Manufacturing Specialist - Night Shift - US-CA-Santa Rosa-Bldg 1, United States
$67,030 USD yearly
Originally posted 19 February 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role supports IC manufacturing equipment maintenance and repair within Keysight's High Frequency Technology Center Wafer Fab.
What you'll do
- Maintain and repair electro-mechanical equipment utilizing high vacuum, sub-micron precision, and specialized chemistry techniques. - Perform preventative maintenance and emergency repairs in a wafer fab manufacturing environment. - Work closely with process engineers and operators to support volume production and R&D process development. - Work with suppliers to select and purchase spare parts and coordinate service visits. - Collaborate with the Equipment Engineering team to install new process tools and assist in the retirement of legacy tools. - Develop written maintenance procedures, PM and repair workflows, and assist with hardware improvements and automation projects.
What you'll need
- Maintenance experience with manufacturing equipment or other complex systems. - Familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite of tools and standard engineering practices. - Proven ability to manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously and solve complex problems independently.
Nice to have
- Previous experience maintaining semiconductor equipment or complex manufacturing hardware. - AS/BA/BS degree in Electronics, military electronics training, or 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, etching technologies, and RF sources.
Skills: equipment maintenance, repair, electro-mechanical equipment, preventative maintenance, new process tools
This role has been open 215 days — well above the 56-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3866
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Median days open
56 d
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Median salary
$126k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Keysight Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (3866 roles · 84 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 43 | 3866 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 123 | 10039 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 47 d | 56 d (−9 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Skills observed across this category: equipment maintenance, repair, electro-mechanical equipment, preventative maintenance, new process tools
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 621 open roles · median 58 d
- Lam Research · 572 open roles · median 39 d
- KLA Corporation · 287 open roles · median 68 d
- Micron Technology · 278 open roles · median 49 d
- ASML · 184 open roles · median 78 d
- ASM International · 156 open roles · median 84 d
How we counted: 3866 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 84 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 26 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.