Equipment Maintenance Technician
Polar Semiconductor · Bloomington, MN
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 13 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Polar Semiconductor (industrial) in Bloomington, MN.
- Openings
- 5 with this title at this site
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 9, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in Minnesota: typical posted base $58k–$65k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 87 maintenance technician openings in Minnesota, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Minnesota plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 88 other live reliability postings in Minnesota.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $72k–$101k, from 9 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 43%
- PLC 30%
- Welding 24%
- Automation 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
How to get in at this plant
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Pick 2–3 people on the Reliability team at Polar Semiconductor
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- What does a normal week look like on your team?
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This plant: Polar Semiconductor in Bloomington
3 other open roles at this site · 3 people we found in reliability roles at Polar Semiconductor.
- Equipment Engineer - Dry Etch · Manufacturing
- CMP/Backlap Area Equipment Engineer · Manufacturing
- Facilities Maintenance Technician · Reliability · Technician
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