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As a member of the Equipment Engineering staff, the Wafer Fab Equipment Engineer will have ownership of one or more tool sets within a wafer fab manufacturing operation. Equipment Engineers are responsible for the overall availability and performance of their assigned equipment sets in accordance with SEMI E10.
Responsibilities will include:
- Design and implement maintenance programs to improve tool availability and reduce cost of ownership;
- Analyze equipment performance metrics (MTBF, uptime, MTTR, etc.) to determine areas for improvement;
- Write PM procedures, checklists, troubleshooting guides, and work instructions for your assigned equipment set;
- Evaluate and recommend the selection of new process equipment;
- Plan, manage and execute all assigned equipment installations or upgrades to the Fab or manufacturing equipment;
- Continuous improvement of reliability, availability, yield and quality as well as cost and scrap reduction support;
- Assists equipment maintenance technicians in the troubleshooting of critical down tools;
- Establish and maintain spare part Bill of Materials (BOMs) for assigned equipment.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of Equipment Engineering experience is preferred;
- Solid background working as a sustaining equipment engineer in a 24/7 manufacturing environment;
- Proven track record of systematically improving MTBF and tool availability by implementing root cause corrective actions;
- Ability to generate necessary equipment documentation for an equipment maintenance organization;
- Strong project leadership, organization and excellent communication skills;
- Basic understanding of safety, health and environmental area;
- Technically strong in electrical, mechanical, and can lead troubleshooting of down time of equipment;
- Ability to provide the highest level of in-house support for tool down situations;
- Manage new tool installations, modifications and upgrades to existing tools;
- Strong computer skills to include Word, Excel, and Project.
Pay Range:
P60-USA-1 :$108,800.00 - $155,400.00Disclaimer:
Final base salary for the successful candidate will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job location, where work will be performed, qualifications, work history and relevant experience. With our continual goal of making Lumentum a best place to work for our employees, we strive to offer employees competitive total compensation packages, which may include annual bonus, commission for certain sales roles, equity, and health and welfare benefits.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of Equipment Engineering experience
- Solid background in a 24/7 manufacturing environment
- Proven track record of improving MTBF and tool availability
- Ability to generate equipment documentation
- Strong project leadership and communication skills
- Technically strong in electrical and mechanical systems
- Strong computer skills with Word, Excel, and Project
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Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and laser applications worldwide. Lumentum optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center network. Lumentum lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D sensing capabilities. Lumentum is headquartered in San Jose, California with R&D, manufacturing, and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.lumentum.com.









