Senior Technician-Equipment (Maintenance)

Senior Equipment Maintenance Technician

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.

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Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.

Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior Equipment Maintenance Technician who thrives in a collaborative team environment. In this role, you will play a key role working towards the timely and quality delivery of Diode products. Your responsibilities will include repairing and maintaining all production equipment in our wafer fabrication facility to ensure all equipment are available to meet production needs in a safe and efficient manner. Your attention to detail and ability to troubleshoot issues on the floor will contribute to maintaining optimal production performance. The ideal candidate should possess a solid mechanical and electrical aptitude, experience working with manual production equipment, and the ability to adhere to strict safety standards. If you are passionate about manufacturing and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply. We offer competitive compensation, benefits, and professional growth and development opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Performing the installation, modification, upgrade and maintenance of manufacturing equipment.
• Troubleshoot and diagnose equipment issues, utilizing technical manuals, schematics, and diagnostic tools.
• Maintaining current records on equipment manufacturers' technical notices, upgrades and safety issues.
• Studying equipment performance and reliability.
• Establishing programs and solutions for increasing equipment uptime and for equipment problems that affect the manufacturing process.
• Providing technical support to the production operators and process engineering teams.
• Defining and creating preventative maintenance schedules.
• Ensure compliance with safety protocols and cleanroom procedures.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Technical or Military training in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 7+ years of relevant equipment maintenance and repair experience.
• Ability to read and understand electrical and electronic schematics, mechanical drawings, piping diagrams and flow charts.
• Experience in component level troubleshooting of analog and digital circuits.
• Experience soldering and desoldering components on printed circuit boards.
• Experience troubleshooting and repairing cable harnesses.
• Ability to test and evaluate the condition of electrical components such as transistors, diodes, resistors and capacitors with an analog or digital multimeter.
• Familiarity with industry standards and regulations related to equipment safety and performance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Diploma in any Technical Field
• Experience working in Semiconductor manufacturing environment.
• Diode manufacturing and testing experience within a semiconductor manufacturing environment.
• Experience with MIL-PRF-19500 & / or MIL-PRF-38534 product manufacture is a plus.

Physical Demands

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, talk, hear, and reach with hands and arms, as well as use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

U.S. Citizenship/Permanent Residency requirements as outlined below:

This job requires access to technology, materials, software, or hardware that is controlled by the export laws of the United States. Candidates are required to provide proof of either U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency, or classification as a protected individual as defined in 8 USC 1324b (a) (3).

U.S. Export Controls Requirements: This job requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by the export laws of the United States. Candidates are required to provide proof of either US citizenship, Permanent US residency or classification as a protected individual as defined in 8 USC 1324b (a) (3).

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes:

Bending at Waist, Crouching, Electrical Hazards, Hearing, Kneeling, Lifting, Mechanical Hazards, Reaching, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements:

50% sitting, 25% standing, 25% walking

Pay Range:

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:

Benefits of working at Microchip

The hourly pay range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $24.52-$53.85.*

*Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.

Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster.

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