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Equipment Technician, CMP

Tower Semiconductor
Newport, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/7/2026

Job Description

Responsible for performing advanced level repair, calibration, and preventative maintenance for semiconductor equipment, Diffusion area. Must demonstrate ability to take a leadership role in evaluating and providing maintenance requirements to ensure maximum availability of production equipment. Interfaces with Production and Engineers to identify and resolve process-related issues and provide technical guidance to other lower-level technicians. Determine methods and procedures for new assignments. May be informal team leader, and lead/direct the activities of the area shift pass-downs, and set priorities based on production requirements for the rest of the team. Must be able to work on difficult tasks as an independent contributor and in a team environment.


Shift: Sunday - Tuesday and every other Saturday 530pm - 530am


This Job Is For You If

  • Perform complex machinery problem solving of semiconductor equipment in production environment for CMP area and participate on problem solving teams.
  • Ability to work under the direction of an Equipment Engineer and/or Engineering Manager to plan and execute improvement project initiatives.
  • Able to develop his/her own resources to solve problems and provides imaginative solutions to a broad range of difficult problems producing significant results.
  • Analyze recurring equipment failures and suggest innovative technical solutions, or new work methods.
  • Lead and direct the activities to develop/improve existing semiconductor equipment maintenance procedures and systems.
  • Collect equipment-specific performance data working with Engineering to develop and implement solutions to equipment-specific failures based on collected Pareto data, and tool deficiencies.
  • Provide technical equipment-specific training to lower-level technicians.
  • Interface and direct vendor support to resolve equipment related failures.
  • Ability to perform diagnostic troubleshooting and repair malfunctioning equipment to component level (diagnostic to component level), as needed.
  • Ability to take a lead role in resolving process issues and participate in yield investigations.
  • Proper judgment is required in resolving problems and carrying out assignment and making recommendations.
  • Participate and lead/direct ERT/Safety events, during the absence of supervision.
  • Ensure all required parts are on order and follow up as required to minimize equipment MTTR.
  • Must be able to work independently with minimal support.
  • Viewed as a technical expert in more than one Production tool type


Job Requirements

  • Associate of Science degree with an emphasis in Electronics or equivalent.
  • Minimum 7 years technical experience in the semiconductor industry.
  • Must have demonstrated working knowledge of advanced electro-mechanical systems operations and maintenance and be able to work with minimal or no assistance.
  • Must have strong knowledge of electronic theory, vacuum and pneumatics theory, principles of electrical circuits, motor control systems and test procedures and the ability to troubleshoot to component level.
  • Direct working experience with at least one of the listed toolsets is required: AMAT Mirra Mesa and SpeedFam Auriga platforms.
  • OnTrak systems experience is also desirable

Wage band:

$28/hr - $45/hr

Salary : $28 - $45

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