TPS Engineer

Description

The company makes and services the equipment behind nearly every new semiconductor chip and advanced display, with a focus on materials science and engineering.

Its tools help advance AI and bring next-generation chips to market faster.

The hardware support team works at the core of the electronics industry.

Responsibilities

• Give technical product support for complex semiconductor manufacturing hardware.
• Troubleshoot hard equipment faults across mechanical, electrical, vacuum, gas delivery, thermal, pneumatic, hydraulic, and related subsystems.
• Find root causes of repeat or stubborn hardware failures and see fixes through to completion.
• Take part in installing, qualifying, maintaining, repairing, upgrading, and modifying semiconductor equipment.
• Review equipment performance and field failures to find ways to improve reliability, serviceability, and uptime.
• Work with systems engineering, product development, manufacturing, field service, and other technical teams to fix hardware problems.
• Advise and escalate for field engineers handling difficult equipment issues.
• Support new product launches and the move of new hardware technology into customer sites.
• Write up technical fixes, troubleshooting steps, corrective actions, and best practices, and share them.
• Talk with customers and internal colleagues to understand technical problems and resolve them quickly.
• Use equipment data, diagnostic tools, schematics, and engineering documents to isolate failures and choose corrective actions.
• Send field findings back to engineering to shape future hardware improvements and designs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, materials science, or a related engineering field.
• Hands-on experience supporting, troubleshooting, installing, or maintaining complex semiconductor equipment.
• A methodical approach to troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Ability to read mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, system diagrams, and technical documents.
• Strong communication skills for working with engineering, field service, manufacturing, and customers.
• Preferred: experience supporting semiconductor capital equipment in field, product support, systems, equipment, or hardware engineering roles.
• Preferred: experience with equipment used in Epitaxy (EPI), CVD, PVD, Etch, CMP, Implant, or other wafer fabrication processes.
• Preferred: experience with equipment installs, hardware upgrades, retrofits, or new product introductions.
• Preferred: a record of resolving escalated technical issues in customer or production settings.
• Preferred: experience working directly with design or systems engineering teams on hardware improvements.

Conditions

Salary range: $96,000.00 to $132,000.00.

Locations: Albuquerque, NM; Chandler, AZ; or Hillsboro, OR.

Full-time, assignee / regular employee.

Travel: 50% of the time.

Not eligible for relocation.

Pay depends on location, hire grade, job knowledge, skills, experience, and fairness to current team members.

For sales roles, the posted range is the Target Total Cash range: base salary plus target bonus at 100% goal achievement.

This is a hardware-focused role for a hands-on equipment engineer who can troubleshoot complex electromechanical systems and work across engineering, field service, manufacturing, and customer teams.

Accommodation requests for the application process can be sent to the company's HR accommodations team.

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package.
• Possible bonus and stock award participation, depending on eligibility.
• Programs supporting personal and professional growth, plus wellbeing support at work, at home, and beyond.