Manufacturing Process Technician

Diamond Foundry · Wenatchee, WA

Level: Technician
Team: Process
Degree: Required
Experience asked: 4+ years
Industry: Industrial
Posted: 8 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A technician-level process role at Diamond Foundry (industrial) in Wenatchee, WA. , you will join a team of highly skilled process technicians and engineers.

They ask for: 4+ years · degree required
Tools it names: SPC, DOE, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), Casting

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Manufacturing Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $60k–$91k.

Median of the low and high ends of 50 live postings that list pay, out of 825 manufacturing technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 128 other live process postings in the US.

Experience asked: More than usual (4+ vs 3+)

Skills these teams ask for most

Team leadership 37%
Root cause 22%
Tooling 22%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), Casting, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 4+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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This plant: Diamond Foundry in Wenatchee

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Responsibilities

◆Maintain Process Sheets and document changes as needed.
◆Monitor processes on a daily basis. Adjust where appropriate and notify Process Engineers on critical issues.
◆Work with team members and independentlywith a high degree of finitiative to supporrt and maintian good manufacturing processes and continuout improvements.
◆Assist with process validations, DOE execution, optimizations, and process-sustaining audits.
◆Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)'s and safety procedures.

Requirements

✓Associate degree in a technical field, military-technical training with 4+ years of experience, or 5+ years of work experience in a related technical field. Fresh out-of-college graduates with STEM degrees are encouraged to apply. ( Preferred: Bachelor's Degree )
✓Ability to perform critical tasks with a high level of accuracy per procedures. ( Preferred: Being knowledgeable about SPC and yield quality metrics.)
✓Excellent written and oral communication skills and documentation experience are highly desired.
✓Effective at communicating data through text, graphics, and images to audiences of all experience levels.

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Diamond Foundry Inc. is solving the thermal limitation at the foundation of today's most exciting tech industries -- AI & cloud compute, electric-car power electronics, and 5G/6G wireless. We have managed to produce the world's first single-crystal diamond wafers and are now on a mission to put a diamond behind every chip. We are the rare unicorn that has grown fast and profitably. We received $515m in funding and are executing a multi-$B expansion plan for one of the greenest forms of tech manufacturing: converting greenhouse gas into diamond wafers using zero-emission energy.

We are looking for an ambitious, experienced manufacturing process technician to join our team. In this role, you will join a team of highly skilled process technicians and engineers. We are looking for quick learners with a proven ability to work with less support. This role involves working directly with proprietary plasma reactor technology to produce high-quality diamonds and assist the engineering team with technical and non-technical needs.