$22 - $29 USD hourly
Originally posted 3 August 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 9 November 2026.
About the role
The Manufacturing Technician 2 performs skilled production tasks, equipment operation, and maintenance in a clean-room manufacturing environment. The role supports engineering teams with experiments, data collection, and process optimization while guiding less experienced technicians.
What you'll do
- Perform clean-room production activities following established procedures and safety protocols while tracking components using specialized software.
- Set up, calibrate, and perform routine preventative maintenance on manufacturing equipment to maintain uptime and repeatability.
- Identify equipment irregularities, perform basic troubleshooting, and escalate complex issues to engineering or maintenance teams.
- Collect and evaluate equipment and process data to execute on-line adjustments supporting process stability and optimization.
- Support engineering teams with tests, trials, experiments, and root-cause analysis to improve yields and enhance processes.
- Provide task-level training and coaching to lower-level technicians while maintaining logs, charts, and operational documentation.
What you'll need
- Minimum of 1 - 2 years of related experience operating manufacturing machinery and processes.
- Experience working in cleanroom operations with gowning and contamination-control procedures.
- Experience with equipment setup, calibration, and troubleshooting.
- Ability to work with precision measurement equipment, microscopes, and handle delicate components.
- Ability to work a night shift schedule (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and every other Saturday from 6:00pm to 6:15am).
Skills: microelectronics assembly, probe products, lapping, grinding, SPC data
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This role has been open 133 days — well above the 58-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2398
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Median days open
58 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$100k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | FormFactor | All employers we track in this specialty (2398 roles · 78 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 57 | 2398 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 113 | 10167 · 116 employers |
| Median days open | 49 d | 58 d (−9 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $100k |
Skills observed across this category: microelectronics assembly, probe products, lapping, grinding, SPC data
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 319 open roles · median 75 d
- Applied Materials · 265 open roles · median 42 d
- Entegris · 203 open roles · median 59 d
- Infineon Technologies · 100 open roles · median 46 d
- Lam Research · 99 open roles · median 77 d
- ASML · 76 open roles · median 49 d
How we counted: 2398 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 78 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Nov 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.