Manufacturing Technician I (T1) - 2nd Shift - Austin, TX, United States
$18,000 - $24,800 USD hourly
Originally posted 17 September 2026 by the employer — open 0 days.
About the role
This role involves hands-on work in a cleanroom environment to build, repair, and test semiconductor equipment. You will contribute to the manufacturing of display and wafer fabrication equipment.
What you'll do
- Utilize work orders, schematics, wiring diagrams, and instructions to build, repair, and test electrical, electro-mechanical, vacuum, and pneumatic assemblies, subassemblies, and components.
- Perform electro-mechanical assembly operations, troubleshooting, and repair, identifying and correcting errors.
- Maintain a secure, safe, clean, and healthy work environment, following safety standards and reporting hazards.
- Utilize test fixtures, electronic measurement equipment, leak detectors, and/or vacuum pumps to test assemblies, subassemblies, and components.
- Enter data on computer terminals for progress, work expense, and labor details.
- Perform audits to ensure necessary parts are available and inspected for defects, and troubleshoot and improve processes.
What you'll need
- Experience utilizing work orders, schematics, wiring diagrams, parts and wire lists, and written and/or verbal instructions.
- Experience with electro-mechanical assembly operations.
- Experience with troubleshooting and repair of electrical, electro-mechanical, vacuum, and pneumatic assemblies, subassemblies, and components.
- Experience utilizing test fixtures, electronic measurement equipment, leak detectors, and/or vacuum pumps.
- Ability to perform computer programming, repair, or software installs.
- Ability to enter data on computer terminal and perform audits.
Skills: cleanroom environment, build and test equipment, electro-mechanical assembly, troubleshooting, test fixtures
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 48-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3551
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Median days open
48 d
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Median salary
$128k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Applied Materials | All employers we track in this specialty (3551 roles · 80 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 611 | 3551 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1087 | 9374 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 49 d | 48 d (+1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $128k |
Skills observed across this category: cleanroom environment, build and test equipment, electro-mechanical assembly, troubleshooting, test fixtures
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 610 open roles · median 49 d
- Lam Research · 505 open roles · median 42 d
- Micron Technology · 245 open roles · median 32 d
- KLA Corporation · 216 open roles · median 57 d
- ASML · 168 open roles · median 68 d
- ASM International · 141 open roles · median 72 d
How we counted: 3551 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 80 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 Sept 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.