# Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Semiconductor Tooling

About fab2 The fab2 team can build anything. We design all the hardware and software needed to make chips and we make the fabs, tools, and components ourselves. We're looking for exceptional, hands-on people who can iterate to the limits of what's possible. fab2 was founded by Sam Zeloof and Jim Keller. Sam is best known for making chips in his garage, and Jim has been a leader in the semiconductor industry for the past 40 years. About the team The Vacuum Systems team is responsible for designing, prototyping, validating, and scaling core semiconductor fabrication equipment. Tool families include Anneal, Deposition, Etch, and Supporting Infrastructure, with goals for each ranging from fundamental design to automation readiness to manufacturing scale-up. About the role As a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer at fab2, you'll design, iterate on, and build specialized equipment for semiconductor fabrication. We're looking for hands-on engineers across various disciplines to design, iterate on, and build complex systems. Whether tackling heavy design challenges, integrating mechanical, optical, and electronic components, or automating production and manufacturing processes, our philosoph

- **Id**: 1309687
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/fab2-senior-mechanical-design-engineer-semiconductor-tooling>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Austin, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-23T17:30:16Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-23
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T09:15:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 48
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4085
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Parental leave, Retirement plans, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Semiconductor Manufacturing, Semiconductor Equipment

## Company

- **Id**: 2218927
- **Name**: fab2
- **Domain**: fab2.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/fab2>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 13
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.538
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 72
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 96000
- **Max usd**: 181000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 6333

## Technologies

- **ALD** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 48

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-26T15:22:14Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 50; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 50 of its adverts here in 24 months; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 53
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.591
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 48
- **Expected fill days**: 72
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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