Senior Wet-Process Equipment Engineer - Reliability & Throughput

STMicroelectronics; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

STMicroelectronics in Singapore is seeking a Senior Equipment Engineer to own the wet process equipment performance, reliability, and cost effectiveness. You will lead equipment support, maintenance strategy, and lifecycle management to support volume production.

Responsibilities include driving uptime, reducing downtime, improving throughput and yield, qualifying new tools, and mentoring junior engineers and technicians.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 5–10 years of hands-on experience with wet process equipment.
• Ability to independently diagnose complex equipment issues and drive effective containment and permanent corrective actions.
• Strong capability to read, interpret, and troubleshoot using electrical schematics, block diagrams, interlocks, and control logic.
• Proficiency in statistical analysis tools, FMEA, 8D, and other structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications for reporting, analysis, and documentation.
• Experience with PLC programming / ladder logic is an advantage.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering, operations, production, and vendor interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical performance of wet equipment, including wet bench modular tanks (Akrion, DNS), batch spray (FSI Mercury), Scrubber (DNS/TEL) and drying systems, ensuring sustained availability, stability, and process compliance.
• Lead equipment optimization and continuous improvement projects to improve mean time between failures, reduce maintenance cost per wafer, minimize downtime, and enhance throughput and yield.
• Manage new equipment installation, qualification, ramp-up, and acceptance, ensuring readiness for volume production in coordination with vendors, facilities, process engineering, and production teams.
• Develop, review, and continuously improve corrective maintenance, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting methodologies to increase equipment recovery speed and maintenance effectiveness.
• Perform detailed root cause analysis on recurring or chronic failures using structured problem-solving tools such as FMEA, 8D, 5-Why, fishbone analysis, and fault-tree logic.
• Define and maintain critical spares, consumables, and obsolescence strategy to support fast recovery and minimize operational risk.
• Provide advanced technical coaching and hands-on support to Assistant Maintenance Engineers and Technicians, elevating troubleshooting capability and equipment ownership within the team.
• Translate production, engineering, and quality requirements into robust maintenance actions and technical countermeasures aligned with manufacturing targets.

Skills

Equipment troubleshooting

Data analysis

Electrical schematics

Interpersonal communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

PLC programming

Job description

STMicroelectronics in Singapore is seeking a Senior Equipment Engineer to own the wet process equipment performance, reliability, and cost effectiveness. You will lead equipment support, maintenance strategy, and lifecycle management to support volume production.

Responsibilities include driving uptime, reducing downtime, improving throughput and yield, qualifying new tools, and mentoring junior engineers and technicians.