Equipment Engineer

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Who are we looking for

Our client, an industrial manufacturing group, is seeking experienced semiconductor equipment manufacturing professionals to support a specialist engagement.

The project requires consultants who can support one or more areas across precision component manufacturing, semiconductor equipment engineering, technical-commercial estimation, costing, and hands-on manufacturing process training.

The ideal consultants will have experience working within semiconductor equipment manufacturing, wafer fab equipment, precision engineering, advanced manufacturing, or OEM supplier environments.

Key Activities

• Supports precision manufacturing and machining of components used in semiconductor and wafer fab equipment.
• Develops or reviews NC programming, machining strategies, process plans, tooling requirements, and production methods.
• Interprets engineering drawings, tolerances, GD&T specifications, and global OEM manufacturing requirements.
• Supports component qualification, first-time-right production, process validation, and manufacturing readiness.
• Ensures alignment with contamination control, cleanroom-linked workflows, inspection requirements, and semiconductor-grade quality standards.
• Supports technical-commercial estimation, costing, pricing build-up, and customer requirement interpretation.
• Develops cost assumptions based on materials, machining cycles, process flow, tooling, inspection, supplier capability, and production volumes.
• Supports supplier qualification, technical documentation, commercial proposals, and OEM-facing coordination.
• Delivers hands-on training to production and engineering teams across specialist semiconductor manufacturing processes.
• Develops SOPs, work instructions, process documentation, training materials, and capability-building plans.
• Troubleshoots process issues and supports knowledge transfer across manufacturing, quality, engineering, and operations teams.
• Provides training or technical support across areas such as semiconductor-grade anodising, precision cleaning, EBW and TIG welding, tube bending, stretch forming, metrology, profilometry, contamination control, cleanroom inspection, and packaging.

Your Background

• Minimum 8+ years of relevant experience in semiconductor equipment manufacturing, precision engineering, advanced manufacturing, or a related industrial environment.
• Hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas: precision machining, manufacturing engineering, costing and estimation, technical-commercial support, process engineering, or manufacturing training.
• Strong understanding of semiconductor equipment components, wafer fab equipment, precision-machined parts, or OEM supplier requirements.
• Experience with CNC machining, NC programming, machining strategy, process planning, tooling, GD&T, metrology, and inspection.
• Knowledge of contamination control, cleanroom-linked production, component qualification, and first-time-right manufacturing.
• Experience supporting cost estimation, pricing build-up, supplier qualification, customer requirement interpretation, or technical-commercial documentation.
• Ability to train internal teams, develop SOPs, troubleshoot manufacturing processes, and transfer specialist knowledge.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across engineering, production, quality, procurement, suppliers, and customer teams.
• Ability to work independently as an interim consultant, technical specialist, or manufacturing advisor.
• Experience working with semiconductor equipment OEMs or their supplier ecosystem.