Semiconductor recruitment
Fab technicians with verified cleanroom hours.
We supply technicians and engineers to semiconductor fabrication plants, assembly and test facilities and equipment manufacturers across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Only candidates with verified cleanroom or fab experience reach your shortlist.
- Cleanroom class and gowning discipline verified, not inferred from a job title
- Tool platform experience confirmed by platform and by process step
- Technical interviews run before anybody reaches your shortlist
- Permit, visa and compliance carried from brief to start date
Who we work for
Employers we work with
Established operators across Ireland and the UK. Transport, automotive, construction, engineering and food service.
What we place
Roles we fill in Semiconductor
If what you need is not on the list, ask anyway. We turn down briefs we cannot fill, so a no from us costs you a phone call and nothing else.
- Equipment Technicians
- Process Technicians
- Maintenance Technicians
- Cleanroom Operatives
- Wafer Fab Operators
- Test Technicians
- Yield Engineers
- Process Engineers
- Equipment Engineers
- Quality Engineers
- Facilities Technicians
- Subfab Technicians
- Calibration Technicians
- Automation Engineers
- Test Engineers
- EHS Officers
How we fill it
Three routes, and we will tell you which one you need
We look at your local market before we look anywhere else. Overseas deployment is slower and more involved, so we only recommend it when local genuinely cannot deliver.
Ireland and the UK
- About two weeks from brief to a start date
- Candidates pre-screened and compliance handled before you interview
- No retainer and no monthly fee
- Thirty day replacement guarantee
International deployment
- Sourced from the Philippines, South Africa, the UAE, Bangladesh, Colombia, India and Nepal
- Permit, visa and Certificate of Sponsorship work handled end to end
- Labour Market Needs Test managed for you
- Flights, accommodation and welfare checks after arrival included
Remote support roles
- Live in one to four weeks, because there is no permit in the way
- Five stage vetting including a proper English assessment
- Employed directly by your company
- Typically 50 to 70% below the cost of a local hire
The work behind the shortlist
What we check before you see a CV
A shortlist is only worth anything if somebody did this first.
Cleanroom reality
- Class of cleanroom confirmed, along with what the candidate personally did in it
- Gowning protocol and contamination discipline probed properly
- ESD handling practice checked on the bench
- Shift and cleanroom hours discussed honestly before an offer goes out
Tools and process
- Tool platform experience confirmed by manufacturer and by process step
- Preventive maintenance versus break-fix experience separated out
- SPC and data handling ability assessed where the role needs it
- Subfab and facilities experience distinguished from fab floor experience
Credentials
- Qualifications verified with the awarding institution
- Technical interview run by somebody who understands the process area
- References from named facilities with named contacts
- Background checks completed as part of the standard process
Recruitment trips
Come and test them yourself
Every month we are in Manila, Johannesburg and Dubai with clients, running in-person trade tests and volume interviews. Based on everything we have seen, it is the most effective way to hire.
- Meet more candidates in a day than you would in a month of video calls
- Get a better read on somebody by watching them work, not just hearing them talk
- Trade test in person, on the tools, to your own standard
- We handle all the logistics. You turn up, we do the rest
The candidate pool here is genuinely thin
Semiconductor is the sector where we are most likely to tell you that the local market cannot deliver, because it frequently cannot. That is exactly what the international route is for, and it is why the lead time matters.
If you have a fab ramp coming, the useful conversation is the one you have before you need the people, not the week the tools land.
Lead times
How long it takes, honestly
Government processing times move, and anybody quoting you a single confident number is guessing. Which route applies to your role, and the current wait, we confirm in writing before you commit.
Local hire, Ireland or UK
About 2 weeks
Brief to start date. Candidates pre-screened and compliance handled before you interview.
Ireland, employment permit
Department clock
Our preparation takes days. The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment publishes its own processing times and they move with demand; we tell you the current one in writing before you commit.
UK, Skilled Worker
UKVI clock
You assign the Certificate of Sponsorship; UK Visas and Immigration publishes decision times. We tell you the current one in writing before you commit.
Remote support role
1 to 4 weeks
Where the job can be done remotely, there is no permit and no queue.
Official processing times: enterprise.gov.ie for Irish employment permits and GOV.UK for the Skilled Worker visa.
Cost and cover
What it costs, and what happens if it goes wrong
Government fees are passed through at cost and the placement fee is staged across the process, none of it up front.
Replacement guarantee on a local hire
Replacement guarantee where the trade test was remote
Replacement guarantee where the trade test was in person
Retainer, startup or candidate fees, at any point
Sama Talent & Offshore Services Limited, 136 Capel Street, Dublin D01 T2C9. Licensed employment agency EA 5649, Workplace Relations Commission of Ireland. CRO 810220. Local first. Internationally ready when local cannot deliver.
Straight answers
Questions employers ask
Do candidates have actual fab experience?
That is the entry condition. We only present candidates with verified cleanroom or semiconductor experience, confirmed with the facility named on the CV, never taken from a job title.
Can you verify tool platform experience?
Yes, by manufacturer and by process step. Tell us the platforms on your floor and we shortlist against them.
How far ahead should we start for a ramp?
As far ahead as you can. Overseas deployment runs to the published permit ranges, so a ramp that needs thirty technicians in twelve weeks is a different conversation from one that needs them in thirty.
Which permit route applies to a fab technician?
It depends on the role, the salary and the current lists, which change. We confirm the route in writing for your specific vacancy before you commit.
Do you place engineers as well as technicians?
Yes, through to process, equipment, yield and quality engineering. The verification approach is the same, we check what they personally owned, not what their team delivered.
Tell us the role and the start date. We do the rest.
No retainer, no startup fee, and nothing is ever charged to the candidate. Call us on +353 1 903 8249, Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm.
Looking for work in Semiconductor?
You will never pay us. Not once, not for anything.
Not to apply, not to be placed, not for your visa, your documents or your training. Employers pay us. Your wage is yours in full.
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