Lab Equipment & Facilities Technician

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Setting: In-office

Work Location: Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

Work Hours: Office hours

Find out more here: https://semianalysis.com

Position Overview

SemiAnalysis is the leading independent research firm covering the semiconductor and AI industries. STEEL is our semiconductor teardown and characterization lab in Hillsboro, Oregon, built to take leading-edge hardware apart and understand how it is designed, manufactured, and assembled.

We are hiring a Lab Equipment & Facilities Technician to keep STEEL and its equipment running at a high standard. This is a hands-on role responsible for tool readiness, troubleshooting, repairs, facilities upkeep, vendor coordination, consumables, and day-to-day environmental health and safety.

STEEL operates a broad range of leading-edge analytical, sample-preparation, and precision mechanical equipment, including electron and ion beam tools, optical and X-ray systems, CNC and machining equipment, and chemical and wet-process stations. The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys working across a wide tool base, takes ownership of the lab floor, and treats safety, quality, and uptime as non-negotiable.

Responsibilities

• Triage, troubleshoot, and repair lab equipment across the floor.
• Use practical, out-of-the-box thinking to repair tools safely and cost-effectively.
• Manage OEM service contracts, including opening tickets, hosting field engineers, and holding vendors accountable to scope and schedule.
• Maintain facilities and infrastructure, including HVAC, process support systems, vacuum systems, mechanical and electrical systems, compressed gases, cryogens, and environmental monitoring.
• Use machining and 3D printing to fix systems, solve problems, and enable new lab capabilities.
• Manage the preventive maintenance and calibration calendar across instruments and facilities.
• Own day-to-day EH&S activities, including chemical, mechanical, electrical, cryogenic, and compressed-gas safety.
• Maintain waste manifests, SDS records, hazmat processes, and emergency equipment.
• Own consumables, spare parts, and purchasing for the lab.
• Support lab build-out, commissioning, and tool acceptance.
• Assist with developing SOPs, preventive maintenance checklists, and operating procedures.
  
  

Requirements

• Hands-on experience maintaining precision analytical, semiconductor, vacuum-based, or similarly complex technical equipment.
• Comfortable working across a broad tool base and facility systems, rather than being limited to one instrument or trade.
• Strong safety discipline across chemical, mechanical, electrical, cryogenic, and compressed-gas hazards.
• Good judgment under pressure, with the ability to decide when to fix an issue immediately, escalate to a vendor, or shut a system down.
• Strong documentation habits for maintenance, repairs, procedures, and safety records.
• Relevant training or background to perform the role, whether formal, military, self-taught, or gained through hands-on technical experience.
• High ownership mindset and willingness to be accountable for lab uptime, safety, and readiness.
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Experience serving on a safety committee or in a designated safety role.
• Experience building policies, procedures, or infrastructure to meet regulatory requirements.
• Experience working directly with facilities vendors, OEMs, and construction contractors.
• Hands-on experience with FIB, SEM, TEM, or sample-preparation tooling.
• CNC, machining, fabrication, or 3D printing experience.
• Cleanroom or ESD discipline.
• Basic scripting experience, especially Python, for log parsing, monitoring, and trend analysis.
• Experience supporting lab build-outs, commissioning, or equipment acceptance.
  
  

Growth Areas

• Opportunity to become the primary owner of lab readiness, maintenance standards, and equipment uptime across STEEL.
• Exposure to a broad range of advanced semiconductor, analytical, and sample-preparation tools beyond what is typically available in a single-tool fab assignment.
• Ability to help build and scale the lab’s safety, maintenance, calibration, and vendor-management systems from the ground up.
• Opportunity to develop deeper expertise in semiconductor teardown, characterization workflows, and advanced hardware analysis.
• High visibility in a small, technical team where the work directly enables published SemiAnalysis research.
• Potential to grow into broader lab operations, facilities leadership, equipment engineering, or technical operations ownership as STEEL scales.