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Team Leader, Equipment Engineering and Maintenance
Job Location:
Job Location:
Portland, OR - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
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Posted:
13 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
10 October 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Siltronic is one of the worlds leading manufacturers of highly specialized hyper pure silicon wafers. Being an international market player we serve the semiconductor industry worldwide and partner with many leading chip manufacturers. Our global production network in Asia Europe and the USA includes todays most advanced plants for 200mm and 300mm wafers. We provide a competitive benefits package includingmedical dental and vision insurance 401k matching educational assistance and a quarterly success sharing bonus program.
Seeking an Equipment Engineering and Maintenance Team Leader
This role is responsible for making timely data-driven decisions that directly impact equipment performance material quality team effectiveness project execution and overall fab results. The Team Leader exercises judgment across a wide range of areas including personnel selection onboarding development planning and performance management in alignment with company policies. The position oversees cost center budgeting spending prioritization and maintenance resource allocation while making risk-based decisions related to material quality equipment performance and containment actions. The role also leads response and recovery efforts for excursions affecting yield quality cycle time and tool availability and partners closely with Technology and Operations to define and execute Fab Performance Strategy and priorities. Additional responsibilities include setting team and performance goals supporting audit readiness and compliance actions balancing maintenance priorities across preventive corrective and project work and managing trade-offs between short-term recovery and long-term reliability. The Team Leader also drives decisions related to escalation vendor engagement resource deployment spare parts strategy and lifecycle planning including upgrades and retrofits. Finally the role governs adoption of data analytics and predictive maintenance approaches and approves equipment or process changes that may impact capability stability product quality timelines or capital effectiveness.
Job Duties
- Provide leadership and direction to Equipment Engineers and Maintenance Technicians setting clear expectations priorities and accountability for performance safety and development.
- Own equipment uptime availability and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) for assigned areas ensuring tool performance supports fab output and quality requirements.
- Lead rapid troubleshooting escalation and structured recovery of critical tool issues to minimize downtime and restore stable operation.
- Define implement and continuously improve preventive predictive and corrective maintenance strategies to reduce unplanned downtime and improve reliability.
- Drive data-based reliability engineering through use of equipment history SPC fault trends and predictive indicators to identify and prevent failures before they impact production.
- Lead structured problem solving for recurring or systemic equipment issues using methodologies such as RCA 8D DOE and FMEA.
- Lead engineering projects from concept through execution including scope definition resource planning milestone tracking risk management and communication of project status and outcomes.
- Coordinate cross-functional execution of capital projects equipment upgrades process transfers and technical improvement initiatives to ensure timely completion and sustainable results.
- Ensure engineering projects are executed with strong change control technical documentation qualification rigor and alignment to safety quality cost and operational objectives.
- Prioritize and manage multiple engineering and maintenance initiatives simultaneously balancing project execution with day-to-day fab support requirements.
- Partner closely with Technology and Operations to define and execute Fab Performance Strategy aligning maintenance priorities and engineering projects with business quality and capacity objectives.
- Support capital planning equipment upgrades obsolescence management and lifecycle strategy to sustain a competitive and reliable manufacturing capability.
- Build team capability through coaching training competency development and performance feedback to ensure a highly skilled and engaged organization.
- Ensure disciplined execution of safety environmental quality and regulatory requirements including audit readiness procedural compliance and cleanroom standards.
- Manage maintenance-related cost performance through effective budgeting resource allocation contractor support and spare parts strategy.
- Maintain compliance of 5S standards of engineering and maintenance workspaces in offices shops and production areas.
Position Requirements:
Requires Bachelors degree in Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience with 7 years of semiconductor fab or closely related manufacturing/engineering experience required; advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D.) or registration as a Professional Engineer preferred. Strong technical expertise in semiconductor manufacturing equipment maintenance systems reliability improvement and engineering project execution required. Experience leading capital projects tool installations upgrades qualifications or cross-functional engineering initiatives preferred. Experience with data analysis SPC fault trending and reliability engineering required; predictive maintenance experience preferred. Demonstrated ability to organize and lead teams plan and execute programs or projects and deliver measurable results. Strong people leadership skills including coaching performance management and development of technical talent. Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization and influence decisions through data credibility and collaboration. Strong judgment problem-solving skills and the ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Proficiency with Microsoft Office products including Word Excel PowerPoint or similar software required. Intermediate SAP knowledge with experience in Sales and Distribution modules required. Working knowledge of silicon products required along with strong customer service skills and the ability to train and mentor others.
To ensure a safe work environment while meeting the physical demands of the job you must be able to perform the following tasks:
- Ability to sit stand walk
- Ability to use office equipment phones laptop effectively for various amounts of time throughout the day
Benefits and Compensation:
- 120 hours vacation
- 10 Paid Holidays
- 60 hours of sick time
- Medical / Dental / Vision
- Health Savings Account Option
- Long Term Disability
- Parental Leave
- Paid Leave Oregon
- Life Insurance
- Supplemental Life Insurance
- Educational Assistance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Financial Wellness Assistance
- Legal Insurance
- Quarterly Success Share Bonus
- Referral Program
- Retirement Plan Options up to 5% Match
- Sponsored Wellness Programs & Challenges
- Subsidize Public Transportation Pass
**Relocation assistance is not offered
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Siltronic AG is one of the world's leading producers of hyperpure silicon wafers and has been a partner to many major semiconductor manufacturers for decades.
