Senior Manufacturing Technician (PSP)

Location

Horsham, PA

Wage

$49,692 – $72,881/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on October 6, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Veeco is a company that designs, develops, manufactures, and services complex machines used in semiconductor production, impacting various technologies that drive the digital age. The Senior Manufacturing Technician role involves hands-on assembly, integration, and troubleshooting of semiconductor production tools.

Responsibilities

  • Perform hands-on mechanical assembly of production equipment.
  • Install and route electrical wiring, cables, sensors, and components.
  • Build and install plumbing and fluid delivery systems.
  • Read and interpret mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and plumbing diagrams.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve assembly, fitment, wiring, and plumbing issues.
  • Identify and communicate discrepant parts, documentation gaps, and design issues.
  • Accurately document build process, changes, and issues.
  • Support tool builds from initial assembly through mechanical completion.
  • Collaborate closely with engineering, quality, and production teams.
  • Occasionally lead or coordinate portions of the build process.
  • Support the handoff of completed tools to the next production stage.
  • Follow all safety procedures while assembling and working on equipment.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent required; technical or trade school preferred.
  • 4+ years of hands-on manufacturing or equipment build experience.
  • Ability to bend, plumb and integrate all tubing connections.
  • Knowledge of hand tools and light metalworking skills required.
  • Ability to navigate through different software programs such as Excel, Word, CAD, SolidWorks.
  • Basic training in electronics and reading electrical schematics preferred.
  • Experience with small gauge wire stripping, pin crimping, and terminating preferred.
  • Experience with control software on automated machines preferred.
  • Able to work with minimal supervision.
  • Strong attention to detail.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Shift: 1st Shift | 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM
  • Requires frequent changes in positions while working.
  • Occasionally ascend/descend a ladder and lift/move up to 25 pounds.
  • Ability to work overtime hours as required.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Horsham, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania, whose middle half runs $24–$35/hr across 134 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 55% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Horsham, PA

Horsham, PA currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 7 employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 283 other active welding openings from 192 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Horsham, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

Veeco currently has 1 other opening live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Hanwha Philly Shipyard (8), TradeWorx (7), and JB Poindexter Company (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $36/hr and York at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Senior Manufacturing Technician (PSP) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.