Manager, Maintenance Engineering

The Equipment Maintenance Senior Supervisor will lead the wafer fabrication equipment maintenance team to ensure maximum tool uptime, reliability, and safety in support of production goals. This role is responsible for preventive and corrective maintenance programs, resource allocation, staff development, and continuous improvement of equipment performance within the fab.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of equipment maintenance technicians on assigned shift, and help other shifts as needed or assigned.
• Oversee preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance programs for wafer fab tools (e.g., lithography, etch, deposition, CMP, wet/dry cleans, metrology).
• Monitor and improve key metrics such as MTBF, MTTR, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
• Drive root cause analysis (RCA) of recurring equipment issues and implement long-term corrective actions.
• Collaborate closely with process engineering, production, and facilities teams to support yield and throughput goals.
• Manage spare parts inventory, vendor support contracts, and maintenance budget.
• Ensure compliance with all environmental, health, and safety standards, as well as cleanroom protocols.
• Lead equipment installation, qualification, and commissioning projects.
• Document and report maintenance activities, performance metrics, and improvement initiatives.
• Present tool status in requested meetings with Problem, Root Cause, what actions have taken place so far, what actions are next, and ETA or CP.
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Escalate line down, and/or critical tool down situations with Escalation PP and associated guidelines.

REQUIRED

• 7+ years of semiconductor wafer fab equipment maintenance experience, including at least 3 years in a supervisory or management role.
• Strong knowledge of semiconductor toolsets (This Film etch, lithography, CVD/PVD, CMP, wet benches, metrology, etc.).
• Proven track record of managing maintenance teams in a 24/7 manufacturing environment.
• Expertise in mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and vacuum systems.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with experience in root cause analysis.
• Familiarity with MESA, RV, Smartsheets.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and team development skills.
• Assignment completed on time
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, resources, and vendor relationships.
• Work assigned AWS Schedule, and any addition time required to complete additional tasks that are assigned
• Work in a cleanroom minimum of 6 hours per day.
• Excel, PowerPoint, and Word knowledge (Intermediate level, minimum) 

PREFERRED

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Electrical, or related Engineering discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Experience with 200mm/300mm wafer fabrication equipment.
• Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, SPC, or other continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience with FDC (Fault Detection & Classification) systems.
• Prior involvement in new tool installation and ramp projects.
• OSHA/EHS certifications and strong understanding of cleanroom safety protocols.

Additional Information

• Location: San Jose, CA
• Reports to: Steve Olness, Senior Manager, Maintenance Engineering
• Schedule: AWS-Full-time, may require flexible hours to support 24/7 fab operations.

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Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 07/07/2026, although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York.  This range may be modified in the future.
• If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws.  You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.

• You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either WD’s Short Term Incentive Plan (“STI Plan”) or the Sales Incentive Plan (“SIP”) which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance, depending on your role and your performance. You may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to WD's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program; employee stock purchase plan; and the WD Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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