Test Engineers (Mechanical)

• Mechanical Engineers tend to work well because they re hands-on
• Open to new grads, especially Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• High school diploma with relevant hands-on experience can also work
• Experience is a plus, but Young is willing to train
• Really wants people who are invested in the work and are go-getters
• Good hands-on/mechanical experience is important
• Need to be comfortable with physical work:
  • About half the process is physical alignment
  • Climbing/crouching inside the tool
  • Must be able to lift at least 50 lbs.
• Other half of the process is testing and troubleshooting
• Candidates start with initial alignments and move into more testing/troubleshooting as they ramp up

• Tell me about the most hands-on technical work you ve done. What equipment or tools did you work with?
• Give me an example of something you ve assembled, aligned, repaired, tested, or troubleshot.
• What mechanical, electrical, or test tools are you comfortable using?
• Have you done any work involving precision alignment or adjustments of mechanical, electrical, or optical components?

• Walk me through a technical problem you had to troubleshoot. What was wrong, what did you check, and how did you find the solution?
• If your first troubleshooting step didn t work, what did you do next?
• How did you test or confirm that the issue was fixed?
• Have you used software, test results, or data as part of troubleshooting equipment? How?

• Are you comfortable working in a cleanroom and wearing a bunny suit for extended periods?
• This is a very hands-on role that requires climbing/crouching inside large equipment and spending significant time doing physical alignment work. Are you comfortable with that?
• Are you able to lift at least 50 lbs.?
• Are you comfortable being on your feet and working physically with equipment throughout the shift?

• Tell me about a new piece of equipment or technical process you had to learn. How did you get up to speed?
• What interests you about working in the semiconductor industry and learning optics integration?
• This team integrates mechanical hardware, optics, and software. How do you feel about learning areas you may not have experience with today?
• This can take 2 3 years to fully learn. Are you interested in investing the time to become really strong in this type of work?
• What are you hoping to learn or gain from your next position?

• Are you looking for something you could potentially grow into long-term if a full-time opportunity became available?
• Would the opportunity to build specialized optics experience and potentially grow into other technical opportunities be appealing to you?
• What would keep you interested and motivated in a role for the next few years?

• Tell me about your most hands-on or technical school project. What did you personally work on?
• Did the project involve assembling, testing, aligning, or troubleshooting anything? Walk me through it.
• What problems came up, and how did you work through them?

• Can you walk me through any shorter positions or contract assignments and why they ended?
• For your contract roles, were they completed as planned or was there an opportunity to extend or convert?
• What are you looking for in your next position that would make you want to stay long-term?

• Are you comfortable consistently working the required shift?
  • Day: Sunday Thursday, 6:00 AM 4:00 PM
  • Day: Tuesday Saturday, 6:00 AM 4:00 PM
  • Night: 3:30 PM 1:30 AM
• Are you comfortable occasionally working a mandatory 6th day during busier periods?
• Do you have any scheduling restrictions that would prevent you from consistently working your assigned shift?

1. Actually hands-on/mechanically inclined
2. Comfortable with a very physical role
3. Can troubleshoot and explain their thought process
4. Willing and excited to learn
5. Comfortable committing to a long ramp-up
6. Genuinely interested in the semiconductor/optics environment
7. Stable work history or good explanations for shorter assignments
8. Fully comfortable with cleanroom, bunny suit, 50-lb lifting and shift requirements

careers@tekfortune.com