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Senior Epitaxy Equipment Engineer

United Kingdom - Towcester Northamptonshire💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Provide equipment engineering support for MOVPE production lines, focusing on maintenance, fault finding, and continuous improvement to minimize downtime.

Role type

Senior IC equipment engineer (semiconductor epitaxy)

Builds

Optical and photonic components for telecom, enterprise, and data center networks

Domain

Semiconductor manufacturing / Wafer Fab

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

MOVPE and/or MOCVD equipment experience, vacuum systems (Hi-Vac, pumps, leak-checking), PLC operation, electrical engineering (low/high voltage), reading wiring and mechanical schematics, hazardous gas handling, forklift operation

Preferred skills

Aixtron MOVPE reactor experience, Mass Flow Controllers experience, Dry Abatement systems experience

Technologies

MOVPE, MOCVD, PLCs, Mass Flow Controllers, Dry Abatement systems

Responsibilities

Daily maintenance planning and execution, fault finding and repair of production equipment, assisting with new tool commissioning, overseeing chemical and gas control, providing technical direction to shift technicians, managing shutdown activities, liaising with equipment suppliers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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