Yverdon-les-Bains
Wafer Factory Maintenance Technician / Engineer (M/F)
- 28 September 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
About the job
To support the growth of our MEMS accelerometer production site, we are looking for a Maintenance Technician or Engineer to join our production teams in the cleanroom.
Wafer Factory Maintenance Technician / Engineer (M/F)
Within a dedicated team and under the organisational supervision of your manager, you ensure the maximum availability and reliability of high-tech production equipment (lithography, etching, deposition, implantation) as well as the distribution of various gases, DI water, and ventilation/air conditioning. You operate in strict compliance with safety standards, quality requirements, and protocols specific to the cleanroom environment.
Your main tasks will be as follows:
1. Team Organisation and Life (in connection with the Manager)
- Execution of the roadmap: Carry out maintenance interventions (preventive and corrective) according to the schedule and priorities defined by your team leader.
- Business continuity (Shift handover): Ensure a rigorous handover (oral and written) with the next team to guarantee the follow-up of ongoing faults.
- Reporting and Communication: Alert the manager in case of major technical blockage or schedule drift. Update the maintenance file daily to track indicators.
- Mutual support and Synergy: Actively collaborate with your colleagues on complex faults and participate in the integration/training of new team members.
2. Corrective and Preventive Maintenance
- Diagnosis and Troubleshooting: Identify and resolve complex faults (electronic, mechanical, vacuum systems, robotics, HVAC/air conditioning, DI water).
- Planned maintenance: Perform preventive maintenance operations and calibrations according to established procedures.
- OEM follow-up: Interface with equipment manufacturers’ technical support if necessary.
3. Continuous Improvement
- Fault analysis: Participate in root cause analyses conducted by the team to eliminate recurring faults.
- Procedures: Contribute to updating technical operating procedures.
- Project management: Lead the introduction of new equipment or the deployment of major upgrades validated by management.
Your profile
Education and Experience
- In Microelectronics, Robotics, Mechatronics, Industrial Maintenance, Electrical Engineering, Automatic Systems Design or equivalent, HVAC, ideally with initial experience in a semiconductor environment.
Technical skills
- Strong multidisciplinary skills: automation, electronics, precision mechanics, vacuum physics, HVAC.
- Ability to work under strict protocol (cleanroom).
- Proficiency with a CMMS tool and ease with production data.
- Operational technical English (reading documentation, communication with equipment manufacturers).
Behavioural skills
- Developed team spirit: Taste for collaborative work, sense of mutual aid and transparent communication.
- Rigor and Discipline: Strict respect for organisational instructions from the manager and safety procedures.
- Stress management and Reactivity: Ability to remain focused and methodical in the face of production emergencies.