The Principal Equipment Engineer must have strong equipment engineering background and experience. They are responsible for the specification, design review, bill of materials (BOM), reconfiguration, installation, and qualification testing of new and existing media sputter deposition tools for both US based pilot line and offshore operation. Further, they work closely with Process Engineering, Maintenance, vendors and other teams to define, improve and monitor equipment reliability, throughput and process capability.
They are responsible for project management tasks to define, deploy, and improve the bill of material, drawings, work instructions, installation resource, equipment capability and maintenance requirements for installation of new and reconfiguration of existing media sputter deposition tools.
Being the in-house technical equipment expert, they are hands-on technical individuals with strong project management and troubleshooting skills to help bring the tool up efficiently and effectively.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Take ownership of the equipment reconfiguration and install tasks. Drive specification, technical negotiation with vendors, design and documentation review, manpower resource coordination, configuration change, tool installation, qualification testing and tool buy-off. Ensure project is on schedule, and at the same time deliver with the highest quality by proactively identifying and correcting capability, reliability, maintenance and assembly issues early on. Generate accurate and detailed documentation for technician, engineering, facility, maintenance, stores and process owners.
- Provide direction for accurate and detailed documentation as well as training for reconfiguration, expansion and installation or new and existing media deposition tools and hardware. Monitor and follow through for continuous improvement opportunities across all shifts for both US based and offshore operations.
- Review and evaluate tool assembly, hardware and spare parts related inputs from Development Engineering, Sustaining Equipment Engineering and Maintenance organizations. Provide timely response, proposed timeline and sound actions for continuous improvement opportunities.
- Review, analyze and investigate equipment related downtime and provide sound root cause analysis and timely effective corrective actions.
- Define and review required hardware to support reconfiguration/installation tasks, including minimum (reorder) and maximum spares quantities on critical and long lead items to ensure inventories are at the correct level to support equipment reconfiguration, maintenance and repair effort. Work with store and vendor to ensure in-coming parts meet form, fit, functional and other quality requirements. Generate parts and consumables specifications, checklist and drawings as needed.
- Keep track of the installation timeline, down tool situation and provide verbal and written instructions to support teams upon request. Respond to down tool escalation calls upon request by Development Engineering, Sustaining Equipment Engineering and Maintenance organizations. Take an active and leading role in bringing the down tool up efficiently and effectively. Observe for learning and improvement opportunities across all functions. Follow through with the improvement actions.
- Pursue and manage outside capabilities, vendor resources to support reconfiguration and tool installation activities through 3rd party or contract providers.