Wafer Manufacturing Equipment Engineer

WD; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 115,200 - 153,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation time

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

WD in San Jose is seeking an Equipment Engineer to maintain and manage specific toolsets on a manufacturing production line. The ideal candidate will work in a cleanroom environment with minimal supervision and demonstrate a willingness to learn and solve problems creatively.

Key responsibilities include analyzing data, supporting maintenance, and providing training to personnel. Qualifications include a technical degree in Electronics and relevant industry experience. A comprehensive benefits package is offered.

Qualifications

• Technical degree in Electronics, military experience, or semiconductor industry experience.
• Min 0-5+ years’ experience in vacuum, photo, or wet/plating technologies.
• Ability to read electric schematic diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and manage toolset(s) on wafer manufacturing production line.
• Acquire, review, and analyze tool parametric data.
• Support and train line maintenance on assigned toolset(s).

Skills

Wet-plating

Mechanical aptitude

Electrical aptitude

Team player

Education

Technical degree in Electronics

Tools

MS Office Applications

PLC

Python

HTML

JavaScript

Job description

Job Description

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As an Equipment Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining and managing specific toolset(s) on a wafer manufacturing production line in a class 100 cleanroom environment. The successful candidate will be able to work with minimal supervision, take initiative and collaborate effectively; they will demonstrate a willingness to learn, flexibility, creative problem solving, exemplary communication skills and an ability to think on their feet.

Responsibilities

• Acquire, review and analyze tool parametric data as well as wafer metrology to formulate corrective and preventative actions.
• Support, train and work with line maintenance on the assigned toolset(s).
• Create procedures and checklists for the line to use to help ensure uniform and effective preventive and corrective maintenance.
• Collaborate with colleagues from Maintenance, Equipment Engineering and Process Engineering.
• Engineer solutions. Where necessary engineer problems out of the existing tools to increase productivity, increase MTBF, lower MTTR.
• Provide and ensure informational resources are available to all personnel working on the toolset.
• Provide technical training and certification for maintenance personnel.

Qualifications

• Technical degree in Electronics, military experience, or semiconductor industry experience.
• Must have excellent mechanical and electrical aptitude.
• Min 0-5+ years’ experience in vacuum, photo, or wet/plating technologies.
• Ability to read electrical schematic diagrams and assembly drawings.
• Understanding of failure mechanisms, ability to isolate, determine root cause and repair.
• Proficient in MS Office Applications (Word/Excel/Power Point/Outlook), Mediawiki.
• Programming languages in PLC, Python, HTML, JavaScript a plus.
• Effective team player with proven relationship building & communication skills, including cross‑functionally with maintenance, manufacturing, engineering, peers, management, customers, and suppliers.
• Knowledge of control systems and/or PLC (process logic control).
• Ability to work overtime and weekends as required.

Skills

• Wet‑plating (NiFe, MLO, Raider‑MLO, bake oven, Asher‑etch, NMT & SRD systems, etc.), resist strip/lift‑off, chemical etch & CMP.

Compensation and Benefits

Salary range: 115,200.00 – 153,600.00

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, and experience; skills, ability, knowledge of the job; performance, contribution and results; geographic location; shift; internal and external equity; and business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. It may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in those states. This range may be modified in the future.
• If your position is non‑exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.
• You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either WD’s Short Term Incentive Plan (“STI Plan”) or the Sales Incentive Plan (“SIP”) which provides incentive awards based on company and individual performance, depending on your role and your performance. You may also be eligible to participate in our annual Long‑Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to WD’s standard terms and conditions for restricted stock unit awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax‑advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program; employee stock purchase plan; and the WD Savings 401(k) Plan.
• No amount of pay is considered wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits are at the Company’s sole discretion unless paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Equal Employment Opportunity

WD is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender‑related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non‑discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available.

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