Equipment Engineer

Equipment Engineer

Requirements

• BS in ME, EE, or related field and 5+ years of related experience in equipment support or Master’s degree and 3+ years of related experience.
• Experience with fab equipment – vacuum, RF, robotics, and high purity gas systems – is highly preferred.
• Detail-oriented with strong fundamentals in core equipment engineering functions.
• Excellent diagnostic and troubleshooting skills for process/equipment interactions.
• Practical experience applying structured problem solving methods.
• Working knowledge and practical experience with SPC, DOE, and statistical hypothesis testing.
• Mature data-analysis skills using tools such as JMP, Minitab, and Excel/Access.
• Excellent verbal and written skills. Commitment to effective communication.
• Initiative to address and appropriately escalate problems to achieve rapid resolution.
• Legal authorization to work in the US.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in identifying, evaluating, installing, improving, and maintaining equipment.
• Select, accept, and start up new equipment; optimize hardware and software; confer with equipment vendors and manufacturing engineers at Broadcom.
• Upgrade existing equipment and provide qualification support.
• Develop and implement preventative, predictive, and high-precision maintenance procedures. Implementation includes documenting procedures, as well as training and certifying personnel.
• Lead/take ownership of projects to develop/qualify new processes and tools. Complete projects on time and within budget.
• Work with peers and process engineering/maintenance teams to establish project objectives, schedules, and resource profiles for projects. Organize and manage longer-term improvement projects to meet organizational goals.
• Collaborate with Process Engineering, Equipment Maintenance, and Manufacturing Operations to achieve robust performance in support of yield, quality, cost and productivity goals; report and take ownership of related projects and metrics.
• Implement robust monitoring methodologies enabling early detection of excursions in equipment performance before product is impacted (e.g. SPC, FDC, baselining, and matching).
• Active member of the Hazmat and Medical Emergency Response Team. Maintain a working knowledge of safety policies and regulations to ensure that duties of self and others are performed in a safe manner. Work with safety teams to drive continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a compound semiconductor manufacturing environment or MEMs fab is preferred.
• Candidates with practical experience in Fault Detection & Classification (FDC) systems, High Precision Maintenance (HPM), TPS, and Lean Manufacturing will be considered preferentially.
• Basic understanding of device micro-fabrication techniques is highly desirable.