Equipment Engineer jobs in United States, California, Fremont

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This position requires working one Weekend day. Tuesday - Saturday or Sunday - Thursday.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support maintenance with equipment troubleshooting in conjunction with both scheduled and unscheduled down time events.
• Troubleshoot and repair complex unscheduled failures to root cause and document for future reference.
• Provide inputs to Equipment Engineering, and / or maintenance team for improving PM cycle-time, tool availability, quality/workmanship, reduce wafer scrap and cost of ownership.
• Provide Technical On-the-Job training for maintenance personnel.
• Support Equipment Engineering to define and write preventive maintenance procedures, BKM’s, OCAP’s, and / or new equipment parts inventory and stocking.
• Support engineering with scrap mitigation, obsolescence, increase equipment OEE, and other equipment KPI’s.
• Monitor Artist, SPC, Spotfire, PdM for assigned equipment improvement.
• Support engineering projects, upgrades, retrofits, and installations.

REQUIRED:

• Technical degree in Electronics, Military experience, or Semiconductor Industries experience.
• Must have excellent mechanical and electrical aptitude.
• Min 3 Years’ Experience in Vacuum 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 Windows Software (Word/Excel/Power Point/Outlook) & Forum Notes
• 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:

• Senior Level equipment maintenance technical experience.
• Robust background in electronics and mechanical troubleshooting and vacuum theory.
• Strong experience utilizing troubleshooting equipment, multimeters, oscilloscopes, and specialized alignment tooling etc.
• Team player able to negotiate cross functional disciplines.
• Leadership qualities and project management skills.
• Vacuum PVD – CVC, ASM ALD, TELMS, MeiVac, Veeco, and Anelva systems, etc.
• Deposition, Beam Etch & Ion Mill – Veeco IBE, DLC 350, Veeco RF350 & RF 240 Ion Mill, etc.

Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We 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 California, Colorado and New York. 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 Western Digital’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 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 Western Digital’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 Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be 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 that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.