# Semiconductor Equipment Engineer

**Company:** [Atomicsemi](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/atomicsemi)
**Location:** Austin, TX, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $115k – $160k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Onshape, Solidworks, Spc, Wafer Fabrication, Etch, Deposition, Lithography, Metrology, Vacuum Systems, Robotics, Cleanroom Protocols, Data Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Sem, Ellipsometry
**Posted:** 2026-01-25

> Equipment Engineer maintains, troubleshoots, and improves semiconductor fabrication tools like anneal, deposition, and etch systems. Requires 3+ years experience, bachelor's degree, wafer process knowledge, CAD proficiency, and electro-mechanical skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Generate accurate and detailed documentation for facility, maintenance, and process owners: Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), technical reports, corrective and preventive maintenance plans, and other critical documentation.
- Respond to tool maintenance calls and take the lead role in bringing tools up efficiently and effectively.
- Collaborate with engineering or other cross functional groups to investigate and resolve maintenance issues, improve equipment reliability, review procedures, and minimize equipment downtime.
- Establish, review regularly, and respond to SPC alerts for equipment parameters. Monitor tool alarm logs regularly and follow through for proactive actions and continuous improvement opportunities. Drive tool matching and yield improvement through design and engineering improvements.
- Actively contribute to continuous improvement programs to improve equipment performance and reliability; maximize Mean Productive Time Between Failure (MTBF).
- Define and review regularly the minimum (reorder) and maximum spares quantities on critical and long lead items to ensure inventories are at the correct level to support equipment maintenance and repair effort.
- Support and train maintenance personnel.

## Required Experience
- Bachelors degree and 3+ years of applicable experience.
- Strong understanding of wafer fabrication processes (etch, deposition, lithography, metrology, etc.).
- Comfortable with Onshape, SolidWorks, or similar software.
- Familiarity with equipment control systems vacuum systems, robotics, and cleanroom protocols.
- Proficiency in data analysis, SPC, and root cause methodologies.

## Nice-to-have
- Knowledge of vacuum systems, including helium leak detection.
- Familiarity with endpoint detection tools (SEM, ellipsometry, spectroscopy).
- Experience with OEMs like ASML, Applied Materials, Lam Research, Tokyo Electron.

## Compensation
- Annual salary range: $115,000 – $160,000, based on qualifications and experience.
- Total compensation includes generous equity.


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