Equipment Engineer

Equipment Engineer

Acara Solutions is seeking an Equipment Engineer to support manufacturing equipment, maintenance, and process technology in a high-volume semiconductor environment. This role focuses on equipment reliability, uptime, safety, yield, cost reduction, and engineering projects, with emphasis on diffusion/thermal toolsets.

About the Opportunity:

• Provide daily engineering support to manufacturing and maintenance for a fleet of production tools (TEL Indy or similar diffusion/thermal toolsets).
• Analyze equipment performance, failures, downtime, MTBF, and MTTR.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis across tool subsystems, including pumps, scrubbers, main power systems, and forelines.
• Improve equipment reliability, preventive/predictive maintenance, and operating procedures.
• Author and review preventive maintenance (PM) procedures and Best Known Methods (BKMs); develop standardized Green-to-Green PM times.
• Perform failure analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Identify opportunities to reduce repair, spare-part, utility, and operating costs; manage parts ordering, returns, and inventory documentation.
• Support equipment-related yield issues and process improvements.
• Address equipment safety, code, health, and regulatory requirements, including safety certifications such as air purification systems and CoHE processes.
• Develop and review energy-control procedures.
• Develop project proposals, specifications, scopes of work, and funding requests.
• Lead engineering or cross-functional projects, including vendors and contractors; manage project scope, schedule, cost, and technical performance.
• Maintain project documentation, maintenance requirements, and spare-parts lists.
• Provide technical guidance, training, and mentoring to engineers and technicians; develop technical training packages for toolsets.
• Prioritize work and coordinate team activities for an assigned tool area.
• Work in cleanroom and manufacturing environments, including areas with electrical, chemical, and stored-energy hazards.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or an Associate degree/technical training with equivalent hands-on experience.
• 2 years minimum experience in equipment engineering, equipment maintenance, reliability, troubleshooting, and/or project management in semiconductor manufacturing.

What Sets You Apart:

• Experience with TEL Indy or other diffusion/thermal toolsets.
• Subsystem expertise (pumps, scrubbers, power systems, forelines).
• Experience authoring PM procedures and BKMs and standardizing PM schedules.
• Technical lead experience: training and mentoring technicians, area coordination, building technical certification packages.
• Safety compliance experience and certifications in a fab environment.
• Parts and inventory logistics experience.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, maintenance, and operations.
• Experience with chemical supply and wet-cleaning systems is a plus.