Equipment Maintenance Technician (6:00am - 2:30pm)

About This Role:

This position operates on a standard schedule of 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM.

At Atomic Machines, we’re pioneering the Matter Compiler™ technology a first-of-its-kind manufacturing platform built from the ground up. Under the direction of the Equipment Supervisor, you’ll partner with Operations and Engineering to optimize, maintain, and enhance the advanced equipment that powers the production of our next-generation MEMS products.

A successful candidate will embrace our values and take ownership of the electro-mechanical performance of semi-automated and automated assembly equipment, assembly tools, CNC machines, gloveboxes, vision metrology platforms, and other critical systems.

You will be responsible for sustaining system functionality, performing scheduled preventive maintenance (PMs), responding to unscheduled equipment downtime, and conducting equipment qualification. You will also develop a detailed understanding of Fab processes, ensuring equipment meets or exceeds performance and process criteria.

What You’ll Do:

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on a wide range of production and R&D equipment, including automated assembly tools, CNC systems, gloveboxes, and precision motion platforms.


• Partner cross-functionally with our engineering teams to troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and software issues.


• Execute equipment qualifications, calibrations, and performance verification to ensure uptime, repeatability, and compliance with process requirements.


• Track maintenance activities, equipment status, and repairs in detailed documentation to support traceability and continuous improvement.


• Develop and refine preventive maintenance procedures, spare-parts strategies, and equipment upgrade plans.


• Support installation, commissioning, and decommissioning of manufacturing tools and infrastructure as the facility scales.


• Collaborate cross-functionally to identify and implement improvements in reliability, throughput, and safety.


• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work environment, modeling best practices for equipment care and facility stewardship.

What You’ll Need:

• 7+ years of machine maintenance and facilities support experience.


• Hands-on expertise with mechanical, electrical, PLC, pneumatic, hydraulic, and CNC systems.


• Strong first-principles troubleshooting skills and a proven record of repairs and continuous improvement.


• Excellent documentation habits — clear, concise, and accurate recordkeeping.


• Safety-first mindset with knowledge of LOTO and high-voltage/gas safety best practices.


• Startup-ready attitude: positive, flexible, and solutions-oriented.


• Physical capability to continually bend, squat, kneel, lift, twist, climb, reach, stand, and walk during an 8-hour shift; perform repetitive hand motions; frequently lift up to 50 lbs and move over 100 lbs as needed.


• Forklift operation experience.


• PLC programming understanding.


• A High School diploma is required.  A two-year technical degree is a bonus.


• (Bonus) Experience working with gloveboxes in controlled environments.


• (Bonus) Hands-on experience with PVD processes.


• (Bonus) Familiarity with ECM or laser machining technologies.


• (Bonus) Advanced knowledge of CNC machining and control systems.