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ASM International

Semiconductor deposition equipment and ALD tech

Senior Engineer 1 - Equipment Engineering

Equipment MaintenanceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTama, Tokyo, JapanNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
  • 5–8+ years of relevant semiconductor-industry experience supporting equipment in R&D, laboratory, or manufacturing environments.
  • Hands-on experience with semiconductor equipment installation, maintenance, or troubleshooting.
  • Basic understanding of wafer fab operations, gas and vacuum systems, and equipment control concepts.
  • Familiarity with cleanroom or laboratory environments and safe handling of chemicals, gases, or related systems.
  • Ability to communicate effectively in both English and Japanese.

Responsibilities

  • Support installation, upgrade, troubleshooting, and preventive maintenance of R&D equipment during new product development.
  • Assist with first builds, bring-up, and testing of new products in collaboration with R&D and facilities teams.
  • Perform hands-on troubleshooting and root cause analysis to restore and maintain equipment performance and uptime.
  • Support daily operation and monitoring of R&D lab equipment to ensure stable and reliable tool performance.
  • Collaborate with Hardware, Electrical, Process, and Software engineers during equipment development and integration phases.
  • Follow established best-known methods and support documentation of service, preventive, and corrective maintenance procedures.
  • Adhere to safety standards and standard operating procedures in all equipment-related activities.
  • Escalate complex or recurring equipment issues to senior engineers as appropriate and support resolution efforts.
  • Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance equipment reliability, efficiency, and usability.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with deposition equipment such as PEALD, PECVD, or similar thin-film tools.
  • Expertise in RF-induced plasma systems, electro-pneumatic controls, robotics, or microprocessor-based controllers.
  • Experience supporting early-stage or first-of-kind equipment in an R&D environment.

About the Company

ASM International

Semiconductor deposition equipment and ALD tech

ASM International designs and supplies equipment and technologies for semiconductor fabrication, focusing on thin-film deposition processes such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD). Its products are used in making microchips by depositing ultra-thin material layers with precise control at the atomic level, enabling smaller and more powerful devices. The company built a global footprint through operations in the Netherlands, the US, Hong Kong, and Japan, and separated ASML Lithography (a joint venture with Philips) to focus on deposition while ASML develops photolithography systems. In recent years, ASM has sharpened its strategy around ALD, a process that creates uniformly thin layers one atomic layer at a time, allowing continued scaling of semiconductor devices. The goal is to be a core supplier of deposition technology and tools that enable chip manufacturers to produce smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient semiconductors.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Almere, Netherlands
Founded
1968

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