Sr. Equipment Maintenance Technician

Lumentum Operations LLC; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 58,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumentum is seeking an Equipment Maintenance Technician for the night shift in San Jose, CA. The role involves troubleshooting, dismantling, repairing, and reassembling wafer fab equipment, using diagnostic tools, and rebuilding machinery as needed.

You will collaborate with process and equipment engineers, participate in continuous improvement, and support startup and upgrades of new equipment. Strong communication and meticulous attention to safety and clean room protocols are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum H.S. Diploma, GED or equivalent.
• Ability to meet ERT Member eligibility requirements.
• Knowledge and ability to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and teamwork skills.
• Reliable, punctual, and committed to high-quality work.
• Able to comply with all safety policies and procedures.
• Able to comply with all clean room protocols and procedures.
• Dependable, detail-oriented, and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Effective communicator both verbally and written.
• Work effectively as an individual contributor and with other groups and business units.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Experience performing scheduled and Unscheduled maintenance on Semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
• Experience in wafer fab clean room manufacturing preferable but not required.
• Ability to follow written or verbal instructions.
• Good judgement and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow directions accurately.
• Ability to work as a team player and interface with various groups.
• Capable of multitasking and working efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Performs troubleshooting to determine problems in non-functioning wafer fab manufacturing equipment.
• Dismantles, adjusts, repairs and assembles equipment according to schematics, operating or repair manuals, rough sketches or drawings.
• Uses test and diagnostic equipment to perform checkouts.
• Rebuilds manufacturing equipment as required.
• May perform equipment modifications as directed by equipment engineers.
• Perform preventive maintenance and troubleshoot to root cause of failure.
• Participate in shift pass down activities with incoming and outgoing shifts.
• Work with Process and Equipment engineering and other cross functional groups to resolve maintenance issues, improve equipment reliability, review procedures, and minimize equipment downtime.
• Support continuous improvement activities for throughput and yield enhancements.
• Participate in spare part analysis and inventory development.
• Assist in equipment upgrades and the installation and startup of new equipment.
• Member of the Lumentum MERTeam.
• Perform other duties and tasks as assigned by maintenance supervisor.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Communication

Documentation

Teamwork

Reliability

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We’re committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us!

Equipment Maintenance Technician Night Shift

Thursday, Friday, Saturday (Alternate Wednesday) 6:00 PM to 6:15 AM

• Performs troubleshooting to determine problems in non-functioning wafer fab manufacturing equipment.
• Dismantles, adjusts, repairs and assembles equipment according to schematics, operating or repair manuals, rough sketches or drawings.
• Uses test and diagnostic equipment to perform checkouts.
• Rebuilds manufacturing equipment as required.
• May perform equipment modifications as directed by equipment engineers.

1. Perform preventive maintenance and troubleshoot to root cause of failure
2. Participate in shift pass down activities with incoming and outgoing shifts.
3. Work with Process and Equipment engineering and other cross functional groups to resolve maintenance issues, improve equipment reliability, review procedures, and minimize equipment downtime.
4. Support continuous improvement activities for throughput and yield enhancements.
5. Participate in spare part analysis and inventory development.
6. Assist in equipment upgrades and the installation and startup of new equipment.
7. Member of the Lumentum MERTeam.
8. Perform other duties and tasks as assigned by maintenance supervisor.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum H.S. Diploma, GED or equivalent.
• Ability to meet the ERT Member eligibility requirements.
• Knowledge and ability to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and teamwork skills.
• Reliable, punctual, and committed to high-quality work.
• Able to comply with all safety policies and procedures.
• Able to comply with all clean room protocols and procedures.
• Dependable, detail-oriented, and able to work with minimal supervision.

Requirements:

• Effective communicator both verbally and written.
• Work effectively as an individual contributor and with other groups and business units.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Experience performing scheduled and Unscheduled maintenance on Semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
• Experience in wafer fab clean room manufacturing preferable but not required.
• Ability to follow written or verbal instructions.
• Good judgement and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow directions accurately.
• Ability to work as a team player and interface with various groups.
• Capable of multitasking and working efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

Pay Range

N60-USA-1 :$42.00 - $52.50

Disclaimer

Final base salary for the successful candidate will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job location, where work will be performed, qualifications, work history and relevant experience. With our continual goal of making Lumentum a best place to work for our employees, we strive to offer employees competitive total compensation packages, which may include annual bonus, commission for certain sales roles, equity, and health and welfare benefits.

Lumentum is illuminating the networks of tomorrow with advanced photonic technologies that enable AI, data centers, telecom, industrial, and sensing applications. As AI accelerates the global demand for bandwidth and energy efficiency, we deliver the building blocks that keep data moving reliably, efficiently, and at massive scale. Our optical products support AI and compute infrastructure, cloud and DCI environments, metro and long-haul networks, while our lasers drive breakthroughs in precision manufacturing and sensing. For nearly five decades, Lumentum has been at the intersection of light and innovation. What began as a vision with JDS Uniphase to harness the power of photonics has evolved into a global force driving the communication infrastructure of tomorrow. At Lumentum, we’re building more than a business - we’re building a team of passionate innovators whose drive to collaborate, create, and connect the world fuels everything we do. We are part of the AI technology revolution and we are illuminating the path forward. Headquartered in San Jose, California, we operate worldwide through a network of R&D, manufacturing, and sales locations.