Equipment Technician
onsemi · Nampa, ID
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level manufacturing role at onsemi (industrial) in Nampa, ID. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world.
- They ask for
- degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- SPC, Automation
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $60k–$95k.
Median of the low and high ends of 65 live postings that list pay, out of 1046 manufacturing technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 841 other live manufacturing postings in the US.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $72k–$104k, from 101 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 48%
- Tooling 39%
- CNC 31%
- Machining 30%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for SPC, Automation, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: onsemi in Nampa
4 other open roles at this site · 1 person we found in manufacturing roles at onsemi.
- Facilities Site Leader - Project Management & Work Order Coordination · Reliability · Manager
- Probe Equipment Technician (Nampa) · Manufacturing · Technician
- CFA Equipment Technician · Manufacturing · Technician
- Facilities Engineer · Reliability
Full description from onsemiAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Interact with the production team to react to manufacturing priorities throughout the shift
- ◆Work with the CFA shift equipment team / CFA lead equipment technician to ensure equipment priorities for the shift are being addressed
- ◆Maintain a safe work environment and follow safety policies and guidelines
- ◆Properly and thoroughly document all equipment maintenance work performed using the Maintenance Manager (MaiMa) application and ensure that equipment is logged to the proper E-10 state
- ◆Properly and thoroughly document lot/wafer specifics that were not run through standard wafer processing.
- ◆Ensuring equipment is released in a production-worthy state post-maintenance
- ◆Apply sound troubleshooting when working on down equipment
- ◆Obtain and maintain all required certifications for performing equipment maintenance
- ◆Work with the tool owners to create/improve work instructions, procedures, and best known methods for performing equipment maintenance
- ◆Learn statistical process control (SPC) and data analysis to monitor equipment-related control charts and react to out of control/specification (OOC/OOS) conditions
- ◆Work with the process and equipment owners on action plans for area-specific issues, including data collection and tool maintenance (PM)/repair.
- ◆Ensure a thorough written and verbal pass-down of shift activities, tool issues, process issues, and project status
- ◆Keep the lead engineer/production supervisor advised of area issues and progress
- ◆Equipment to support includes DNS/Screen coat & develop tracks and wet bench, Canon steppers, SPTS dry etch & CVD frame & chambers, Axcelis Fusion strip, STEAG wet bench, and various photo metrology tools.
Qualifications
- ✓Associate degree in electronics or equivalent experience
- ✓Experience with DNS/Screen Coat and developing tracks and Canon steppers is a plus
- ✓Understanding of CFA processing and SPC is a plus
- ✓Ability to perform duties in a clean room environment, working with chemicals (photoresists, solvents, etc.) and wet process equipment
Willingness to work a 12-hour shift, that can include weekends, nights, and holidays
(note that the shifts do rotate between night-shift and day-shift every 4 months)
- ✓Willingness to work overtime when requested
- ✓Ability to work well both independently (self-motivated) and on a team
- ✓Ability to follow written or verbal work instructions
onsemi (Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, the company is accelerating change in megatrends such as vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world.
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onsemi is seeking a CFA Manufacturing Shift Equipment Technician in Nampa who works on a shift team to support the manufacture of CMOS Image Sensors. The primary responsibility of the Photo / Wet Process / Dry Etch Equipment Technician is to sustain color filter array (CFA) manufacturing equipment, including photolithography, wet process, dry etch, metrology, and other fab support equipment. The work to sustain the equipment includes scheduled preventive maintenance, repairs, engineering requests, and equipment/process qualification.
Note: Day shift employees will rotate to night shifts, and night shift employees to day shifts every 3 to 4 months. A shift to E night shift
More details about our company benefits can be found here
https://www.onsemi.com/careers/career-benefits
