Equipment Maintenance Technician (Semiconductor Diffusion)

Job Title:  Equipment Maintenance Technician (Diffusion)

Location:  Gresham, OR

Employment Type:  Direct hire employee with full benefits

Industry:  Semiconductors

Compensation: $25/hour to $50/hour DOE, plus sign on bonus ($3,000 w/ Associates, $5,000 w/ Bachelors) plus shift differential

Schedule: Night Shift B - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday e/o Saturday 7 PM -7:06 AM night shift differential of 15% is added.

Military candidates will be considered as long as they have machine maintenance experience (diffusion semi equipment exp not required). 

About the Opportunity:

As an Equipment Maintenance Technician within a 200mm manufacturing facility in Gresham, Oregon, you will work in a dynamic team environment and perform preventive, corrective, and diagnostic maintenance proficiently on a variety of innovative semiconductor manufacturing tools. Each day, you will be challenged by working on a diverse set of tools with a world-class team.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

*Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability

*Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries

*People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work

*Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates

Why This Opportunity is Exciting:

This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally.

About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

What You'll Do:

• Utilize diagnostic equipment to monitor equipment performance, diagnose the root cause, and make reliability improvement recommendations.
• Dismantle, adjust, and repair equipment in accordance with maintenance specifications and repair manuals.
• Use schematics, hand tools, electrical gauges, and common test equipment for calibration, diagnosis, and repair of equipment.
• Drive solutions and guidelines, recommending and writing maintenance procedures and specifications.
• Perform scheduled tool qualifications.
• Vendor management and coordination.
• Opportunity to provide leadership to other technicians by providing training and mentoring.

• Work is performed in a cleanroom environment that requires wearing a smock, hood, booties, latex gloves, and safety glasses.
• May require the use of an APR (air-purifying respirator).
• May require the occasional use of personal protective equipment, including but not limited to aprons, heat gloves, and full-face masks.
• Requires standing for up to 75% of the shift
• Requires lifting objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
• May require work with hazardous gases, chemicals, and voltages up to 1500 Volts.

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring (Requirements):

• Associate's degree in electrical, mechanical, or robotics Engineering or equivalent military experience.
• Minimum 2 years of prior technician maintenance experience with semiconductor diffusion equipment.

What Sets You Apart:

• Experience with SEMITOOL batch spray solvent tools, Siconnex batch spray solvent tool, DNS WS-820L, WS-820C, FC820L, FC821L, FC820L-2, and MEI Evolution Wet benches. LAM(SEZ) SP-203, 223, 4200, and Davinci single wafer cleaning tools.
• Knowledge of the Wet and Solvent areas, including general process theory and equipment mechanics
• Strong mechanical skills.
• Ability to recognize deviations from normal operation when they are developing.
• Understands and supports the 5S process.

Additional Information:

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.