Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician is responsible for preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, repairing and installing advanced production/manufacturing equipment for the Semiconductor Fab at TRUMPF Photonics. Diagnoses equipment malfunctions and makes more complicated repairs or adjustments as needed with flexibility to work other shifts depending on business needs.

Principle Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair wafer fab production equipment to ensure equipment uptime during production.
• Own troubleshooting activities and maintain/update documents accordingly.
• Consistently works on complex assignments with high degree of independence and initiative to resolve root cause.
• Work from technical manuals, specifications, drawings, schematics and verbal instruction.
• Perform administrative maintenance duties including maintaining Preventive Maintenance (PM) schedules, PM reports, troubleshooting reports and re-order, maintain and organize equipment spare parts.
• Own shutdowns and startups during all facility activities on all affected semiconductor equipment.
• Mentor, Train and provide support to other personnel on equipment maintenance.

Position Requirements

• Semiconductor equipment experience (MOCVD, PECVD, PVD, Wet Etch, Dry Etch, MBE, Photolithography).
• Strong mechanical aptitude in facility equipment required (compressors, heat exchangers, chillers, cryo pumps, robotics).
• Able to work safely with toxic gases, hazardous chemicals and self-contained breathing apparatus.
• Ability to work with confined spaces, climb ladders, and lift to 75 lbs
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Multitasking & prioritizing in a high-pressure environment without a lot of direction or management
• Experience with kaizen, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), and lean manufacturing methods.
• Write work instructions.
• Occasional weekends and overtime possible depending on business needs.
• Troubleshoot and view programs to PLC's.
• Repair and calibrate pneumatic assemblies to meet up with job specifications.
• Install electric parts and electronics using equipment including soldering irons, and multimeter.
• Electrical controls troubleshooting with 480 volt down to 24volt DC experience
• Experience with electrical systems (starters, fuses, contacts, relays, installation, frequency drive, troubleshooting).
• Experience with mechanical drawing and schematics (hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical blueprints with switches, starters, maps, relays).
• Experience with troubleshooting (diagnostics, problem solving, pinpointing and fixing breakdowns).

Helpful Experience

• Experience with mechanical systems (gear boxes, sprockets, motors, seals, bearings).
• Experience with air cylinders, diverters, sensors, motor/speed controls.
• Experience with electronics (level probes, flow meters, drives/VFDs).
• Experience with gearing and gear boxes (rebuilds, ordering parts, machining parts).
• Experience with hydraulic systems (high pressure cylinders, pumps, valves, troubleshooting).
• Experience with kinematics (line speed/sprocket size ratios).
• Experience with PLC (industrial maintenance, computer control systems).
• Experience with pneumatics (solenoids, cylinders, motor brakes, reading, troubleshooting).
• Experience with SERVO (intelligent/robotic motors, in-coders).

Education/Experience

• At least 2-year technical degree with 7 years of experience

TRUMPF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status, or other protected class.

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