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The Shift Equipment Technician is responsible for monitoring, sustaining, and improving the equipment in their assigned area, while working in partnership with Shift Ops team members, area equipment engineers and tool vendors. Shift Equipment Technicians monitor tool performance, schedule and perform preventative maintenance on assigned tool sets, and use mechanical, electronic and PC/software skills to troubleshoot and repair equipment issues. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Safety & Quality:

• Completes all required safety training and conducts all work in accordance with safety policies and regulations
• Follows-up on safety and quality related issues immediately and works towards resolution with stakeholders
• Performs and facilitates audits and submits good catches on safety issues
• Proactively reduces incidents of personal injuries, safety hazards or environmental releases
• Operates and maintains tools according to documentation and guidelines to ensure safety and quality expectations are met
• Creates and modifies equipment procedures via approved TD change management methods

Communication & Collaboration:

• Collaborates with supervisor and areas leaders to create personal performance and development goals
• Partners with 1st Shift Engineers and Shift Engineers/Technicians to execute to daily priorities
• Proactively communicates issues that could cause yield loss, excursions, defects, tool restrictions, or output loss
• Ensures pass down is updated and accurately reflects the work performed and tool current statuses
• Communicates current/upcoming tools issues and mitigation plans

Technical/Data Analysis:

• Provides troubleshooting support for equipment-related problems and address root causes
• Provides effective and timely support to resolve equipment issues and is highly engaged in key problem resolution
• Supports a culture of TPM including TPM metrics, WS health reports, CIP items, MTAGs, MOP documents and restoration guides
• Escalates inventory issues to the 1st shift team including ATIR, dead inventory, kitting BOMs, spare, etc.
• Assists with equipment installs and engineering tests
• Drives to increase tool uptime through systematic problem solving and troubleshooting
• Assists 1st shift engineering and shift teams with long-term down equipment
• Identifies and reduces tool-generated defects to improve quality
• Identifies and resolves chronic equipment alarm issues
• Improves tool availability by finding solutions to ongoing problems
• Owns shift equipment performance metrics
• Creates reports summarizing equipment availability, variability, and cost reduction projects

Project Management/Planning:

• Partners with equipment engineers and 1st shift owners to develop, prioritize, and manage projects
• Manages projects to ensure deliverables are completed within the required scope, schedule and budget
• Tracks actions and provides escalation path or resources to ensure actions will be completed on time
• Supports department business processes for new tool installations, modifications and removals

Successful Candidates must have the following Qualifications:

• Knowledge of AC/DC circuits, including: fundamentals of electricity, and basic electronic components and circuits
• Strong mechanical aptitude with the ability to understand and troubleshoot mechanical systems
• Vacuum system knowledge and the ability to troubleshoot may be required in some areas
• Proven ability to use schematic diagrams to troubleshoot systems to components level
• Intermediate PC skills including a familiarity with MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Ariba, ETO, SPACE, DataNav, and E3
• Intermediate understanding of the process flow related to area equipment
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to efficiently organize tasks
• Strong partnering, negotiation and teamwork skills
• Intermediate understanding of the Fab process areas including area processing equipment
• Basic knowledge of the main utility systems supplied by the Facilities group
• Strong understanding of SPC principles
• Basic data extraction, analysis, and reporting skills
• Proven ability in multi-tasking complex projects and enjoy working in a fast pace environment
• Proven ability to troubleshoot basic problems and address root causes
• Basic understanding of physics, area chemistry, and algebraic concepts
• Demonstrated analytical problem solving skills
• Proven time management, organization, and prioritization skills
• Proven ability to troubleshoot issues related to process flows
• Proven ability to follow procedures and work with minimal supervision
• Flexible with job responsibilities and shift assignments

Education & Experience

• Required: AAS in Electronics or equivalent experience.

About Micron Technology, Inc.
We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities - from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience.
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