Location: Austin, TX
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
**What To Expect** The Equipment Engineer will gain broad-based industrial maintenance experience, encompassing Mechanical, Laser Welding, Ultrasonic Welding, Machining, Hydraulics/Pneumatics, Dispensing systems, Adhesive systems, Conveyor systems, Electrical/PLC, Vision Systems, Robotics etc. Must be willing to tackle whatever technical challenge presents itself and be willing to assist and learn from others in their areas of expertise. **What You'll Do**- Day to day coverage of production line equipment: respond to alarms, breakdowns, and Production requests quickly and efficiently to minimize downtime - Diagnoses equipment failures, finds root cause and communicates and implements actions taken to the rest of the team - Evaluate these failures and provide technical solutions to improve quality and / or OEE in the specified area and perform major equipment repairs and rebuilds, (some weekends, holidays or night shift required) - Takes initiative to create, implement and improve PM documents and schedules, under the direction of the Maintenance Supervisor - Participate in spare part analysis and inventory development, cost reduction and improvement working with Spares Coordinator and Maintenance Engineering to RMA faulty components and communicate needs to the vendor - Work with Maintenance, Controls and Process engineering and other cross functional groups to resolve maintenance issues, improve equipment reliability, review procedures and minimize equipment downtime - Investigate and implement countermeasures to prevent repetitive breakdowns, updating MFMEA according to new failure modes - Active leader of a TPM team while taking on improvement projects to assist in improving the factory - Develop Predictive Maintenance Strategies, to monitor equipment signals and detect anomalies before they affect or cause unplanned downtime - Design and Implement Equipment Reliability Improvement Projects, Capacity increase projects and Headcount reduction projects **What You'l