field service engineer

process engineer

senior process engineer

process technician

senior field service engineer

Tokyo Electron

What is the best part of working at the company?
TEL has company events on a regular basis, which are great morale boosters. Also the teams you work with are typically good people. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The job is repetitive and not easy to just pick up. You have to be very patient, and it takes a long time to be given more responsibility, so you really have to want to work in this field to stick with it. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Somewhere between strict and lax, depending on the supervisor and team culture. Supervisors are generally not pretentious and are easy to talk to, so if you're having trouble or aren't feeling good about the job you can just talk to them. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Get up at 5:30 am, drive 45 minutes to work, park and walk in by 7 am, sit in on the brief team meeting that tells me (if I didn't already know) which semiconductor tool we'll work on today; then usually it's time to dress for the clean room in a bunny suit and find the tool. There's some paperwork to do before we start, hazard tape to put up, etc. Then it's usually one or two people working at a time which the 3rd and 4th people supervise to watch out for any issues and buddy-check how tightly screws were put in or bolts were torqued down. After a break for lunch, it's back in the fab until your team lead calls an effective stop to the work for the day. The hazard tape gets taken down, paperwork updated, and any other cleanup to make the area as tidy as possible for the next team to come in. Then you can leave the fab and head home. Usually this was 12 hour shifts 4-5 days a week.

A typical day at work involved creating financial reports for the business unit; creating presentations for worldwide business meetings, purchasing, arranging meetings, arranging travel and reconciling travel receipts. I was also in charge of cell phones and pagers for the business unit, as well as coordinating with business unit managers worldwide tracking capital equipment.
I learned how to create formulas in Crystal Reports, how to link information from one software program to another, how to link Excel spreadsheets and a small bit of the Japanese language.
I had the best management support I have ever had in my life and three managers who were more like mentors to me than bosses.
My co-workers were the best, most competent and fun people it has ever been my pleasure to work with. It was more like working with a close knit family.
The hardest part of the job was long hours sitting at a computer creating formulas, but it was so rewarding when I could deliver a report to one of my co-workers or management that contained exactly what they needed.
The most enjoyable part of the job was the job culture. My co-workers came from all over the world and were the best. We had fun together at work as well as getting together outside of work for special events including family.

Tokyo Electron is in the top 5 semiconductor production equipment suppliers.

The work is more of a technician role than an engineering role, but everyone gets an engineer title. I like the company's management above my local area, but I feel stifled by coworkers and immediate management.

It's not unusual for a new employee to spend a month waiting to get access to the fabrication plant, but it's paid and laid back.
Other employees act more annoyed that you don't know something than helpful. Training is sparse- new employees often go 6 months before any actual training besides "watch while I do this and try to learn something."

I was very excited about this job as a way to get into an engineering position, but now I'm disappointed and frustrated. It feels very much like an "everyone for themself" environment, especially among temps. The permanent employees are better at sharing information.

Other locations might be much better.
On a side note, it seems like about 75% of employees are military veterans. I think this contributes to the attitudes I dislike here.

Direction within IT felt stymied at times by competing agendas of various upper management, but the streamlined nature of the company as a whole felt very efficient and surprisingly caring.  They really do a lot of work with promoting work/life balance and health incentives, which shows they really seem to care about the health of their employees and their families.

From an IT perspective, they really strive to research and demo modern tech as it becomes available, which can make for an exciting and fast-paced environment to work in, though sometimes they have too many balls in the air at one time, and that can impact the focus of any one project.  Overall, a very strong team with a lot of different exposure to various technologies

*Based on non-engineer positions*
If you're hired into a full-time, permanent employee position, then consider yourself lucky. The people are wonderful to work with, and the compensation/benefits can be very good. 

If you start as a temp/contractor, DO NOT hope to get hired on...it won't happen. You may be paid very well as a temp, if you have experience/skills desired for a particular department. However, they will squeeze everything they can out of you, and full-time positions open up rarely. Most temps here have professional responsibilities, and there are people who have remained contractors for YEARS.

Great place to meet a number of people across a lot of different fields. Great extracurricular activities to get to meet others. Involved in the community. Hardly any chance to move up the chain of command. Once you are in a permanent position you do not move up the chain but instead gather more responsibilities and no new title or a large pay grade raise. Middle management is everywhere especially where it seems unnecessary. Loads of red tape! Very conservative environment. A dress code that is out of date and enforced very strictly. Loads of marketing buzz words thrown out in place of real solutions to problems that arise in relation to human resource issues. I can't speak for all departments but it seems to be a trend that "yes men" are what is desired. Those who speak up too loudly are usually discouraged.

Tech support, to 300MM SC Materials Research group - early morning start check on research platform, data capture and qualification and process review, update multiple databases for various functions - business, process traceability, platform material use and processing, status, problems, alarms. Experiments or other tech (film characterizations) tasks and reporting of those results. During the day, internal film and equipment qualifications, experiments and customer short loops. Logistical supports to manual 300MM semiconductor wafer labs and fabs, materials, resources, audits. Interface with multiple organizational groups and technical production teams as required. Weekly plan and activities meetings as required.

Current position as IT Technician is excellent.  My team is spread across the US.  We support each other as a team and share knowledge to ensure we have superior Helpdesk support. We are constantly improving our IT environment throughout the company with new security tools, software tools (SCCM), etc.  This position is a contractor position so there are no benefits (vacation pay, healthcare, etc.).  There is no intention to make this position Full Time at Tokyo Electron.  We have sales personnel, engineers, R&D and managers of all.  As IT support working through the ups and downs of the semiconductor environment and the personalities that go with it has been the best adventure.  Every day is different.  From quiet to crazy in work load but enriching and educational.  Learning all the time.

TEL used to be a good place to work. You go to work, do your job, you get a paycheck. Now they waste so much time on non-work related programs that it's taking over the entire work culture. Now the real workers have to do more every day to make up for those who care about promoting their personal life than actual business. The directors and above are completely out of touch with the field. Lastly, this is the worst Human Resources department I've ever worked with. They don't care about anyone but themselves, and seem incapable of hiring qualified field engineers. It's obvious some people get preferential treatment. The pay is decent, but below average for the industry.

It is worth noting that my Co-op position was not a typical one at Tokyo Electron. In my position I was responsible for managing a prototype tool and that responsibility extended from running the tool, to maintaining and repairing and issues. Due to the variability of the job and schooling my manager was quite considerate and did not ask me to work set hours. As I was able to complete tasks and regularly providing updates there was never an issue with meeting any minimal work requirement. As a result the experience was fair and challenging, allowing me to see the fruits of my efforts and see the links between my classes and my job.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Field service engineer 22 salaries reported	$32.67 per hour
Process engineer 5 salaries reported	$35.67 per hour
Senior process engineer 4 salaries reported	$119,754 per year
Process technician 3 salaries reported	$29.00 per hour
Senior field service engineer 1 salary reported	$32.50 per hour

Working at Tokyo Electron: Company Overview and Reviews

Tokyo Electron

Tokyo Electron Ratings

Popular jobs at Tokyo Electron

Salary Satisfaction

Job Seeker Tools

Employer Tools

Browse

Stay Connected