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Also called charge preparation technician, crystal growing technician, epitaxial reactor technician and manufacturing technician.
$51,430
Median pay a year
31,460
People do this work
6
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Assembling precision electronics
Loading materials into production equipment
Cleaning workpieces or products
Reviewing blueprints and instructions
Reading work orders or instructions
Monitoring equipment operation
Counting finished products
Inspecting production equipment
Measuring substances
Weighing finished products
Measuring product dimensions
Sorting materials or products
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Semiconductor Processing Technician
Summary
Semiconductor Processing Technician performing tasks in the manufacture of electronic semiconductors, including loading materials, monitoring equipment, inspecting products, and cleaning wafers in various processing stages
Experience
Semiconductor Processing Technician
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Manipulated valves, switches, and buttons to start semiconductor processing cycles
Maintained processing, production, and inspection information and reports
Inspected materials and products for defects using electronic test equipment and microscopes
Cleaned semiconductor wafers using chemical baths and automatic wafer cleaners
Loaded and unloaded equipment chambers and transported finished products to storage
Set and adjusted equipment controls to regulate power level and temperature in furnaces
Monitored operation of processing machines and adjusted controls for specific electronic properties
Skills
Hands-On Work
Assembling precision electronics, Loading materials into production equipment, Cleaning workpieces or products
Core Skills
Reviewing blueprints and instructions, Reading work orders or instructions, Monitoring equipment operation
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft PowerPoint, Python, SAP software
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Used controls to start processesKept reports on production and inspectionChecked materials for defectsCleaned wafers with special equipmentLoaded and unloaded equipment chambersAdjusted machine controls for processes
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Operated control panels to initiate and monitor semiconductor processing, ensuring adherence to production standards.
Inspected materials and components for surface defects, maintaining quality assurance throughout the production cycle.
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Operated control panels several times each shift to initiate and monitor semiconductor processing, ensuring adherence to production standards
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Several times each shiftDaily during production runsMultiple times throughout the day
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Inspected materials and components for surface defects, maintaining quality assurance throughout the production cycle.
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Reduced defects in final productsImproved overall production qualityEnsured compliance with quality standards
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What a Semiconductor Processing Technician does
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Perform any or all of the following functions in the manufacture of electronic semiconductors: load semiconductor material into furnace; saw formed ingots into segments; load individual segment into crystal growing chamber and monitor controls; locate crystal axis in ingot using x-ray equipment and saw ingots into wafers; and clean, polish, and load wafers into series of special purpose furnaces, chemical baths, and equipment used to form circuitry and change conductive properties.
What it pays
How much does a Semiconductor Processing Technician make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$45,640
Median
$51,430
75th percentile
$65,010
About 31,460 people do this work in the United States.
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Semiconductor Processing Technician
Already yours: Assembling precision electronics, Loading materials into production equipment, Monitoring equipment operation
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Median pay
$51,430 a year
What you have not done yet. Cleaning workpieces or products, Reviewing blueprints and instructions, Reading work orders or instructions
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This page is about the occupation Semiconductor Processing Technicians. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.