Lab Service Engineer

Fremont, CA | On-site | 24-month contract

We’re hiring a Lab Service Engineer to support R&D and applications lab activities in a fast-paced, new product development environment. This role is hands-on and ideal for someone with a strong electro-mechanical background who thrives in a startup-style lab setting.

What you’ll do

• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, upgrades, and calibration on lab equipment

• Support process development, hardware, and software engineering teams during R&D work and customer demos

• Install and support prototype tools, often with limited or evolving documentation

• Develop procedures and documentation as needed to support new designs and lab activities

• Safely handle hazardous materials using required PPE, which may include APR or SCBA

• Travel domestically and internationally as needed to support customer tools that can’t be resolved remotely

• Provide occasional field or direct customer support

• Train Field Service Engineers, technicians, or process engineers when needed

What we’re looking for

• Technical or Trade School degree

• 5 years of work experience

• Experience as a Field Support Engineer or Product Support Engineer within the semiconductor equipment industry

• Strong electro-mechanical troubleshooting skills

• Hands-on experience with helium leak checking

• Ability to work independently using schematics, P&IDs, signal lists, and procedures

• Comfortable learning and using specialized applications and tools

• Clear written and verbal communication skills

• Strong decision-making ability and team-first mindset

• Comfortable working in a new product group or startup-like lab environment