Senior Technical Trainer

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The Senior Technical Trainer will lead and drive to completion all assigned duties to enable the Technical Training Department to provide equipment training to customers and internal service personnel.

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years' experience in the semiconductor industry and 3 years' of training experience.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Trains and Mentors less experienced Technical Trainers.
• Develops new training courses / materials, as required, using currently accepted methods and tools from factory sourced documentation with minimum supervision and / or guidance
• Performs stand-up instruction of all training courses currently provided by the Training Department, as required, for both internal and external customers, utilizing established teaching methodologies, while maintaining a minimum evaluation rating of 3.

5 on SF 6.2-3.1.2 Instructor Evaluations.

• Works with Engineering, Customer / Product Support and Manufacturing to ensure that course materials reflect current product features, and is responsible for conducting audits / assessments of course materials, as needed, to determine their applicability to changing requirements.
• Oversees and drives to completion special projects and assigned tasks with a minimum of supervision and / or guidance.
• Interacts with customers and functional organizations to develop Specifications / Procedures used within training courses.
• Learns and maintains proficiency in the use of the required software utilized to create / modify both existing and new training course materials.
• Travels up to 30% to conduct on-site training.
• Prepares student-training guides utilizing established Master Lesson Plans.
• Maintains and repairs training plasma etch equipment as necessary.
• Maintains a professional appearance and relationship with customers.
• Prepares lesson plans from engineering documentation, field service requirements or software documentation.
• Performs maintenance and repair of demonstration and cross-section labs process equipment and support facilities equipment.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Associates Degree in related field preferred (or)
• Equivalent combination of education and work experience in a related field (i.e. Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Chemical or similar discipline)

EXPERIENCE AND TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of five years’ experience in the semiconductor industry, preferably as an etch technician in a clean room environment.
• Teaching experience : Minimum 3 years’ experience delivering stand-up classroom training on etch equipment.
• Travel up to 30% worldwide in support of etch tool installation and modification and in direct support of sustaining maintenance activities.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIREMENTS

Advanced knowledge / skills (ability to develop and create projects to completion from scratch) using :

Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc.)

Adobe Acrobat X Standard

Adobe Captivate 7 and Above

Adobe Flash Professional CC / Animate CC

Adobe Photoshop CC and / or Corel PHOTO-PAINT

Audacity

CorelDRAW X5 and Above

• Ability to learn any new software necessary to create training materials.
• Excellent oral communication skills are a must.
• Clear, concise, professional, and comprehensive written communication skills
30+ days ago