Facilities Mechanical Engineer

At TSMC Arizona, brilliance can ignite a world of innovation and launch a promising future. The world’s most brilliant innovators entrust us to transform their ideas into world-changing products that impact millions of lives. As long as you have the same passion to pursue excellence, you will find your fit here.

TSMC Arizona is looking for a Facilities Mechanical Engineer to join our 5-nanometer fab, located in sunny Phoenix, Arizona. As an engineer for the Facilities team, you will demonstrate a strong sense of mechanical ability and enthusiasm and will possess an attitude that embodies our core values – Integrity, Commitment, Innovation and Customer Trust.

The Facilities Mechanical Engineer will focus on optimizing cost efficiency, smart operations and green manufacturing to build an innovative and reliable foundation to manage facilities operations for an advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility.

To this end, you will contribute to achieving energy efficiency by developing technologies such as green building design/maintenance, utilities conservation, material reduction, recycling and reclamation, and greenhouse gas control and reduction.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building and operating a cleanroom, including air flow control, temperature and humidity control, and air molecules monitoring and control in order to provide an ultra-clean environment for 5nm and beyond fab production.
• Designing, building and operating chilled water systems including chillers, cooling towers, heat exchangers, rotating equipment (motors, fans) and water-cooled air handling units.
• Designing, building and operating general exhaust units, wet scrubbing unit, thermal oxidizer units, and local process air abatement units.
• Working with design or project management organizations on large-scale designs and projects.
• Conducting construction administration and site observations.
• Running daily system operation and operation data analysis.
• Monitoring and managing utilities distribution, including power, steam, natural gas, water, compressed gases, instrumentation and control.
• Providing routine system preventative maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Additional duties based on business needs, including ERT

Qualifications

• A minimum of a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, HVAC/R Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or other related technical fields. A Ph.D. or master’s degree is preferred.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to actively listen, ask questions and understand the key takeaways from conversations with diverse colleagues.
• An understanding of heat transfer, thermal management and fluid dynamics design and a general knowledge of heat and thermal conventional manufacturing techniques.
• Shift work and emergency overtime are required.
• Familiarity with vibration analysis, air molecules and chemical analysis is preferred.
• A team player that can multitask and thrive in a very dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• 1+ years of work experience.
• Experience with mechanical systems operations in the semiconductor manufacturing industry is preferred.
• An understanding of HVAC, plumbing and building codes (e.g., ASHRAE, IBC, IECC, IMC, and IPC) is required.
• Experience with AutoCAD is required.