Description

INFICON is a leading provider of innovative instrumentation, critical sensor technologies, and Smart Manufacturing/Industry 4.0 software solutions that enhance productivity and quality of tools, processes, and complete factories. These analysis, measurement and control products are essential for gas leak detection in air conditioning/refrigeration and automotive manufacturing. They are vital to equipment manufacturers and end-users in the complex fabrication of semiconductors and thin film coatings for optics, flat panel displays, solar cells and industrial vacuum coating applications. Other users of our vacuum-based processes include the life sciences, research, aerospace, packaging, heat treatment, laser cutting and many other industrial processes. We also leverage our expertise in vacuum technology to provide unique, toxic chemical analysis products for emergency response, security, and environmental health and safety.

The Senior Preventive Maintenance & Engineering Lead provides technical leadership across preventive maintenance, fixtures, and maintenance systems, ensuring high equipment reliability and manufacturing robustness. This role is designed for a highly experienced mechanical engineer and combines handson technical execution with system ownership and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and continuously improve preventive maintenance concepts for equipment, tools, and fixtures

• Perform handson maintenance activities on critical tools and during complex interventions or escalations

• Improve existing fixtures and design, validate, and standardize new coating and production fixtures

• Establish and own a robust maintenance system, including spareparts strategy, inventory definition, and replenishment models

• Maintain fixtures, preventive maintenance plans, and spareparts inventories

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across maintenance, tooling, and equipment interfaces

• Perform and coordinate metrology activities for tools, process requalification, and cleanroom extensions

• Lead troubleshooting of tool and process issues in collaboration with product engineering teams

• Evaluate, qualify, and technically manage local suppliers for fixture manufacturing

• Support local implementation of new products into highvolume manufacturing (HVM)

• Manage engineering changes, including drawings and documentation

• Actively contribute to maintenance training, transferring standards, best practices, and technical knowhow

This position is a technical authority and system owner, with strong crossfunctional impact on production robustness, cost efficiency, and manufacturing scalability, fully aligned with senior engineering expertise.

The expected annual salary for this position is  116k. In addition, INFICON employees are eligible for a profit-sharing bonus with a target of 10%. The actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law

INFICON provides a dynamic work environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our employees experience ongoing green initiatives, flexible work hours, and a variety of health and wellness programs.

INFICONs forward-thinking approach offers countless opportunities to design, support, and manufacture a diverse product portfolio that expands globally. Our Lean and Agile work environment offers competitive compensation, relocation assistance, a discretionary bonus, and generous employee benefits; major medical, dental, health, vision, 401K, vacation and sick time, tuition reimbursement, and more!

INFICON is committed to ensuring that our online application process provides an equal opportunity to all job seekers that apply without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, age, protected veteran status, disability status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. A notice describing Federal equal employment opportunity laws is available here to reaffirm this commitment.   Any contact that would like to request a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process should contact us.careers@inficon.com.

INFICON, Inc. strictly complies with all aspects of the Export Administration Regulations ('EAR'), including those sections dealing with deemed exports to foreign nationals.

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