Equipment Maintenance Engineer & Technician - Photolithography

Job Title: Equipment Maintenance Engineer &  Equipment Maintenance Technician - Photolithography (multiple shift bachelors degree engineer positions and technician positions)

Location: Gresham, OR 

Employment Type: Direct employee of semiconductor firm 

Industry: Semiconductor 

Compensation: Open - DOE 

Schedule: Both day shift and night shift openings - various days per week options 

About the Opportunity:

The primary equipment set includes ASML PAS5500 (400/700/1150) scanners, Nikon i14 steppers, TEL ACT8 coat/develop tracks, DNS 200W coat/develop tracks, and DNS 80A/B/EX scrubbers.

What You'll Do:

• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, equipment recovery, calibration, and diagnostic troubleshooting per released procedures, maintenance specifications, and equipment manuals.
• Use schematics, hand tools, electrical gauges, digital multimeters, and common test equipment to diagnose and repair electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, robotic, vacuum, and control-system issues.
• Monitor equipment performance, identify root causes, and recommend actions that improve tool reliability, availability, mean time between failures, and maintenance effectiveness.
• Dismantle, adjust, repair, replace, and qualify equipment assemblies and components using approved methods and safety practices.
• Respond to production priorities and equipment events while maintaining clear communication with technicians, engineers, production personnel, and process partners.
• Maintain accurate equipment logs, repair history, preventive-maintenance records, parts usage, and shift passdowns.
• Follow all cleanroom, chemical, electrical, lockout/tagout, ergonomics, and environmental health and safety requirements.
• Participate in continuous-improvement activities, including equipment upgrades, procedure improvements, part sourcing, in-house repair, cost reduction, and downtime reduction.
• Support equipment and process qualifications following maintenance, repairs, upgrades, and installations.
• Provide technical guidance, share knowledge, and provide hands-on training to other technicians as experience and qualifications allow.

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.

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree for the engineering positions and ideally an Associate's degree or similar for the technician positions. Education in electromechanical technology, industrial maintenance, robotics, semiconductor manufacturing technology, or a related technical discipline; equivalent military or directly related technical training may be considered.
• Min 3 years of experience for the junior position and 8 years of experience for the senior position as an equipment maintenance technician in semiconductor manufacturing 
• Min 2 years of hands-on maintenance experience with one or more Photolithography equipment platforms, preferably ASML PAS5500 scanners, Nikon i14 steppers, TEL ACT8 tracks, DNS 200W tracks, or DNS 80A/B/EX scrubbers.
  • Practical knowledge of electrical, electronic, mechanical, pneumatic, robotic, vacuum, and equipment-control systems.

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