Equipment Technician

onsemi; Nampa (ID); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

onsemi in Nampa, Idaho, is seeking a CFA Manufacturing Shift Equipment Technician to sustain CFA manufacturing equipment, including photolithography, wet/dry processes, and metrology. The role involves preventive maintenance, repairs, and equipment qualification on a rotating day/night schedule.

The position requires an associate degree in electronics or equivalent experience, with preferred exposure to DNS/Screen Coat, Canon steppers, CFA processing, and SPC.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in electronics or equivalent experience.
• Experience with DNS/Screen Coat and developing tracks is a plus.
• Understanding CFA processing and SPC is a plus.
• Ability to work in a clean room environment with chemicals and wet process equipment.
• Willingness to work 12-hour shifts, including weekends, nights, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• React to manufacturing priorities with the production team during shifts.
• Coordinate with CFA shift equipment team to address priorities for the shift.
• Maintain a safe work environment and follow safety policies.
• Document maintenance work in MaiMa and ensure proper E-10 state logging.
• Document lot/wafer specifics not run through standard processing.
• Ensure equipment is production-ready after maintenance.
• Apply troubleshooting when addressing down equipment issues.
• Obtain and maintain required certifications for equipment maintenance.
• Collaborate with tool owners to improve work instructions and procedures.
• Learn SPC and data analysis to monitor control charts.

Skills

Clean room

Self-motivated

Team player

Follow instructions

Education

Associate degree in electronics

Tools

DNS/Screen Coat

Canon steppers

SPC

Job description

Job Description

onsemi is seeking a CFA Manufacturing Shift Equipment Technician in Nampa who works on a shift team to support the manufacture of CMOS Image Sensors. The primary responsibility of the Photo / Wet Process / Dry Etch Equipment Technician is to sustain color filter array (CFA) manufacturing equipment, including photolithography, wet process, dry etch, metrology, and other fab support equipment. The work to sustain the equipment includes scheduled preventive maintenance, repairs, engineering requests, and equipment/process qualification.

Note: Day shift employees will rotate to night shifts, and night shift employees to day shifts every 3 to 4 months. A shift to E night shift

Responsibilities

• Interact with the production team to react to manufacturing priorities throughout the shift
• Work with the CFA shift equipment team / CFA lead equipment technician to ensure equipment priorities for the shift are being addressed
• Maintain a safe work environment and follow safety policies and guidelines
• Properly and thoroughly document all equipment maintenance work performed using the Maintenance Manager (MaiMa) application and ensure that equipment is logged to the proper E-10 state
• Properly and thoroughly document lot/wafer specifics that were not run through standard wafer processing.
• Ensuring equipment is released in a production-worthy state post-maintenance
• Apply sound troubleshooting when working on down equipment
• Obtain and maintain all required certifications for performing equipment maintenance
• Work with the tool owners to create/improve work instructions, procedures, and best known methods for performing equipment maintenance
• Learn statistical process control (SPC) and data analysis to monitor equipment-related control charts and react to out of control/specification (OOC/OOS) conditions
• Work with the process and equipment owners on action plans for area-specific issues, including data collection and tool maintenance (PM)/repair.
• Ensure a thorough written and verbal pass-down of shift activities, tool issues, process issues, and project status
• Keep the lead engineer/production supervisor advised of area issues and progress
• Equipment to support includes DNS/Screen coat & develop tracks and wet bench, Canon steppers, SPTS dry etch & CVD frame & chambers, Axcelis Fusion strip, STEAG wet bench, and various photo metrology tools.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in electronics or equivalent experience
• Experience with DNS/Screen Coat and developing tracks and Canon steppers is a plus
• Understanding of CFA processing and SPC is a plus
• Ability to perform duties in a clean room environment, working with chemicals (photoresists, solvents, etc.) and wet process equipment
• Willingness to work a 12-hour shift, that can include weekends, nights, and holidays

(note that the shifts do rotate between night-shift and day-shift every 4 months)

• Willingness to work overtime when requested
• Ability to work well both independently (self-motivated) and on a team
• Ability to follow written or verbal work instructions

About Us

onsemi (Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, the company is accelerating change in megatrends such as vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world.

More details about our company benefits can be found here: https://www.onsemi.com/careers/career-benefits

About The Team

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