YOUR ROLE 

The Equipment Maintenance Engineer is responsible for supporting, optimizing, and improving production equipment and related systems to ensure high availability, reliability, safety, and performance. The role typically involves troubleshooting equipment issues, driving corrective and preventive actions, supporting installation and qualification activities, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Support the operation, maintenance, and optimization of manufacturing equipment

Troubleshoot equipment failures, downtime, and process-related issues

Analyze equipment performance data and identify root causes of recurring problems

Define and implement corrective and preventive actions to improve reliability and productivity

Support equipment installation, commissioning, relocation, and qualification activities

Collaborate with production, maintenance, process, quality, and industrial teams

Participate in equipment spare parts strategy and maintenance planning

Contribute to equipment upgrades, modifications, and obsolescence management

Ensure equipment complies with safety, quality, and regulatory requirements

Prepare technical documentation, procedures, reports, and improvement proposals

Support continuous improvement projects such as yield, cycle time, OEE, and cost reduction

Provide technical guidance and support to technicians or junior engineers when required

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field

Experience in equipment engineering, maintenance

Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills

Good knowledge of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, or automation systems

Ability to work in a production environment and handle multiple priorities

Good communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in semiconductor, electronics, or high-volume manufacturing environments

TEL Furnace or other Diffusion Furnace Maintenance experience highly preferred

Equipment performance real time monitoring through sensors via micro-controllers (eg. STM32)  / Raspberry Pi computers as part of FDC (Fault Detection Control)

Familiarity with equipment qualification, preventive maintenance, and reliability tools

Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, TPM

Exposure to statistical analysis and root cause analysis methodologies