Equipment Engineer (Vacuum)

Location: Springtown, Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Full-time, 39 hours per week. Travel: None.

Company

hirify.global operates a large manufacturing and research site producing magnetic thin-film heads and related nanoscale technologies.

What you will do

• Support the installation, uptime, reliability, throughput, and yield performance of high-technology manufacturing equipment.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret equipment performance data to improve decision-making.
• Develop and automate equipment KPIs, early-detection methods, and control strategies.
• Plan and coordinate equipment installation activities, including EHS considerations.
• Troubleshoot and manage machine hard-down events involving electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, gas, and vacuum systems.
• Lead equipment improvement projects and collaborate with process, facilities, R&D, industrial engineering, technicians, OEM suppliers, and Seagate sites in the USA and Asia.

Requirements

• Knowledge or experience in vacuum technology within high-volume manufacturing, wafer fabrication, semiconductor, thin-film, or a similarly complex engineering environment.
• Practical experience supporting, troubleshooting, or improving vacuum-based equipment such as PVD, sputter deposition, evaporation, RIE, plasma etch, dry etch, ion beam etch, CVD, or ALD platforms.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, organizational, and project leadership skills.
• A logical and methodical approach to diagnosing complex equipment issues and the ability to work independently and cross-functionally.
• Preferably a Bachelor's or Master's degree in electronic, mechanical, electrical, mechatronics, chemical engineering, or a related discipline, or extensive relevant semiconductor engineering experience.
• Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible and inclusive workplace with more than 1,750 employees at the Springtown site.
• Private healthcare, company sick pay, medical leave, occupational healthcare, income protection, and employee assistance programmes.
• Annual leave, flexible working hours, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, and bereavement leave.
• Contributory pension, life assurance, employee stock purchase plan, bonus scheme, and discount programmes.
• On-site subsidized cafe, gym, exercise classes, professional networks, volunteering support, and foreign-language and cookery classes.
• Accredited training, degree and non-degree assistance, LinkedIn Learning, and career development programmes.

Hiring process

• Applications must be submitted by midnight on 20 September 2026.
• Applicants should demonstrate their suitability in a cover letter or CV.
• Testing may be used as part of the selection process.