Senior Maintenance Engineer (Senior Technical Officer)
About Tyndall
Tyndall National Institute is an international leader in semiconductors, photonics and deep-tech research and innovation. As a leading collaborative European research institute, Tyndall is a key actor and hosting partner in the delivery of the ‘Chips for Europe Initiative’ (EU Chips Act).
Tyndall is Ireland’s leading research and innovation organisation and it is the national focal point for excellence in deep-tech research, development and graduate training at the convergence of nanotechnology, microelectronics, photonics, electronics and AI. Tyndall is recognised as an international research leader in semiconductor, chip and digital technologies, particularly as applied to the fields of Information & Communications, Health & Life Sciences, Agritech & Food Security, Energy and Climate Mitigation, emerging fields such as quantum, and novel computing paradigms.
The Institute’s key objective is to see frontier research activities having a significant impact on economic development and societal challenges in Ireland, Europe and beyond. Central to Tyndall’s mission is delivering economic impact through research excellence in partnership with industry and academia. With an annual turnover of more than €50m, the Institute has a community of over 600 researchers, engineers, support staff, postgraduate students, interns and industry researchers-in-residence.
With significant committed Irish government support, Tyndall will grow to be 1,000 people by 2030, with approximately 750 researchers, including 250 PhD students. A new 17,000 m2 research building is under development adjacent to the Cork headquarters and there are developing plans to expand Tyndall’s existing Dublin research labs and to establish other research sites within Ireland.
Tyndall’s expansion is also supported by recent national and EU funding wins for significant (M€10’s) additional research equipment across a range of areas such as semiconductor processing, microscopy, quantum technologies, heterogeneous integration, ultra-high speed optical communications and RF through THz characterisation.
About the Team
The Maintenance Team operates within the Infrastructure and Technical Services Centre, which is responsible for facility maintenance services, process equipment maintenance, and the delivery of infrastructure projects across the Institute. The team consists of ten members and primarily supports operations within the Specialty Products and Services (SPS) cleanrooms, as well as client company cleanrooms and laboratories. Working across a wide range of semiconductor processing equipment, the team is responsible for maintaining the performance, reliability, and safety of critical systems. In addition, the group provides maintenance expertise, technical support, and engineering services to a broad range of research groups and laboratory facilities throughout the Institute.
About the Role
Reporting to the SPS Lead Engineer, the Senior Maintenance Engineer will possess a thorough knowledge of Semiconductor Equipment installation, de-commissioning, fault finding and repair. They will troubleshoot, diagnose and repair a wide range of semiconductor processing equipment throughout the institute with primary focus on the Speciality Process and Services centre’s cleanrooms..
Key Duties & Responsibilities Work across all aspects of equipment maintenance/support for assigned toolsets.
Complete all tool Planned maintenance on tools, established specific timing of taking the equipment for the planned activities.
Take prompt action to tool down notifications, assessing and troubleshooting issues to return the tool to known good state.
Promptly record all activity in the Tyndall CMMS.
Clearly document and communicate status of issue and record of fixes based on the level of intervention established with all impacted parties and complete post intervention checks that may be required.
Notify process personnel of any…