Senior Field Service Lead for Semiconductor Equipment

Delve Search - Global Search Consultants; Limerick; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Delve Search - Global Search Consultants seeks a Senior Field Service Engineer / Site Lead to oversee field service delivery for Ireland customer accounts. The role combines hands-on service with technical leadership, ensuring installation, diagnosis and repair of advanced semiconductor equipment.

You will act as the main customer liaison, coordinate on-site teams and mentor junior engineers while driving technical excellence and continuous improvement across the site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, or related engineering discipline.
• Significant hands-on experience servicing semiconductor capital equipment, ideally including front-end process tools.
• Alternative experience from pharma/medical devices or other high-tech areas is also considered.
• Proven track record in a customer-facing field service role with mentoring or leadership experience.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across electrical, mechanical, and software systems.
• Excellent communication skills, able to liaise with senior customer contacts.
• Structured, analytical approach to problem solving and root-cause investigation.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact for the customer on all administrative and technical matters relating to installed systems.
• Oversee installation, diagnosis, troubleshooting, and repair of complex semiconductor equipment, ensuring quality and performance standards are met.
• Lead and coordinate the on-site field service team, allocating work and providing technical guidance.
• Interpret customer needs and determine whether issues should be routed to sales, customer support, or engineering.
• Instruct and support customers on the correct operation and maintenance of installed systems.
• Drive continuous improvement and process consistency across the site.
• Provide escalation support for complex technical issues beyond the scope of junior engineers.

Skills

Customer-facing

Leadership / mentoring

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Root-cause analysis

On-site coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering

Tools

Front-end process tools

Job description

Delve Search - Global Search Consultants seeks a Senior Field Service Engineer / Site Lead to oversee field service delivery for Ireland customer accounts. The role combines hands-on service with technical leadership, ensuring installation, diagnosis and repair of advanced semiconductor equipment.

You will act as the main customer liaison, coordinate on-site teams and mentor junior engineers while driving technical excellence and continuous improvement across the site.