Job Description
Maintenance Technician
Job Location:  Kägiswil
Company:  Axetris AG
Workload (in %):  100%

Axetris AG is a leading company for micro-optical components and MEMS-based gas detectors, based in central Switzerland. The company's expertise enables it to provide customised solutions for customers, from prototypes to series production. Axetris AG is part of the Leister Group, which employs around 900 people and has 130 sales partners worldwide. The Leister Group is dedicated to enhancing quality of life through innovation.
www.axetris.com

Maintenance Technician

For the Wafer Production team in the Maintenance department at Axetris AG, we are looking for a reliable, committed, and proactive individual to join us as a Maintenance Technician.

Your tasks

  • Ensuring high equipment availability and process stability by carrying out timely and thorough maintenance of production equipment in wafer manufacturing
  • Performing and planning preventive maintenance, repairs, and troubleshooting on production equipment (DryEtch, Lithography) to ensure high equipment availability, including collaboration with external partners
  • Responsible for inventory management and spare parts management
  • Close collaboration with team colleagues, process engineers, and facility management
  • Assisting in improving existing manufacturing processes of the equipment and actively contributing improvement suggestions
  • Developing and maintaining documentation for maintenance tasks (MES, Excel)
  • Complying with and ensuring workplace safety

Your Profile

  • Technical vocational training and additional specialized education in electronics, mechanics, or physics are an advantage
  • Several years of professional experience in maintaining semiconductor production equipment, such as dry‑etch or lithography systems or other plasma processes (thin film, implant)
  • Professional experience in a cleanroom environment
  • Good German or English skills
  • Willingness to work shifts (early and late shift)

What you can expect

  • Exciting position in a market‑leading international company in the canton of Obwalden
  • Supportive and collegial work environment with a first‑name culture (“Du‑Kultur”)
  • Varied tasks in an innovative and dynamic technological environment
  • Flexible working hours
  • Attractive training and development opportunities
  • Catering options available at all sites

For the Wafer Production team in the Maintenance department at Axetris AG, we are looking for a reliable, committed, and proactive individual to join us as a Maintenance Technician.

Your tasks

  • Ensuring high equipment availability and process stability by carrying out timely and thorough maintenance of production equipment in wafer manufacturing
  • Performing and planning preventive maintenance, repairs, and troubleshooting on production equipment (DryEtch, Lithography) to ensure high equipment availability, including collaboration with external partners
  • Responsible for inventory management and spare parts management
  • Close collaboration with team colleagues, process engineers, and facility management
  • Assisting in improving existing manufacturing processes of the equipment and actively contributing improvement suggestions
  • Developing and maintaining documentation for maintenance tasks (MES, Excel)
  • Complying with and ensuring workplace safety

Your Profile

  • Technical vocational training and additional specialized education in electronics, mechanics, or physics are an advantage
  • Several years of professional experience in maintaining semiconductor production equipment, such as dry‑etch or lithography systems or other plasma processes (thin film, implant)
  • Professional experience in a cleanroom environment
  • Good German or English skills
  • Willingness to work shifts (early and late shift)

What you can expect

  • Exciting position in a market‑leading international company in the canton of Obwalden
  • Supportive and collegial work environment with a first‑name culture (“Du‑Kultur”)
  • Varied tasks in an innovative and dynamic technological environment
  • Flexible working hours
  • Attractive training and development opportunities
  • Catering options available at all sites

We look forward to receiving your full application.