Fab Facility Engineer

ArcTern Ventures; Town of Mount Pleasant (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Seeqc is seeking a facilities and equipment sustaining engineer based in New York. You will support the foundry by performing preventive maintenance, diagnostics, and repairs on essential utilities and equipment.

You will collaborate with process engineers and vendors to understand equipment interactions, drive reliability, and improve availability across lithography, CMP, etch, and related processes.

Qualifications

• Three or more years with plant utilities or process tools.
• Maintain the facilities utilized by foundry or laboratory.
• BS in Engineering required.

Responsibilities

• Provide facilities and equipment sustaining support for Seeqc’s foundry.
• Coordinate with process engineers and vendors to troubleshoot issues.
• Perform routine preventive maintenance and diagnostic checks.

Skills

Preventive maintenance

Root cause analysis

Electro-mechanical troubleshooting

Facilities & utilities

Equipment repair & reassembly

Data-driven diagnostics

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS in Engineering

Job description

Company Description

At Seeqc, we are developing the world’s first digital quantum computing platform. Our unique chip-scale quantum architecture delivers unparalleled scope for commercial scalability. We have partnered with world-class quantum computing companies, and visionary enterprise clients to build quantum computers that will herald a new era in computational power. You will join a team of experienced executives and scientists with a varied background in superconducting digital circuits and quantum technologies. You will work with our international teams and partners to build a unique quantum computing platform with integrated superconducting digital circuits, designed to provide solutions for the ground‑breaking challenges faced by our customers. We are offering full‑time positions with highly competitive salary and company benefits including equity. Roles are based in New York, and our international presence means that there will be opportunities to travel. For more info about Seeqc, head to seeqc.com

About your role

This position provides facilities and equipment sustaining support for Seeqc’s foundry. A successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to perform corrective, preventative and predictive maintenance tasks designed to improve / sustain fab operation. Successful experienced candidates will be able to demonstrate a strong troubleshooting capability and exemplary “root cause” corrective skills and techniques. A successful candidate will also establish relationships across each team on the production floor to drive strong communication and collaboration. You will be working with other facilities and equipment engineers for facility systems including compressed air, purified water, HVAC, building infrastructure, and for equipment systems including lithography, thin film, CMP, etch, and other critical utilities that support efficient manufacturing operation.

The experience you’ll need

• Three or more years of experience with plant utilities or with process tools.
• Work to maintain the facilities utilized by foundry or laboratory.
• Perform routine preventive maintenance.
• Perform Electro‑mechanical root cause troubleshooting of semiconductor manufacturing equipment or work with vendors to help troubleshoot issues.
• Disassemble, repair, and reassemble equipment according to operating manuals, schematics, blueprints, etc.
• Use monitoring, testing, and diagnostic equipment to perform facilities and equipment checks.
• Use data provided from equipment monitoring systems to troubleshoot or improve equipment availability.
• Experience working with process engineers to understand process‑equipment interactions and limitations relative to operating specs is a plus.
• BS in Engineering disciplines.

Extra points

• Working knowledge of Statistical Process Control
• Experience on semiconductor process development (RIE, thin film, characterization, wet etc.)