PCS Equipment Engineer

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Position Summary

In your role as an Equipment Engineer you'll be responsible for documenting, trending, and sustaining the overall health of the PCS equipment fleet. The PCS equipment fleet includes dry vacuum Pumps, heat-exchanging Chillers, chemical abatement Scrubbers, and associated Accessory equipment like gate valves, pipe heaters, and N2 injection systems. The core job tasks include the identification of data sets that define equipment condition, organization of data trends to display the health of equipment via real-time dashboard, and creation of work processes and expectations to take action on fleet trends.

Also, you'll be responsible to develop functional knowledge of all PCS equipment types and collaborate with each equipment team to monitor, control, and sustain fleet health using Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) principles.

Role and Responsibilities

Here's what you'll be responsible for:

• Equipment Expertise

  Understand the core function of each PCS equipment type

  Demonstrate knowledge of design concepts across each PCS equipment type

  Learn the common failure modes in each PCS equipment type

  Identify the roster of parameters each equipment is capable of measuring

• Maintenance and Procedure

  Understand the maintenance procedures for each equipment type

  Learn how each team schedules maintenance on equipment

  Establish expectations on maintenance procedures and define constraints for failure conditions

• Fleet Health Visibility

  Compile data sets of equipment parameters and rank them by health based on value

  Evaluate parameter values using SPC methodologies and define spec limits

  Build and modify dashboards that visualize the performance and health of equipment

  Automate escalations of equipment issues based on spec limits

  Create and enforce procedures that are used to address fleet health issues

• Engineering Reliability

  Analyze equipment performance and derive improvement opportunities

  Author preventive‑maintenance schedules based on usage hours, manufacturer recommendations, and failure‑mode analyses

  Perform root‑cause investigations for abnormal equipment failures

  Organize and lead projects that have clearly defined benefits and ROI

• Team Collaboration

  Interface with equipment engineer peers to drive improvements in their respective modules

  Manage competing priorities within each module and generate progress on the important initiatives

• Documentation & Reporting

  Produce and maintain operating manuals, SOPs, and fleet records

  Submit monthly KPI dashboards (pump uptime, mean‑time‑between‑failure)

  Record all incident reports for audit purposes

Skills and Qualifications

Here's what you'll need:

• Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical, Chemical, Industrial, or Process Engineering

• 3+ years of hands‑on experience with sub-fab systems in semiconductor industry

• Experience in other manufacturing environments with large quantities of equipment

• Proficiency in data/statistical analytics

• Experience with mechanical repair of equipment

• Knowledge of common industrial sensors (pressure, temperature, flow, etc)

• Proficiency with Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) concepts and how to implement them in industry.

The current base salary range for this role is between $70,480 - $179,090. Individual base pay rates will depend on factors including duties, work location, education, skills, qualifications and experience. Total compensation for this position will include a competitive benefits package and may include participation in company incentive compensation programs, which are based on factors to include organizational and individual performance.

Total Rewards
At Samsung SAS, base pay is just one part of our total compensation package. The base compensation for this role will depend on education, experience, skills, and location.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance and 401(k) matching with immediate vesting
• Onsite café(s) and workout facilities
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Paid time off (PTO) + 2 personal holidays and 10 regular holidays
• Wellness incentives and MORE
  

Eligible full-time employees (salaried or hourly) may also receive MBO bonuses based on company, division, and individual performance.

All positions at SAS are full-time on-site.

U.S. Export Control Compliance
This role requires access to information subject to U.S. export control laws. Applicants must be authorized to access such information or eligible for government authorization.

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