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Job Description

Equipment Engineer

location: Albany

time type Full time-Contract role

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Job Description

Do you enjoy working with equipment, or learning how electronics function? The Equipment Engineer role(an Engineer who works on equipment inside a Semiconductor Manufacturing Fab) is the position for you, where you will work with our advanced deposition team to maintain and upgrade equipment to be able to evaluate next generation processes in the semiconductor industry.  Here at Tokyo Electron, we take pride in our inclusive culture. We empower our Engineers to support leading technology and interact with our customers, to supply semiconductor chips that the world relies on every day.

Technology Enabling Life.

Shift: Day Shift

The Day to Day (Responsibilities):

• Work in a clean room environment wearing protective and lightweight clothing, i.e. Bunny suit, hood, booties, safety glasses, and gloves, as well as safety boots.

• Performs on-site installation, troubleshoot, service, repair of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and Performs upgrades and modifications to equipment as needed.

• Orders and installs parts, maintain inventory of spare parts

• Use technical writing skills to create Operating Procedures

• Develop test specifications, methods and procedures from blueprints, drawings and diagrams.

• Prepares technical reports summarizing findings and recommending solutions to technical problems.

• Interface with external vendors on outsourced products and services

• Handle contaminated parts, with appropriate PPE, to rebuilt reactors when implementing new modifications

• Handle chemical ampoules independently after being trained by senior engineers

What to expect

Within the first week

• Complete on-board orientation, safety training, other company and site required training

• Gain access to the cleanroom and other work areas for job shadowing opportunities

• Become familiar with how the team communicates using tools such as MS Teams/email.

Within the first month

• Become familiar with group goals and your role to meet those goals

• Shadow both hardware and process engineers working in the cleanroom and other work areas

• Pick up at least one independent activity from another team member

Within the first three months

• Be working independently on several projects

• Write up weekly passdown on all projects including progress, gaps, timelines and needed parts

Preferred Skills and Education

• Associates Degree or related work experience; completion of military technical training and field experience may substitute for an Associate's Degree. Must be legally authorized to work in US without sponsorship.

• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

• Self-starting individual with strong technical and hands-on skills

• Experienced with wide range of hand tools and power tools used for assembling hardware components

• Able to read and create electrical diagrams

• Possess basic knowledge of safely handling acids and solvents

• Understanding of vacuum systems fundamentals and integral hardware components to achieve and measure low vacuum state

• Ability to lift at least 35 lbs.

• Basic professional communication skills and ability to build constructive workplace business relationships.

• Employees must also maintain standards of conduct acceptable to both TEL and customers to maintain credentials for being on customer site(s).

• Basic mechanical aptitude and knowledge in any of the following: pneumatics, hydraulics, electronics, vacuum, or thermodynamics

• Project Management training recommended

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