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Field Service Engineer - Precision Equipment Semiconductor

Location

Dallas, TX

Wage

$93,000 – $103,000/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on November 12, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The Field Service Engineer position involves installing and maintaining precision surface finishing equipment used in semiconductor manufacturing. The role requires travel and offers a competitive salary range, with two openings available in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Responsibilities

  • Install, commission, calibrate, and start up new machines at customer sites
  • Troubleshoot and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, controls, and software issues
  • Perform preventive maintenance, repairs, upgrades, and field modifications
  • Train customer operators and maintenance teams
  • Make decisions on site while working with the customer
  • Share observations with engineering to improve the product
  • Write clear service reports and complete service paperwork

Requirements

  • 3+ years of field service, machine installation, or maintenance on automated or precision equipment
  • Strong mechanical background plus electrical and software skills
  • Experience with PLCs, servo systems, drives, motors, and sensors
  • Ability to read mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and pneumatic and hydraulic diagrams
  • Comfort working independently and communicating clearly with customers
  • Flexibility for long days during busy periods
  • Valid driver's license; passport or ability to get one for the traveling role
  • Authorization to work in the US without current or future sponsorship
  • Ability to lift up to 35 lbs and work around industrial equipment

Additional Information

  • Location: Dallas-Fort Worth area and Sherman, TX
  • Travel: Varies by opening; limited travel for Sherman role, about 75% travel for DFW role
  • Salary range: $92,000 - $103,000 base, plus relocation assistance
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How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $47/hr, this posting sits about 21% above the $39/hr median for welding jobs in Dallas, TX — toward the top of a $29–$40/hr middle band drawn from 48 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 92% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Dallas, TX

We're tracking 134 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 81 different employers. 40 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,132 other active welding openings from 497 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Dallas, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (33), Austin Industries (30), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (21). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arlington at $40/hr, Dallas at $39/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. Dallas is among them.

Similar openings near Dallas, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Field Service Engineer - Precision Equipment Semiconductor figures were last recalculated when this page was built.