Maintenance Technician, Capacitor Manufacturing

Xcimer Energy leverages decades of research on Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) combined with groundbreaking new laser architecture. Our mission is to deploy fusion power plants to meet global decarbonization goals as fast as possible. Xcimer has assembled a team of leaders in tough tech, fusion science, and manufacturing with a track record of rapid execution. Supported by leading investors, Xcimer is uniquely positioned to deliver limitless, clean, fusion power to combat climate change. Join us in powering a better world with inertial fusion!

As a Maintenance Technician, you will apply your skills to keep the wound film capacitor line at our Tucson, Arizona facility running safely and reliably - the winders, vacuum drying and impregnation systems, ovens, and test equipment that build the capacitors behind Xcimer's pulsed-power laser drivers. We are looking for our technicians to apply their technical expertise, problem solving skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact the future of energy!

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent.

• Experience: 3+ years of industrial maintenance, equipment repair, or manufacturing equipment experience.

• Strong mechanical troubleshooting and repair skills.

• Working knowledge of industrial electrical systems and electrical troubleshooting.

• Experience troubleshooting pneumatic and electromechanical systems.

• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, pneumatic diagrams, equipment manuals, and technical documentation.

• Experience using electrical and mechanical diagnostic tools, including digital multimeters and common precision measuring equipment.

• Ability to troubleshoot motors, pumps, valves, sensors, switches, heaters, relays, contactors, power supplies, and similar industrial components.

• Ability to perform systematic troubleshooting and determine root causes of equipment failures.

• Strong organizational and documentation skills, and comfort recording work in a manufacturing execution system. Xcimer runs Boltline; training will be provided.

• Ability to communicate effectively with technicians, engineers, supervisors, equipment suppliers, and other personnel.

• Ability to work independently while recognizing when engineering or specialized technical support is required.

• Strong commitment to workplace safety and equipment reliability.

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

• Must be able to satisfy Xcimer's pre-employment background check.

Desired

Experience with one or more of the following is highly desirable:

• Associate degree, technical certification, or trade-school training in industrial maintenance or a related field

• Advanced manufacturing or R&D production environments

• Capacitor or electrical-component manufacturing equipment

• Precision winding equipment

• Vacuum pumps and vacuum systems

• Oil or fluid processing and impregnation systems

• Industrial ovens and temperature-control systems

• Pneumatic and hydraulic systems

• Pumps, motors, gearboxes, and mechanical drive systems

• PLC-controlled manufacturing equipment

• Sensors and industrial instrumentation

• Electrical control panels

• Variable-frequency drives (VFDs)

• Machine alignment and precision mechanical systems

• Preventive and predictive maintenance programs

• Maintenance planning in a CMMS or MES such as Boltline

• Equipment installation and commissioning

• High-voltage equipment, stored-energy hazards, or electrical test stations such as HiPot

• NFPA 70E or equivalent arc-flash and electrical safety training