Sr. Equipment Engineer Etch Job#0997
About the role
Improve tool performance and availability for etching equipment in a clean room environment. Install and qualify new tool sets for 5-nanometer or beyond equipment according to planned schedules to add capacity.
What you'll do
- Solve critical equipment issues to improve tool uptime availability and utilization efficiency.
- Identify and pursue opportunities for hardware capability enhancement, driving 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.
- Communicate with cross-function engineers or vendors, serving as a module liaison with facilities, vendor, and manufacturing shift personnel.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automation Engineering, or a related field, plus 2 years of experience in an engineering role.
- Education or experience with semiconductor manufacturing principles, practices, and techniques as they relate to equipment engineering and maintenance.
- Education or experience with 5nm or below technology and beyond in the logic chip semiconductor industry.
- Education or experience in dry etching processing.
- Education or experience in Tokyo Electron Ltd (TEL) F1000/FrepCC/Leaga, Applied Materials (AMAT) Sym3/SRP, and Lam Research Flex FL/Kiyo FX/Argos tool models.
- Education or experience in Lam Research Flex FL/Kiyo FX/Argos tool preventive maintenance (PM) and troubleshooting.
- Completion of a full facility installation process of a Lam etching tool.
- Willingness and ability to work on-site at the Phoenix, Arizona facility.
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First seen in our index 13 days ago, well below the 55-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3941
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Median days since first seen
55 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$118k
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| Metric | TSMC Arizona | All employers we track in this specialty (3941 roles · 87 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 49 | 3941 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 97 | 10337 · 118 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 182 d | 55 d (−127 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $118k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 675 open roles · median 55 d
- Lam Research · 548 open roles · median 44 d
- KLA Corporation · 316 open roles · median 57 d
- Micron Technology · 253 open roles · median 59 d
- ASML · 197 open roles · median 79 d
- ASM International · 165 open roles · median 77 d
How we counted: 3941 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 87 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 12 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, and is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.