Originally posted 24 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role leads maintenance operations within a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing environment, focusing on shift execution, personnel leadership, and tool performance oversight.
What you'll do
- Lead and supervise maintenance technicians during assigned shift
- Work with operations to reach daily production targets
- Respond to equipment excursions and coordinate with engineering and operations teams
- Monitor uptime metrics (availability, WIP load)
- Support troubleshooting of tool problems in conjunction with operations and engineering
- Drive root cause analysis (5-Why, Fishbone) for excursions
What you'll need
- 5+ years of semiconductor manufacturing experience
- 2+ years in a leadership or supervisory role
- Strong understanding of problem solving and decision-making methodologies
- Strong understanding of tool control strategies, including FDC and feed-back/feed-forward control
- Strong understanding of SPC and statistical analysis
- Experience in high-volume 200mm or 300mm fab environments
Nice to have
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or related field
- Experience ramping new tools or processes
- Familiarity with MES systems
- Proficiency in Excel
This role has been open 52 days — below the 54-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3787
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$126k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | SkyWater Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (3787 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 37 | 3787 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 77 | 9867 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 55 d | 54 d (+1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 616 open roles · median 54 d
- Lam Research · 563 open roles · median 42 d
- Micron Technology · 284 open roles · median 42 d
- KLA Corporation · 246 open roles · median 67 d
- ASML · 188 open roles · median 69 d
- ASM International · 162 open roles · median 83 d
How we counted: 3787 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.