Senior Engineer, Field Service
Originally posted 16 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Senior Field Service Engineer, you will support customers by installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing advanced semiconductor capital equipment. This position involves working with semiconductor technology and collaborating with global teams.
What you'll do
- Perform installation, qualification, preventative maintenance, and remedial repair activities on complex semiconductor capital equipment.
- Troubleshoot and resolve electrical, electronic, mechanical, and software-related equipment issues in customer manufacturing environments.
- Provide timely technical support to customers.
- Interpret and utilize electronic and electro-mechanical schematics, drawings, and technical documentation to diagnose equipment issues.
- Support equipment upgrades, modifications, and process improvements.
- Document service activities, maintenance actions, and technical findings accurately and thoroughly.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electronics, Electro-Mechanical Technology, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent military technical training.
- 5+ years of field service, customer support, or semiconductor manufacturing experience involving complex capital equipment.
- Strong troubleshooting skills with complex microprocessor-controlled electro-mechanical systems.
- Ability to read and interpret electrical, electronic, and electro-mechanical schematics and drawings.
- Experience performing preventative maintenance, installations, repairs, and system diagnostics.
- Working knowledge of oscilloscopes, digital voltmeters (DVMs), and common diagnostic tools.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting semiconductor capital equipment in wafer fabrication environments.
- Knowledge of vacuum systems, closed-loop gas control systems, and electro-pneumatic controls.
- Experience with Epitaxial tool sets.
- Experience with RF-induced plasma technologies.
- Familiarity with robotics, motion control systems, and microprocessor-based controllers.
- Understanding of software fundamentals and equipment control systems.
- Experience handling or working around toxic and/or flammable gases and chemicals in semiconductor environments.
- Knowledge of structured problem-solving methodologies and root-cause analysis techniques.
More semiconductor jobs: ASM International jobs · Equipment engineering jobs
This role has been open 18 days — well below the 55-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3875
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Median days open
55 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$125k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | ASM International | All employers we track in this specialty (3875 roles · 82 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 155 | 3875 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 270 | 10046 · 105 employers |
| Median days open | 83 d | 55 d (+28 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $125k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 662 open roles · median 55 d
- Lam Research · 560 open roles · median 41 d
- KLA Corporation · 309 open roles · median 61 d
- Micron Technology · 248 open roles · median 50 d
- ASML · 193 open roles · median 77 d
- ASM International (this employer) · 155 open roles · median 83 d
How we counted: 3875 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 82 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 3 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.