Senior MOCVD Equipment Lead — Reliability & Innovation

Plessey Semiconductors Ltd; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Plessey Semiconductors Ltd in Plymouth seeks an Equipment Technical Lead to ensure reliability and continuous improvement of key manufacturing equipment, focusing on MOCVD processes. You will act as the technical authority and partner with Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Facilities, and R&D to advance equipment capability and long-term performance.

You will lead problem-solving, drive new technologies, and deliver improvement initiatives that boost uptime and yield while ensuring safe

Qualifications

• 7+ years in equipment engineering or maintenance leadership with MOCVD manufacturing.
• Experience leading tool reliability and uptime improvement.
• Experience with preventive maintenance and lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Act as the module’s technical authority for MOCVD equipment technologies and set performance standards.
• Escalation point for tool owners to resolve complex issues quickly.
• Drive equipment improvements to enhance stability, capability, and productivity.
• Review programme requirements for feasibility and robustness.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to improve uptime and yield.
• Collaborate with Process Technical Lead on root-cause analyses and corrective actions.
• Deliver data-driven technical presentations to stakeholders.
• Coach and develop Tool Owners to grow capability.

Skills

Equipment leadership

MOCVD tooling

Problem solving

Maintenance strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical mentoring

Tools

MOCVD reactor systems

Vacuum systems

Metrology tools

Job description

Plessey Semiconductors Ltd in Plymouth seeks an Equipment Technical Lead to ensure reliability and continuous improvement of key manufacturing equipment, focusing on MOCVD processes. You will act as the technical authority and partner with Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Facilities, and R&D to advance equipment capability and long-term performance.

You will lead problem-solving, drive new technologies, and deliver improvement initiatives that boost uptime and yield while ensuring safe