Senior Engineer I - Equipment

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Job Description:

Join the Equipment Engineering team as Senior Engineer I-Equipment supporting manufacturing equipment, automation, controls, maintenance strategy, reliability, capacity, qualification, safety, troubleshooting, and lifecycle engineering. This role is best suited for candidates with 5–7.5 years of relevant experience in equipment engineering, automation, controls, maintenance, reliability, manufacturing systems, qualification, troubleshooting, or a closely related area.

In this role, you will own complex individual-contributor outcomes and coordinate technical investigations and reviews, partner with relevant technical and business stakeholders, and help deliver reliable, compliant, high-quality outcomes and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

- Develop, install, qualify, sustain, and improve manufacturing equipment, automation, controls, fixtures, and supporting systems.
- Translate process, product, safety, quality, capacity, reliability, cost, and schedule needs into equipment requirements.
- Analyze downtime, performance, capacity, reliability, maintenance, defects, safety, risks, and technical tradeoffs.
- Lead equipment, automation, controls, process-interface, reliability, safety, and production investigations within approved scope.
- Review specifications, designs, acceptance tests, qualifications, changes, maintenance plans, and readiness evidence.
- Drive equipment safety, availability, reliability, automation, capacity, quality, cost, and continuous improvement.
- Coordinate outcomes across equipment, process, manufacturing, facilities, quality, EHS, IT, suppliers, and operations teams.
- Maintain specifications, qualification, maintenance, configuration, change, safety, and lifecycle documentation.

Requirements/Qualifications:

Minimum qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Controls Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering, or a related field
- 5–7.5 years of relevant experience in equipment engineering, automation, controls, maintenance, reliability, manufacturing systems, qualification, troubleshooting, or a closely related area.
- Professional Attributes: A proven track record of reliability, sustained accountability, effective teamwork, and integrity/accuracy in representing your qualifications.
- Hands-on troubleshooting, installation, and preventive/corrective maintenance of mechanical, electromechanical, electronic, or vacuum systems.
- Proficiency with diagnostic tools, hand tools, and engineering software such as AutoCAD and SolidWorks

Qualified candidates should demonstrate analytical thinking, structured problem solving, technical ownership, clear communication, technical documentation, cross-functional collaboration, quality and safety focus, and sound judgment in equipment engineering work.

Successful candidates are expected to demonstrate:

- Employment stability, reliability, and sustained accountability in prior roles.
- Effective teamwork and cross-functional collaboration.
- Integrity and accuracy in representing qualifications, experience, and credentials.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience with manufacturing equipment, automation, robotics, controls, motion, sensors, facilities interfaces, or maintenance engineering.
- Experience with equipment qualification, reliability, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, data analysis, scripting, or condition monitoring.
- Experience with semiconductor or electronics manufacturing, capacity, yield, safety, suppliers, installation, or continuous improvement.
- Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Controls Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering, or a related field

U.S. Export Controls Requirements: This job requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by the export laws of the United States. Candidates are required to provide proof of either US citizenship, Permanent US residency or classification as a protected individual as defined in 8 USC 1324b (a) (3).

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes:

Carrying, Feeling, Hearing, Other, Pulling, Pushing, Reaching, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements:

40% sitting, 50% standing, 10% walking. Able to push heavy equipment and lift 20 lbs

Pay Range:

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:
Benefits of working at Microchip

The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $70,304 - $205,000.*
*Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.

Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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