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Banseog note · 2026-10-25
The robot company cutting the time wafers spend waiting
Product expansion — moving from vacuum transfer robots to logistics density across the whole cleanroom
- According to the company website, Brooks has more than 2,000 employees worldwide (checked October 2026). The company says more than 100,000 Brooks automation solutions run around the clock in semiconductor fabs.
- In Korea it has two offices, in Hwaseong and Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, and runs a separate training center in Hwaseong.
- CEO Dave Jarzynka explained at SEMICON West in October 2026 that wafers spend only 25–30% of their total time inside process chambers; the rest is transport and waiting.
Decisions within a year
- Cleanroom robot 'PreciseFlex c10 CR': unveiled at SEMICON West in October 2026. It maintains ISO Class 4 cleanliness at rated speed, and Class 3 when required, and automatically moves SMIF pods and reticle pods between storage systems and process tools. The company emphasizes 'fab density' — raising throughput in tight cleanroom space.
- Year-end exhibitions it will exhibit semiconductor automation and service solutions at SEMICON Europa (Munich, booth 1441) on November 10–13, 2026 and at SEMICON Japan (Tokyo) on December 9–11.
- Supply-chain code of conduct on March 31, 2025 it joined the RBA (Responsible Business Alliance) as an affiliate member, committing to align its own operations and supplier relationships with the RBA Code of Conduct.
People they will look for
- Field service and integration engineers — Brooks steadily needs people at its Hwaseong and Yongin sites to install and maintain transfer robots at Korean semiconductor fabs
- Motion control and robot software engineers — as new product lines such as the cleanroom robot grow, it needs people to adapt EtherCAT- and kinematics-based control to Korean customers' equipment
- Customer application engineers it needs people to turn Korean customers' demands for higher fab density and throughput into product configurations and layout proposals
For hiring managers
Field engineers who have worked with wafer transfer robots are sought by both Korean semiconductor equipment makers and the Korean subsidiaries of global equipment companies. With a new product launch followed by year-end exhibitions, it is wise to secure installation and service staff early.
For job seekers
Experience installing and maintaining vacuum automation equipment or transfer robots, along with EtherCAT-based motion control experience, is what this company values most right now.
An analysis written from public sources. Sources: Brooks website, checked 2026-10 (2,000+ employees; 100,000+ automation solutions; SEMICON Europa/Japan participation), Brooks global offices page (Hwaseong, Yongin, Hwaseong training center), Electronic Times 2026-10-15 (PreciseFlex c10 CR; 25–30% chamber dwell time), Brooks news 2025-03-31 (RBA membership).
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