Fab Technician 1 (MOCVD)

Location: Goleta, California, United States; onsite only. The department operates 24/7 and requires flexibility for weekend and night shifts.

Salary: $35,000–$43,700 annual pay, plus bonus opportunities and commission pay.

Company

hirify.global is an embedded semiconductor solution provider developing technology for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT applications.

What you will do

• Operate and support MOCVD manufacturing processes in a semiconductor cleanroom.
• Perform wafer handling, loading, unloading, transfer, inspection support, and recipe execution.
• Complete equipment checks, pre-run verifications, chamber cleaning, consumable checks, and preventive maintenance support.
• Record production, metrology, recipe, lot, gas, chemical, material, and equipment data in manufacturing systems and logs.
• Maintain accurate shift passdowns and communicate tool status, lot status, safety concerns, and open issues.
• Escalate process problems, equipment alarms, leaks, wafer damage, chemical or gas issues, and safety concerns to the appropriate contacts.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• At least 2 years of semiconductor manufacturing, cleanroom, wafer fabrication, or related technical manufacturing experience preferred.
• Ability to work onsite in Goleta, California, with weekend, night, overtime, and schedule flexibility for 24/7 manufacturing.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English, perform basic math, and complete production records accurately.
• Ability to follow written procedures, manufacturing travelers, recipes, safety instructions, and verbal direction with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work in cleanroom garments, handle wafers and small tools, and lift, carry, push, or pull up to 25 pounds.

Nice to have

• MOCVD, epitaxy, high-vacuum equipment, or compound semiconductor experience.
• Technical certificate or associate degree in electronics, semiconductor technology, manufacturing technology, or a related field.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook/Teams, database entry, WipTrac, or manufacturing execution systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, AD&D, and pet insurance.
• Company-paid life insurance and AD&D, long-term disability, short-term medical benefits, paid sick time, paid holidays, and accrued vacation.
• Work in a controlled semiconductor manufacturing environment with required cleanroom garments and PPE.
• Potential exposure to hazardous chemicals, process and hydride gases, vacuum systems, high-temperature components, radiation sources, noise, and wet benches.