Sr. Metal Equipment Engineer

Sr. Metal Equipment Engineer

About the Job

As a Senior Metal Equipment Engineer, you will play a key role in driving equipment reliability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement within our semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility. You will lead equipment optimization initiatives, develop technical standards, and drive factory-wide cost reduction and productivity improvement projects.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure equipment performance, reliability, and sustainable manufacturing operations while providing technical leadership in solving complex equipment-related challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead equipment reliability and OEE improvement initiatives.

• Develop equipment technology roadmaps and improvement strategies.

• Drive factory-wide cost reduction and efficiency enhancement projects.

• Manage spare parts inventory, supplier coordination, and equipment maintenance resources.

• Lead equipment installation, troubleshooting, qualification, modification, and commissioning activities.

• Identify equipment operational risks and implement corrective actions.

• Develop technical standards and best practices for equipment management.

• Mentor and train Equipment Engineers and Technicians.

• About You

• You are a technically strong and results-driven engineering professional with extensive semiconductor manufacturing equipment experience. You enjoy solving complex technical problems and leading improvement initiatives that enhance productivity and equipment performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.

• 8+ years of semiconductor fab equipment maintenance experience.

• Strong hands-on experience with Metal process equipment, particularly Sputtering and Evaporation systems.

• Proven experience managing equipment projects from procurement through production ramp-up.

• Excellent troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.

• Good English communication and technical writing skills.

• Experience with inventory management, spare parts strategy, and supplier management.

• Strong leadership and project management capabilities.

• At Littelfuse, we support employee growth and development. Guided by our culture principles, our teams work together to deliver value for customers and make a positive impact in the communities where we operate. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to grow and contribute. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, performance-based incentives, flexible work arrangements, and development opportunities.

• About Us

• Our humble roots date back to 1927, where, in the back of a garage on Chicago’s northside, our founder, Edward Sundt, developed a small, fast-acting, protective fuse for use in sensitive test meters. Sundt wanted to call his new company producing these small fuses, “Little Fuse,” but wasn’t allowed to trademark two such common words. So, instead he went with the one-word, misspelled “Littelfuse.”

• For more than 95 years, Littelfuse has pioneered innovative products that help empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. With the ever-evolving electrification and electronification of customer applications, our product technologies are closely linked to sustainable applications such as electric vehicles and EV charging infrastructure, renewable energy and energy storage, factory automation, power management and more.

• Throughout our history, our people are the foundation of our success — and that remains true today. Now more than ever, our bright and talented people are a strategic advantage for the company. From the production line to the engineering lab, the office or distribution center, Littelfuse people are an important part of a diverse, talented team of the best and brightest in the industry. While Littelfuse has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, we still maintain a small-company, entrepreneurial approach where your efforts will drive our culture, our business, and the overall success of the organization. No matter where you work or what you do, your contributions will make a difference at Littelfuse — everywhere, every day.

• Littelfuse is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, and/or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.