Senior Semiconductor Equipment Engineer

The role

You will take a leading role in building and scaling semiconductor manufacturing capability. You will own critical equipment from specification and installation through qualification, production ramp, maintenance, and continuous improvement.

What you will do

• Take end-to-end technical ownership of new equipment installations.
• Bring new cleanroom and manufacturing capacity online.
• Develop and improve preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Resolve equipment failures through systematic troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Act as a technical reference for other equipment engineers and technicians.
• Coordinate with equipment manufacturers, field service engineers, contractors, and suppliers.
• Ensure equipment requirements for utilities are clearly defined and implemented.
• Establish and improve installation procedures, maintenance standards, and engineering change practices.
• Use equipment performance data to improve uptime, maintainability, safety, and cost of ownership.

Required qualifications

• Significant hands-on experience with semiconductor, nanofabrication, or similarly complex manufacturing equipment.
• Strong experience with installation, commissioning, maintenance, troubleshooting, and qualification of production equipment.
• Extensive experience with high-vacuum systems such as PVD, CVD.
• Good understanding of equipment utilities and facility interfaces including electrical power, gases, vacuum, exhaust, cooling systems, and chemical services.
• Demonstrated ability to independently troubleshoot complex electrical, mechanical, vacuum, pneumatic, control, and process-related equipment problems.
• Strong planning, coordination, and documentation skills.
• Structured and analytical approach to problem solving and root-cause analysis.
• Able to take ownership of multiple technical projects and priorities in parallel.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where processes and infrastructure are still being built.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across multiple departments and external suppliers.

Nice to have

• Experience with FAT, SAT, IQ/OQ, equipment acceptance, and production qualification
• Experience with plasma etching, PVD, CVD, ALD, lithography, wet processing, or vacuum deposition systems.
• Knowledge of industrial controls, sensors, MFCs, pumps, RF systems, robotics, and equipment automation.
• Experience with equipment data, CMMS, MES, SECS/GEM, FDC, or equipment monitoring systems.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 8% holiday allowance
• Generous and future-proof pension plan that includes partner and dependent coverage
• Hybrid setup
• Open vacation policy
• L&D budget available to each team member
• Team events, offsites, and spontaneous moments

Before you apply

• Candidates may be required to undergo pre-employment screening.

About the company

QuantWare is building the world’s most powerful quantum processors to solve humanity's greatest challenges using unique VIO™ technology.