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WNF seeks a Fabrication/Equipment Service Engineer

The Fabrication/Equipment Service Engineer will be responsible for equipment troubleshooting, facilities infrastructure monitoring and support, baseline process monitoring, tool ownership, and executing contract manufacturing efforts.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Assume primary responsibility, in partnership with management, for monitoring and coordinating infrastructure and facilities level maintenance and repair needs across nanofabrication facility, including plumbing, electrical, gas lines, HVAC, cooling water, and other utilities.
• Assume primary responsibility for calibration, maintenance, repair and servicing of complex equipment used in nanofabrication, including but not limited to photolithography, dry etching, thin-film deposition, and inspection and analysis in order to meet uptime metrics and maintain process performance.
• Work with other facility staff and users to identify tool operational issues and address those issues in a timely manner with proper maintenance, repair and troubleshooting.
• Coordinate new tool facilitation and commissioning and assist tool owners in developing calibration and preventative maintenance schedules for tools and peripherals.
• Characterize and calibrate tool performance using OEM Best Known Methods (BKMs) and processes periodically with Statistical Process Controls (SPC).
• Work directly with local researchers, including university staff and students as well as industrial users, to support their instrumentation needs by minimizing downtime and ensuring stable performance.
• Be cross-trained and provide secondary support for other equipment in the cleanroom.
• Work will be primarily within the Fluke Hall cleanroom facility, and will involve hands-on work with complex processing equipment, delicate samples, chemicals, compressed gasses.

REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor’s degree required and 2 years’ working experience with micro and nanofabrication tools or support equipment
• Working knowledge of infrastructure systems and ability to coordinate service and repairs
• Working knowledge of hazardous materials handling and emergency response procedures
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including project organization and issue tracking

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE
• Experience working in a cleanroom environment
• Nanofabrication experience including both process development and equipment maintenance including high vacuum systems.
• Detailed experience with at least 1 nanofabrication process line or infrastructure suite and the equipment necessary to support it, preferably in relation to a multi-user, multi-discipline, research-oriented facility.
• Ability to plan and execute complex projects such as preventative maintenance planning, process development and characterization, or equipment installation.
• Experience with Emergency Response Teams (ERTs).

Apply via the UW job portal.