Senior Technician I

Job Title

Senior Technician I

Agency

Texas A&M Engineering

Department

Electrical Engineering

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

College Station, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

Why work for Texas A&M Engineering?

Who we are:

Texas A&M Engineering is a large employer in the great and growing cities of Bryan/College Station, offering thousands of career opportunities in a wide variety of fields. We are deeply committed to recruiting and retaining a talented workforce that embraces our core values of respect, excellence, leadership, loyalty, integrity, and service. Texas A&M Engineering offers competitive salaries, full benefits, an extensive support network, and above all, an enriching and highly collaborative working community that is deeply passionate about our vision for higher education, research, and public service.

Job Description

The Senior Technician I, under the management of the Associate Department Head, will be responsible for performing various aspects of utilities, facilities, and process equipment repair and maintenance in support of the Texas A&M Academic Teaching Nanofabrication Facility, our primary teaching fab for undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as supporting ZACH and Web labs that are managed by the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.

Responsibilities:

• Maintenance and support for facilities, utility equipment, and nanofabrication processing equipment; ensuring proper PPE rules are adhered to and ensuring safety standards are maintained.
• Use technical manuals, online resources, and OEM representatives to maintain the equipment operational with a minimum of downtime and provide an annual budget for the maintenance of all the equipment and labs.
• Strict adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and cleanliness protocols in a cleanroom facility are mandatory.
• Demonstrate continuous personal pursuit in increasing job knowledge and proficiency with different systems.
• Maintain a positive, professional, and customer-oriented attitude.
• Provide rigorous documentation of processes and procedures. Organize their workload and workspaces. Work well with professors and staff members in both the department and the academic labs, external contractors, and undergraduate student workers. 
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What is needed:

• A Bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

What is helpful:

• Significant experience in semiconductor or related industry.
• Hands-on experience with the maintenance and operation of a variety of nanofabrication tools, such as thin film deposition, photolithography, metrology, and reactive ion etching tools. Experience should involve troubleshooting a variety of hardware and software issues on the equipment.
• Hands-on experience with nanofabrication process and measurement equipment in addition to peripheral equipment, such as vacuum pumps, chillers, and ion gauges.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to solve a variety of nanofabrication equipment hardware and software issues independently and provide maintenance, reliability, and operational leadership for a variety of tooling, including photolithography, reactive ion etching, metrology, thin film deposition, electrical testing, and dicing saw tool sets.
• Ability to perform routine troubleshooting and maintenance functions with little to no supervision after training and work with field service engineers on more complex equipment interventions.
• Ability to work with other contractors, engineers, and quality control personnel regarding changes or improvements to the systems.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to repair electrical test equipment.
• Working knowledge of the facilities associated with a Class 100 cleanroom, such as CDA, N2, air handlers, dirty air scrubbers, and fan filter units.
• Ability to troubleshoot a variety of equipment and facilities issues independently and provide a plan for resolution to management.
• May experience prolonged sitting, standing, walking, bending, stooping, and stretching; climbing ladders and stairs of various heights; lifting equipment; and be exposed to noisy environ