Senior Equipment Engineer #2301 - USA-Arizona, United States
Originally posted 18 February 2026 by the employer.
Improve tool performance and qualify tool sets for 5-nanometer and beyond equipment in a clean room environment.
About the role
Improve tool performance and availability for diffusion, thin film, lithography, or etching equipment in a clean room environment. This role oversees the installation and qualification of new tool sets for 5-nanometer or beyond equipment to add capacity.
What you'll do
- Solve critical equipment issues to improve tool uptime availability and utilization efficiency. - Manage opportunities for hardware capability enhancement and drive defect reduction. - Drive root causes and corrective action analysis on process escalations. - Install and qualify new tool sets for 5-nanometer or beyond equipment according to planned schedules to meet process release standards. - Serve as a main point of contact with cross-function engineers and vendors, and act as a module liaison with facilities, vendor, and manufacturing shift personnel.
What you'll need
- Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, Chemical Engineering, Automation Engineering, or a related field plus 1 year of engineering experience; or a Bachelor’s degree in the same fields plus 3 years of engineering experience. - 1 year of experience with semiconductor manufacturing principles, practices, and techniques as they relate to equipment engineering and maintenance. - 1 year of experience with 5nm technology or beyond in the logic chip semiconductor industry. - 1 year of experience in at least 1 of the following: ALD, lithography, CVD, RTP, dry etching, or wet cleaning processing. - 1 year of experience in at least 2 of the following: mechanical component design, tooling design, or machine design. - 1 year of experience in at least 2 of the following software tools: Creo 3D CAD, Pro-E, AutoCAD, MATLAB, COMSOL, or Solidworks. - Willingness and ability to work on-site at the Phoenix, Arizona facility.
This role has been open 163 days — well above the 54-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3894
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$126k
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| Metric | TSMC Arizona | All employers we track in this specialty (3894 roles · 84 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 42 | 3894 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 92 | 10039 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 163 d | 54 d (+109 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 637 open roles · median 54 d
- Lam Research · 571 open roles · median 39 d
- KLA Corporation · 288 open roles · median 66 d
- Micron Technology · 278 open roles · median 47 d
- ASML · 186 open roles · median 74 d
- ASM International · 156 open roles · median 82 d
How we counted: 3894 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 84 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 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.