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The Shift Equipment Technician is responsible for monitoring, sustaining, and improving the equipment in their assigned area, while working in partnership with Shift Ops team members, area equipment engineers and tool vendors. Shift Equipment Technicians monitor tool performance, schedule and perform preventative maintenance on assigned tool sets, and use mechanical, electronic and PC/software skills to troubleshoot and repair equipment issues. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Safety & Quality: 

Completes all required safety training and conducts all work in accordance with safety policies and regulations

Follows-up on safety and quality related issues immediately and works towards resolution with stakeholders

Performs and facilitates audits and submits good catches on safety issues

Proactively reduces incidents of personal injuries, safety hazards or environmental releases

Operates and maintains tools according to documentation and guidelines to ensure safety and quality expectations are met 

Creates and modifies equipment procedures via approved TD change management methods

Communication & Collaboration:

Collaborates with supervisor and areas leaders to create personal performance and development goals

Partners with 1st Shift Engineers and Shift Engineers/Technicians to execute to daily priorities

Proactively communicates issues that could cause yield loss, excursions, defects, tool restrictions, or output loss

Ensures pass down is updated and accurately reflects the work performed and tool current statuses

Communicates current/upcoming tools issues and mitigation plans

Technical/Data Analysis:

Provides troubleshooting support for equipment-related problems and address root causes 

Provides effective and timely support to resolve equipment issues and is highly engaged in key problem resolution

Supports a culture of TPM including TPM metrics, WS health reports, CIP items, MTAGs, MOP documents and restoration guides

Escalates inventory issues to the 1st shift team including ATIR, dead inventory, kitting BOMs, spare, etc.

Assists with equipment installs and engineering tests

Drives to increase tool uptime through systematic problem solving and troubleshooting

Assists 1st shift engineering and shift teams with long-term down equipment

Identifies and reduces tool-generated defects to improve quality

Identifies and resolves chronic equipment alarm issues

Improves tool availability by finding solutions to ongoing problems

Owns shift equipment performance metrics

Creates reports summarizing equipment availability, variability, and cost reduction projects

Project Management/Planning:

Partners with equipment engineers and 1st shift owners to develop, prioritize, and manage projects

Manages projects to ensure deliverables are completed within the required scope, schedule and budget

Tracks actions and provides escalation path or resources to ensure actions will be completed on time

Supports department business processes for new tool installations, modifications and removals

Successful Candidates must have the following Qualifications:

Knowledge of AC/DC circuits, including: fundamentals of electricity, and basic electronic components and circuits

Strong mechanical aptitude with the ability to understand and troubleshoot mechanical systems

Vacuum system knowledge and the ability to troubleshoot may be required in some areas

Proven ability to use schematic diagrams to troubleshoot systems to components level

Intermediate PC skills including a familiarity with MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Ariba, ETO, SPACE, DataNav, and E3

Intermediate understanding of the process flow related to area equipment

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to efficiently organize tasks

Strong partnering, negotiation and teamwork skills

Intermediate understanding of the Fab process areas including area processing equipment   

Basic knowledge of the main utility systems supplied by the Facilities group

Strong understanding of SPC principles

Basic data extraction, analysis, and reporting skills

Proven ability in multi-tasking complex projects and enjoy working in a fast pace environment

Proven ability to troubleshoot basic problems and address root causes

Basic understanding of physics, area chemistry, and algebraic concepts

Demonstrated analytical problem solving skills

Proven time management, organization, and prioritization skills

Proven ability to troubleshoot issues related to process flows

Proven ability to follow procedures and work with minimal supervision

Flexible with job responsibilities and shift assignments

Education & Experience

Required:  AAS in Electronics or equivalent experience.

As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future.  We offer a choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget.  Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave.  Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time-off program and paid holidays.  For additional information regarding the Benefit programs available, please see the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits.

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