[Expressing of Interest] Equipment Engineer (Etch / Litho)

RECRUIT123 PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruit123 is seeking an Equipment Engineer specializing in Etch or Photolithography to oversee wafer fabrication toolsets, drive uptime, and implement continuous improvements in a high-volume manufacturing environment.

You will sustain and optimize dry/wet etch tools or photolithography equipment, lead root-cause analyses on alarms, manage PM programs, and mentor technicians on the fab floor. Collaborate with process engineers and vendors to reduce costs and support expansions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field with 2–5 years of equipment maintenance in semiconductor wafer fab.
• Proven hands-on proficiency on major OEM equipment platforms and strong diagnostic skills.

Responsibilities

• Sustain, maintain, and optimize dry/wet etch tools or photolithography equipment to maximize uptime and yield.
• Lead root-cause failure analyses on chronic tool alarms; manage PM programs; supervise fab technicians.
• Collaborate with process engineers to address defectivity and wafer scrap; manage vendor relationships for parts.
• Drive cost-reduction via secondary sourcing and parts life-extension programs.
• Support tool hook-up, installation, modification, and qualification for expansions or tech node transitions.

Skills

Diagnostic skills

Analytical thinking

Hands-on equipment maintenance

8D/FMEA problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Electronics/Mechanical/Mechatronics/Materials Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Recruit123 is currently partnering with a leading semiconductor manufacturing organization to hire an Equipment Engineer specializing in Etch or Photolithography. This is an exciting opportunity to oversee advanced wafer fabrication toolsets, drive equipment uptime, and implement continuous improvements in a high-volume manufacturing environment.

What you will be doing:

In this role, you will be responsible for sustaining, maintaining, and optimizing dry/wet etch tools or photolithography equipment (scanners, steppers, coaters/developers) to achieve maximum availability and yield.

Your main day-to-day responsibilities will include leading root-cause failure analyses on chronic tool alarms, managing scheduled preventive maintenance (PM) programs, and supervising equipment technicians on the fab floor.

You will partner closely with process engineers to address defectivity and wafer scrap, manage vendor relationships for parts replacement and field engineering support, and drive cost-reduction initiatives through secondary sourcing and parts life-extension programs.

Additionally, you will support tool hook-up, installation, modification, and qualification for facility expansions or tech node transitions.

What we are looking for:

We are seeking candidates with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Materials Engineering, or a related discipline, with at least 2 to 5 years of equipment maintenance experience within a semiconductor wafer fab cleanroom.

Proven hands-on technical proficiency on major OEM equipment platforms is strongly preferred. You must possess strong diagnostic and analytical capabilities, structured problem-solving skills (8D, FMEA), and the adaptability to support on-call rotation or production ramp schedules.