Fab Equipment Engineer

About the role

Broadcom is looking for a Fab Equipment Engineer to maintain, repair and continuously improve high-volume manufacturing equipment in a cleanroom environment. The engineer ensures maximum equipment uptime, optimizes equipment performance and contributes to process yield and cost improvement goals.

Key responsibilities

• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance and unscheduled repairs on semiconductor fab equipment such as MOCVD reactors, lithography, E-Beam, aligners, coaters/developers, PECVD, RIE, polishers, metrology and other fab support tools.
• Troubleshoot and repair complex equipment failures to restore tools to production-ready status and minimize unscheduled downtime.
• Develop, refine and document standardized maintenance procedures for assigned equipment.
• Manage equipment spare parts inventory and coordinate with vendors for specialized repairs and technical support.
• Work with Process Engineers to improve equipment stability, process control and MTBF, and use root cause analysis (DMAIC, 8D) to resolve recurring failures.
• Implement equipment upgrades and modifications to increase throughput and reduce manufacturing costs.
• Use statistical process control (SPC) and data analysis tools to monitor equipment health and predict failures.
• Follow cleanroom protocols, risk assessments and safety regulations, take part in safety audits, and follow Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LOTO) and other safety programs.
• Document all maintenance activities, parts usage and system changes in the ISS inventory tracker.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related technical field.
• At least 3-5 years of hands-on experience as an Equipment Engineer in a high-volume semiconductor frontend manufacturing environment, or as an OEM field service tool support for this type of environment.
• Proven expertise in setting up, maintaining and troubleshooting the specified tools.
• Ability to work in a cleanroom environment and to participate in ERT activities.

Required skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including RCA tools such as 5 Whys and Fishbone diagrams.
• Proficiency in reading electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and P&ID schematics.
• Excellent communication, teamwork and documentation skills.