Senior Maintenance and Facilities Tech, 2nd Shift Position

SUMMARY:

Performs troubleshooting, repairs, and preventive maintenance on semiconductor related wafer fabrication equipment. Establishes effective preventative maintenance schedules and procedures. Displays a working knowledge of vacuum, RF, pneumatics, valves, control systems, electronics, computers, robotics, calibration, process piping or other manufacturing equipment and Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO). Modifies and repairs electronic subsystems, including PLCs, through use of schematic diagrams, logic diagrams, or equipment manuals as furnished. Performs root cause troubleshooting to the board and component level. Utilizes hand tools, meters, scopes, and other test and diagnostic equipment to perform system checks.

Reviews and maintains spares inventory to ensure tools availability. Conducts all work with a positive attitude and with a continuous focus on meeting and exceeding customer expectations. Secondary: Performs troubleshooting, repairs, preventive maintenance work on semiconductor photolithography equipment including exposure tools (projection and contact photolithography), wafer track tools, thin film metrology tools.

RESPONSIBILITIES (INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO):

• A Senior Maintenance and Facilities Technician is expected to perform the following duties and responsibilities.
• Troubleshoot to board/component level. Interface and coordinate as needed with equipment vendors to source parts and outside repair expertise in a timely and cost effective manner.
• Dismantle, adjust, repair, and reassemble equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, operating or maintenance manuals.
• Plan, organize, and execute equipment installs and upgrades.
• Monitor and recommend equipment improvements to reduce downtime, increase capacity, and improve quality of product.
• Implement permanent corrective actions to prevent reoccurring equipment failures, wafer scrap, or defect excursions, and recommend procedural improvements.
• Analyze trend, pare to and SPC data to evaluate equipment performance. Define & perform corrective actions as required to optimize tool performance. Perform test runs to document effective tool repair.
• Initiate new scheduled preventative maintenance procedures and modify existing procedures to ensure optimum equipment performance.
• Champion continuous improvement activities to improve equipment availability, productivity, yield enhancement and reduce cycle time.
• Assists with development of training programs for junior maintenance techs, process techs, and other production support personnel.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Associates Degree with an emphasis in electronics or semiconductor technology and/or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Preferred: Minimum of five years as a senior maintenance technician in a semiconductor wafer fabrication facility, semiconductor equipment manufacturing facility or related manufacturing facility.
• Experience with MS Office software for data recording, report writing, documentation. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Must possess “soft skills”: conflict resolution and negotiation, personal effectiveness, creative problem solving, strategic thinking, team building, and influencing skills

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use of hands or fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls and keyboarding; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk and hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work with cross-functional teams to resolve maintenance issues, install new tools, improve equipment reliability and minimize equipment downtime.
• Demonstrate effective leadership, team building, and conflict resolution skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal direction from supervisor or equipment engineering.
• Champion promotion of a safe work environment.
• Demonstrates willingness to learn job functions and responsibilities outside of current job function