Photolithography Equipment Engineer

Job#: 3052683

Job Description:
Photolithography Equipment Engineer

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Permanent direct-hire opportunity

Salary: $130-140K

Location: Chandler, Arizona (Onsite)

Role Overview

This position entails supporting high-volume semiconductor wafer fabrication as a sustaining Photolithography Equipment Engineer. The role includes ownership of ASML PAS5500/400/700 scanners and support for Canon lithography equipment. The primary focus is on maintaining equipment availability, stability, quality, and throughput by resolving equipment issues, improving preventive maintenance, and reducing downtime and wafer scrap.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the performance, uptime, utilization, and reliability of assigned ASML scanners and related photolithography equipment.
• Respond to equipment alarms, tool-down events, and hard-down failures to support daily production.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, software, vacuum, optics, alignment, exposure, and overlay issues.
• Analyze equipment and process data, apply SPC fundamentals, and work with process engineers to reduce variation and defects.
• Lead or support root cause investigations, failure analysis, and corrective actions using Six Sigma or 8D methods.
• Improve preventive maintenance procedures, troubleshooting guides, and equipment documentation to increase MTBF and MTTR.
• Train and mentor maintenance technicians and transfer equipment knowledge to manufacturing teams.
• Support equipment evaluation, qualification, and production release activities as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Education: A BS or MS degree in engineering or a related field of study is required.
• Experience: Approximately 5+ years of semiconductor wafer-fabrication equipment engineering experience in a high-volume manufacturing and cleanroom environment is required.
• Technical Skills:
  • Direct, hands-on experience with ASML PAS5500/400/700 scanners, including maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration.
  • Experience supporting Canon lithography equipment.
  • Hands-on experience with root cause analysis, failure analysis, and practical application of Six Sigma or 8D problem-solving methods.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience improving equipment uptime, preventive maintenance, reliability, MTBF, and MTTR.
• Experience with newer ASML platforms such as TwinScan, NXT, or XT series.
• Experience with TEL ACT8 or TEL Mark 7 track systems.
• Experience with metrology and inspection tools such as KLA 8100 CDSEM, KLA SL3, KLA Archer, KLA UV, ASET, HRP, or Onto IRIS.
• Formal Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt, Lean Manufacturing certification, or FMEA leadership.

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