First Line Support Production Engineer (Semiconductor Manufacturing)

Location: Wilton, Connecticut, United States; onsite work in the Wilton factory and approximately 75% of time in a cleanroom/manufacturing environment. Schedule: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and every other Wednesday, 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Salary: $69,000–$101,000 annual base salary.

Company

hirify.global develops, integrates, markets, and services lithography machines used by semiconductor manufacturers to produce smaller and more powerful microchips.

What you will do

• Provide rapid first-line engineering support for production disturbances during the build, test, qualification, and manufacturing of complex high-tech products.
• Troubleshoot mechanical assembly and alignment, glass-to-metal bonding, flow and thermal performance, tooling, test stands, module testing, and final qualification issues.
• Evaluate failed parts, perform root-cause analysis, and develop troubleshooting guidelines and OCAPs.
• Partner with multidisciplinary engineering and manufacturing teams to implement immediate fixes and longer-term improvements.
• Contribute to PFMEA, manufacturing procedures, diagnostic qualification, technical work instructions, DOA root-cause analysis, and cycle-time and labor-hour improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or another engineering discipline with 2+ years of experience, or a Master’s degree in an engineering field.
• Hands-on experience with mechanical assembly, alignment, tooling, and test equipment.
• Working knowledge of epoxy application in opto-mechanical designs.
• Experience with detectors, electro-optical devices, and opto-mechanical constructions.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical, optical, and electrical technical drawings.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability and interest to work approximately 75% of the time in a cleanroom/manufacturing environment.
• Strong ownership, communication, teamwork, and continuous-improvement mindset.
• Knowledge of MATLAB, LabVIEW, and Python.
• Must be legally authorized to access controlled technology under United States Export Administration Regulations before beginning work.

Nice to have

• Experience with SPC, FMEA, NX, Teamcenter, SAP, optical-electrical sensors, geometric or wave optics, data and signal processing, statistics, or software development.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance for employees and their families.
• Participation in the company 401(k) plan.
• Eight hours of vacation leave each month and 13 paid holidays per calendar year.
• Equal opportunity workplace with a stated commitment to inclusion and diversity.
• Role may involve exposure to strong magnetic fields, high voltage, and high currents.

Hiring process

• Candidate evaluation includes interviews and assessment of job-related skills, education, experience, certifications, abilities, and internal pay alignment.
• Applications have a minimum deadline of 10 days for new hirify.global jobs.