafer Assembly (ATPD: SWA) team in Arizona on Shift 5. You will maintain, calibrate, troubleshoot, and optimize wet chemistry, plating, and dry high-vacuum toolsets.
What you'll do
- Perform complex electrical and mechanical troubleshooting to diagnose and repair semiconductor manufacturing equipment. - Conduct routine setup, calibration, and preventive maintenance on wet chemistry, plating, and dry high-vacuum toolsets. - Read and interpret complex electrical schematics, blueprints, engineering drawings, and operating manuals to assemble or dismantle hardware. - Systematically document all maintenance events, repairs, findings, and parts usage in tracking databases. - Partner with engineering, process, and support teams to conduct root-cause analyses, reduce equipment downtime, and implement yield improvement initiatives.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field; OR Associate degree in a technical field; OR High School Diploma/GED with 2.5+ years of equipment maintenance experience, 3+ years of technical experience, or 4+ years of field service engineer-level semiconductor maintenance experience or military technical experience. - Ability to lift 25-pound parts 1-2 times per shift on average. - Ability to climb and perform work on ladders 1-3 times per shift on average. - Ability to stand and walk for up to 80% of the workday.
Nice to have
- 1+ years of experience with troubleshooting, installation, repair, and operation of electronics equipment, wafer fabrication tools, or assembly/test tools. - Experience working with wet chemistry, plating, and/or dry high-vacuum equipment in a manufacturing or R&D environment. - Experience using electrical and/or mechanical measuring devices such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, calipers, and micrometers. - Experience using torque wrenches and other standard hand tools. - Experience reading and interpreting complex electrical schematics and mechanical drawings. - Experience working on and repairing mechanical and/or electrical equipment systems in a manufacturing, semiconductor, or industrial environment.
This role has been open 70 days — well above the 55-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3837
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Median days open
55 d
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Median salary
$126k
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| Metric | Intel Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (3837 roles · 81 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 49 | 3837 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 188 | 10037 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 42 d | 55 d (−13 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 627 open roles · median 54 d
- Lam Research · 581 open roles · median 41 d
- Micron Technology · 287 open roles · median 46 d
- KLA Corporation · 255 open roles · median 70 d
- ASML · 191 open roles · median 70 d
- ASM International · 162 open roles · median 88 d
How we counted: 3837 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 81 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 20 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.