Equipment Engineer, Metrology

About the role

The Equipment Engineer ensures the optimal performance, reliability and stability of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The role supports daily fab operations, equipment troubleshooting, preventive maintenance and continuous improvement, keeping process stability, product quality and industrialization efficiency high.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor equipment performance and analyse process and tool data to spot abnormalities, root causes and corrective actions.
• Lead equipment troubleshooting, excursion response and out-of-control (OOC) reduction activities.
• Support defect and excursion investigations, including escalation of critical issues and material reviews when needed.
• Work with process, quality, production, device and other teams to improve equipment performance and line stability.
• Support technology transfer and industrialization, ensuring smooth equipment setup and process deployment.
• Set up, optimise and maintain equipment monitoring systems, automation solutions and defect-related databases or libraries.
• Take part in advanced monitoring and analytics initiatives using AI, CNN, deep learning and data-driven problem solving.

Required profile

• Degree in Material Science, Electrical/Electronics, Microelectronics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or Chemistry.
• Preferably 3+ years of experience in semiconductor wafer fabrication; fresh graduates are also encouraged to apply.
• Good understanding of semiconductor fab processes and equipment-related defectivity control.
• Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills, proactive, self-driven and detail-oriented.

Required skills

• Familiarity with SPC concepts and problem-solving methods such as 8D, FMEA, SPACE and data mining.
• Experience with tools such as Klarity Defects, AceXP or Spotfire is an advantage.