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Staff Equipment Engineer
T1 Energy
Rockdale, USA
Full-time
Senior · 7+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 3 weeks ago
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Who You Are
- An experienced equipment engineer who has owned multi-platform tool sets in a semiconductor, solar, or advanced manufacturing environment.
- Deeply knowledgeable in maintenance strategy, equipment reliability, and OEE improvement.
- The engineer others bring a problem to after they’ve already tried everything.
- Systematic and thorough in your approach to equipment programs - nothing runs on luck under your watch.
- Calm and decisive when tools go down, and production is waiting.
- 7+ years of equipment engineering and maintenance experience in a semiconductor, solar cell, or advanced manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience in multi-platform equipment environments including wet process, diffusion and thermal, CVD and ALD, metallization, and related toolsets.
- Proven track record building and managing preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
- Strong understanding of OEE metrics and systematic approaches to equipment reliability improvement.
- Experience setting maintenance standards and mentoring equipment engineers or maintenance technicians.
- Hands-on experience with equipment installation, qualification, and vendor management.
- The T1 Way
- We move fast, expect accountability, and treat people with respect. We also have a no-jerks policy: we don't tolerate big egos, bad behavior or "that's not my job attitude". Be sharp, be honest, be human. If you can hold the line and have a sense of humor, you'll fit right in.
- T1 Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants and do not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected characteristics.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of equipment engineering and maintenance experience in a semiconductor, solar cell, or advanced manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience in multi-platform equipment environments including wet process, diffusion and thermal, CVD and ALD, metallization, and related toolsets.
- Proven track record building and managing preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
- Strong understanding of OEE metrics and systematic approaches to equipment reliability improvement.
- Experience setting maintenance standards and mentoring equipment engineers or maintenance technicians.
- Hands-on experience with equipment installation, qualification, and vendor management.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field preferred.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field preferred.
Responsibilities
- Own equipment engineering and maintenance for your assigned tool group at the G2 solar cell fab, covering a multi-platform tool set.
- Set the maintenance and troubleshooting standard for your area, and mentor the equipment engineers and maintenance technicians working on your tools.
- Establish and manage preventative and predictive maintenance programs that maximize equipment uptime and reliability.
- Drive equipment qualification, installation, and acceptance activities for new tool installations and upgrades.
- Own spare parts strategy and inventory for your tool set, and work with vendors to ensure rapid response to equipment issues.
- Monitor and improve OEE across your tool set, identifying chronic downtime contributors and driving systematic resolution.
- Lead root cause analysis for equipment failures and implement corrective actions that stick.
- Partner with Process, Facilities, and EHS teams to ensure tools operate safely, cleanly, and within specification.
- Engage equipment vendors at a technical level on failures, modifications, and hardware improvements that increase uptime.
- Support fab ramp activities including tool installation, qualification, and operator training.
About T1 Energy
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T1 Energy is an Austin-based energy solutions provider building an integrated U.S. solar and battery supply chain. It manufactures photovoltaic solar modules in Texas and is constructing a solar-cell fabrication facility in Austin.
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