Equipment Maintenance Technician, Silicon Assembly (Starlink)

The role

You will perform preventative and unscheduled maintenance on production equipment for the custom silicon packaging team. This hands-on manufacturing role involves troubleshooting unique equipment issues in a fast-paced cleanroom setting.

What you will do

• Perform preventative maintenance and unplanned maintenance repairs of production line equipment
• Read and utilize schematics to troubleshoot systems down to the component level
• Read and safely execute lockout tagout (LOTO) procedures
• Utilize diagnostic equipment to monitor equipment performance and diagnose root cause
• Use schematics, hand tools, electrical gauges and common test equipment for calibration and repair
• Communicate with suppliers to procure necessary items to reduce equipment downtime
• Provide feedback to equipment reliability, process engineering, and vendor teams
• Conduct training for production personnel to implement total productive maintenance
• Operate material handling equipment including scissor lifts, forklifts, hand trucks, electric dollies, and hoists
• Support root cause analysis for process excursions and implement corrective actions

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate
• 3+ years of professional experience in a hands-on manufacturing environment; OR bachelor's degree in an engineering, math or science discipline
• Must be able to work all shifts and be willing to work overtime and/or weekends as needed
• Standing for long periods of time, climbing up and down ladders, bending, grasping, sitting, pulling, pushing, stooping, and stretching may be required
• Must be able to lift up to 25lbs. unassisted

Nice to have

• Degree in electronics technology, mechanical engineering, or related field
• 6+ years of direct experience in semiconductor photolithography operations within a fab environment
• 6+ years as a field service engineer responsible for installing and commissioning equipment
• 6+ years experience in deposition for wafer or advanced packaging CVD/PVD/ALD or epitaxy
• 6+ years experience with high plasma, reactive ion etch (RIE), or ion implantation
• 6+ years experience troubleshooting and optimizing programmable logic controllers (PLC) and variable frequency drives (VFD)
• Experience with parallel linear robots and multi-chamber/multi-axis machinery
• Excellent manual dexterity
• Ability to use power tools and hand tools, unique and custom test and measurement equipment
• Ability to read and interpret electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics and drawings

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

About the company

SpaceX is developing the technologies to enable human life on Mars. Starlink is a low latency, broadband internet system enabled by a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites.