Gas & Chemical Engineer
Full-time
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Summary
The Gas & Chemical Engineer is responsible for the unified management of facility-wide bulk electronic gas, specialty gas, chemical, acid, and alkali delivery systems. This role oversees hazardous material infrastructure design, system reliability, operational safety, explosion-proof compliance, and technical standards development to ensure safe and stable production support.
Job Duties
- New construction project Engineering Management: Review schemes and construction drawings of Bulk Gas, Specialty Gas and industrial chemical liquid supply systems for new cleanrooms; supervise on-site construction, pipeline purging, pressure holding commissioning, final acceptance and handover, and close all construction and commissioning problems.
- Full-range technical management of hazardous medium systems: Take overall charge of plant-wide specialty process gas, industrial chemical, acid/alkali liquid and high-purity reagent delivery pipeline networks. Cover specialty gas VMB/VMP cabinets, chemical supply stations, waste gas & waste liquid collection systems, explosion-proof ventilation and emergency medium shut-off interlock systems.
- Equipment Reliability & Lifecycle Management: Establish exclusive technical standards for gas & chemical systems, formulate periodic maintenance, monthly inspection and annual calibration schedules for equipment. Build full-lifecycle equipment ledgers, pipeline history records and closed-loop ledgers for leakage hazard rectification.
- Standardization and risk control: Develop standardized SOPs for gas & chemical operation teams. Conduct special technical training and work permit review for hazardous medium handling, hot work and confined space operations. Prevent safety incidents such as medium leakage, liquid cross-contamination, fire & explosion, toxic gas exposure and corresponding production shutdown risks via technical governance.
- Cross-department coordination: Collaborate closely with EHS, Production, Equipment and Quality teams to implement hazardous material regulatory requirements and factory safety management rules; organize regular safety audits and continuous improvement activities for gas & chemical systems.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Environmental Engineering.
- Minimum 2 years' experience in industrial bulk/specialty gas, chemical distribution, semiconductor cleanroom hazardous material management.
- Familiar with EHS hazardous material regulations, emergency response flows and risk assessment methodologies.
- Practical experience of on-site operation for toxic, flammable, corrosive gas and chemical systems in cleanroom.
- In-depth understanding of specialty gas piping, chemical delivery skids and hazardous substance regulatory compliance.
- Formal working experience in semiconductor wafer fab gas & chemical station.
- Rich experience cooperating with EHS department on safety audit, hazard identification and incident rectification.
- Basic knowledge of gas monitoring PLC, automatic interlock and hazardous medium real-time monitoring systems.
Work Environment
- Respond to off-hour emergency calls
- Available to work overtime or weekend when necessary
- Fabrication Facility/Cleanroom environment
- Provide 24/7 Production support; Accept emergency calls for gas leakage, chemical overflow and hazardous medium system failures after work hours.
- Daily work in in cleanroom, bulk gas yard, specialty gas cabinet area, chemical supply room and waste liquid treatment station.
- Mandatory use of chemical resistant PPE, respirators and explosion-proof tools when handling corrosive, toxic and flammable media.
- Frequently participate in confined space entry, hot work and hazardous material replacement operations with strict safety procedure execution.
Location
This position will be on-site based in Sugar Land, Texas.
WHY AOI?
In addition to competitive salary, AOI offers
- Flexible and competitive health (medical, dental, vision) plans offer the employee with the right options to meet individual and family needs
- Employer matching on 401(k) deferrals
- Generous PTO policy, with unused PTO payout at end of the year
- Relocation package available within US
- Immigration sponsorships (Must be currently authorized to work in the US)
We do not accept unsolicited proposals from third-party recruiters or agencies. Contacting hiring managers directly may result in disqualification of submissions.
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