Equipment Maintenance Technician (CMP) D Shift Night
onsemi · Gresham, OR
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 15+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 21 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at onsemi (industrial) in Gresham, OR. 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
- 15+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Root cause, SPC, Robotics, Automation
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $57k–$86k.
Median of the low and high ends of 59 live postings that list pay, out of 2258 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 38 other live reliability postings in Oregon.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (15+ vs 4+)
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Automation 41%
- ✓ Root cause 33%
- Welding 33%
- ✓ Robotics 23%
- Team leadership 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Full description from onsemiAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Key Responsibilities
- ◆Independently diagnose and resolve extremely complex equipment and process-related failures using advanced diagnostic methods, schematics, system data, and sound troubleshooting discipline.
- ◆Lead difficult tool recoveries and root-cause investigations, document findings clearly, and drive corrective actions through verified closure.
- ◆Perform and improve preventive and corrective maintenance, calibrations, repairs, and scheduled tool
qualifications
with consistently high first-time-right quality.
- ✓Interpret equipment, process, SPC, and performance data to identify trends, abnormal conditions, recurring failure modes, and reliability improvement opportunities.
- ✓Develop, improve, and standardize PM specifications, troubleshooting guides, best-known methods, checklists, and maintenance systems.
- ✓Partner with equipment engineering, process engineering, manufacturing, vendors, and management to develop and execute continuous-improvement plans.
- ✓Train and mentor technicians on all aspects of equipment maintenance, advanced diagnostics, safe work practices, documentation, and technical decision-making.
- ✓Provide technical leadership across shifts by setting expectations for professional pass downs, data quality, work execution, and follow-through.
- ✓Coordinate vendor support and provide clear technical direction during escalations, repairs, upgrades, installations, and qualifications.
- ✓Maintain accurate equipment history, repair data, parts usage, and technical documentation in required factory systems.
- ✓Associate or technical degree, military technician training, or equivalent maintenance experience.
- ✓10-15+ years of semiconductor equipment technician experience, with demonstrated specialist-level performance on complex manufacturing equipment.
- ✓Demonstrated expert troubleshooting and problem-solving capability on CMP equipment, including the ability to connect equipment behavior with process performance.
- ✓Ability to work independently, prioritize competing equipment needs, and provide clear technical leadership during high-impact events.
- ✓Strong written and verbal communication skills, including complete repair documentation, technical procedures, pass downs, and cross-functional updates.
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Associate or bachelor’s degree in engineering or a technical field
- ✓Demonstrated expert-level experience on multiple listed Novellus, Applied Materials and LAM Ontrak platforms.
- ✓Formal OEM or vendor training on relevant CMP equipment.
- ✓Experience leading chronic-failure elimination, equipment improvement projects, installations, upgrades, or major qualifications.
- ✓Proficiency with factory systems and data tools used for equipment tracking, parts management, SPC, tool performance analysis, and documentation.
- ✓Proven experience training and mentoring technicians across skill levels and shifts.
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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We are seeking an Equipment Maintenance Technician at onsemi's 200 mm manufacturing facility in Gresham, OR. You will serve as a technical authority for critical CMP equipment. You will perform advanced preventive, corrective, and diagnostic maintenance; lead complex recoveries and root-cause investigations; and develop sustainable improvements that increase equipment reliability and manufacturing performance. This role requires deep hands-on tool expertise, sound judgment, strong ownership, and the ability to influence and develop other technicians without relying on day-to-day direction.
Candidates must demonstrate a high level of hands-on maintenance and troubleshooting expertise on one or more of the following CMP platforms, with broad working knowledge across the area:
- •Polishers:
- •IPEC/Novellus Polishers these include the Momentum Series and 776 Series Polishers
- •Applied Materials Mirra Polishers.
- •Cleaners:
- •LAM Research Ontrak Cleaner
- •Applied Materials Mesa Cleaner
- •IPEC/Novellus 7700 Series Cleaner
- •Extensive knowledge on Slurry Delivery Systems including
- •Parastaltic
- •Flow Controllers.
- •CDS (Chemical Delivery System)
- •Expert knowledge of air pressured systems and the ability to diagnose and repair air leaks.
- •Major tool subsystems such as vacuum, robotics, process chambers, controls, and interlocks
More details about our company benefits can be found here
https://www.onsemi.com/careers/career-benefits
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