
Equipment Engineer
Cranbury, NJFull-time$79–94K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago
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Job overview
The Equipment Engineer maintains and repairs semiconductor fab equipment, supports production uptime, and coaches maintenance personnel. The role oversees preventive maintenance, equipment upgrades, troubleshooting, and vendor coordination, while tracking downtime, failure modes, and spare parts. It also supports new tool installations and continuous improvement. The position requires hands-on semiconductor manufacturing experience and knowledge of high-power diode lasers and high-vacuum systems.
Skills & qualifications
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Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Compensation
$79,200.00 - $94,400.00 / Yearly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Shift
First Shift (Day)
Job Description
As a family-run, high-tech company with nearly 19,000 employees at 71 locations worldwide, we are looking for forward thinkers with unconventional ideas and drive to join our team. Our company culture, which values collaboration and mutual trust, creates the ideal framework for boldly trying new things and questioning the status quo. Our technologies inspire people to develop and produce things that are currently unimaginable. Whether lasers, machine tools, EUV or electronics - TRUMPF is building technological worlds for future generations. Are you ready for new challenges?
The Equipment Engineer is responsible for tool maintenance and repair in the Semiconductor Fab. It coaches and supports other maintenance personnel within the organization. Organizes equipment spares and track usage to ensure no line down situations. This position requires flexible working hours and close collaboration with other equipment engineers and equipment technicians across the organization.
Duties & Responsibilities
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To coach a multi-disciplinary team of equipment engineers/technicians in the organization to perform preventative maintenance routines to ensure equipment reliability.
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To produce and maintain PM schedule.
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Overall strong equipment skills, both electrical and mechanical.
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To oversee modifications and upgrades of process equipment tools.
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To provide technical support in production equipment repairment.
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To maintain and track equipment downtime, failure modes, and spares inventory.
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To interface with vendors and contractors for tool installation, upgrades, maintenance and modifications.
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To write relevant documentation such as maintenance and recovery procedures.
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Candidate should have excellent problem solving and analytical skills and be familiar with semiconductor fabrication processes and tools.
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Duties will include day to day equipment sustaining activities, driving continuous improvement projects, and supporting production group to maintain tool up time.
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The selected candidate will be able to work both independently and, in a team, and have a proven track record of success.
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Carry out Fingerprinting, FMEA, on equipment and determine equipment specific SPC charts.
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Responsible for new tool purchase/ installs and equipment upgrade specification.
Experience
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3+ years hands on experience in a semiconductor manufacturing environment
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Knowledge of high-power diode laser, high vacuum systems is required (e.g., MBE, PVD, MOCVD, Ion Beam Deposition, Sputter, Evaporation)
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Strong technical and communication skills, and the ability to work in cross-functional teams to solve day-to-day tool problems
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Strong sense of initiative and ownership in troubleshooting when encounter new challenges.
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Physically able to perform hands-on technical tasks on semiconductor process tools.
Education
- B.S. in engineering or other science with practical experience in industry.
Pay & Benefits
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Retirement: 401(k) with generous company match
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Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits with employer HSA contributions and 100% employer-paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
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Education Assistance: Tuition reimbursement and student loan guidance to support your continued learning
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Family Support: Paid family and parental leave programs, plus comprehensive reproductive and family health resources
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Work-Life Balance: Paid time off available from day one, plus 11 paid company holidays
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Income Protection: Company-paid life insurance at two times base salary, along with short- and long-term disability coverage
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Additional Programs: Gym membership subsidy, employee referral bonuses, recognition awards, and a scholarship program for employees' children
Pay Range: $79,200.00 - $94,400.00
TRUMPF Inc. endeavors to make TRUMPF careers pages accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance in completing the applications process, please contact our HR department at 860.255.6000 or at [email protected]. This contact information is for accommodation requests only and can not be used to inquire about the status of application.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
R00044345
Job Type
Full Time
How this job compares
Set against the 726 open Maintenance Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$79–94K/yr
- US median$92–130K/yr221 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $87K, is 22% below the US median midpoint ($111K) — in the lowest quarter of Maintenance Engineer salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 20 open Maintenance Engineer jobs in New Jersey and 726 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Maintenance Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (540 postings).
- Education
- 142 of the 726 open Maintenance Engineer jobs (20%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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