Chip Engineers and Graduates Have Until October 18 to Apply for Tokyo Electron Korea's 19 Roles

Semiconductor equipment maker Tokyo Electron Korea will hire in the triple digits across 19 roles, including engineers, sales, and corporate functions, in its open recruitment for the second half of 2026. Total hiring will exceed 100 positions, and both the entry-level posting and the experienced hire posting on the Tokyo Electron Korea careers site close at 11:59 pm on 2026.10.18. Those accepted will join the company in January next year. For Metaintro readers, this is a guide for equipment engineers, process engineers, software developers, mechanical designers, new graduates and corporate staff who want a role inside the chip supply chain in Korea. It covers which roles are open, where they sit, how the screening works, what training and benefits come with the job, and what to do before the deadline.

What Did Tokyo Electron Korea Announce?

The company said on Oct. 6 that it will accept applications for new and experienced employees for the second half of 2026 through the 18th. Applications opened on 5 October and run to 18 October, with successful applicants joining in January 2027, and the round is a triple-digit hire across 19 job categories, from technical roles to corporate support. No exact headcount was given, only a triple-digit figure of more than 100 people.

The round has an entry-level hiring-linked intern listing and an experienced hire listing on the company's careers site, for the second half of 2026. The entry-level listing and the experienced hire listing both close at 11:59 pm on 2026.10.18.

Tokyo Electron Korea is a global semiconductor manufacturing equipment company (translated) in Korea. It currently has about 2,400 officers and employees, and staff age 34 and under account for about 63% of the total. Last month it was selected as a Korea Job Best Company by the Ministry of Employment and Labor for the sixth time since 2018.

Which Roles Are Open in This Round?

The main technical roles include field engineers (FE), who install and maintain equipment at customer sites, and process engineers (PE), who handle process development and evaluation (translated). Other roles in the round include these.

• Software and systems engineering. Software and systems engineers are among the technical roles being filled (translated).
• Mechanical design. Mechanical design is listed among the main technical roles (translated).
• Manufacturing and production management. Manufacturing and production management roles are included in the list of open roles.
• Product safety, facilities management and IT support. These three are also among the technical roles being filled (translated).
• Sales and corporate functions. The company will also hire in sales and corporate functions such as strategic planning and human resources.

Field engineers install and maintain equipment at customer sites (translated), so the work in that track is done on site at customers.

Where Would You Work?

Work locations, depending on role, are Korea establishments in Hwaseong, Pyeongtaek, and Icheon in Gyeonggi Province, Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province, and Balan in Gyeonggi Province. Staff will also be assigned to the Yongin office, scheduled for completion in January next year, which is the same month new hires start.

Tokyo Electron Korea is building a research and evaluation facility in Wonsam-myeon, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, with Kolon Global as the builder. The facility has a total of 12 buildings, four main structures including a fab, an office, a parking tower and a daycare center, plus eight utility buildings. At the facility, the company installs equipment identical to what it supplies to customer SK hynix and verifies performance under the same conditions as an actual production line.

The SK hynix Yongin semiconductor cluster is going up about 1 kilometer away. Construction of the facility began in July last year, with completion targeted for January next year.

You can't keep testing equipment inside a customer's plant while it's in production, Kolon Global site manager Lee Jae-yeol said (translated), according to the Seoul Economic Daily report on the Yongin site.

How Does the Screening Work?

The process will proceed with a document screening followed by first and second interviews, with interviews held in November. Starting with this hiring round, the process to verify job fit will also be strengthened in three ways.

• Rewritten essay questions. The self-introduction questions were revamped to ask about experience and competencies required for the actual role.
• The AI test is used for more new-graduate applicants. The entry-level track applies the AI competency test to more applicants (translated).
• A new, simplified AI test for experienced hires. A simplified AI competency test is being introduced for experienced candidates (translated).

The aim is to check each applicant's way of solving problems and their fit for the job as a whole (translated).

How Does TEL Korea's Standard New-Graduate Process Work?

Tokyo Electron Korea's standard new-graduate process (translated) covers bachelor's, master's and doctoral applicants (translated) and runs in these stages. The stages below describe regular new-graduate hiring (translated), while this round's entry-level posting is a hiring-linked internship.

• Online application. You apply online during the set period and choose a role that fits your aptitude and interests, then the job group it belongs to (translated).
• Document screening. Reviewers judge from your answers and essay whether you have the qualifications, experience and passion for the role and the company (translated).
• AI competency test. The online test is neuroscience-based and uses performance, relationship and adaptation competencies to assess each applicant's growth potential (translated), and it comes before the first and second interviews (translated). Every hiring decision is made through the overall judgement of HR staff and interviewers (translated).
• First interview. Managers and working-level staff interview several candidates at once, judging job fit and fit with the team (translated).
• Second interview. Senior managers interview in the same group format and judge cultural fit (translated).

Those who pass join as new employees and take part in induction training, and new hires are invited to a pre-onboarding lunch before their official start (translated). The careers site also has an FAQ on the AI test, including whether it can be taken on a phone and whether you can practise it.

Do You Need a Semiconductor Degree?

The company plans to hire applicants who have the competencies required for the role and an understanding of the semiconductor industry, without limiting to semiconductor-related majors. It is looking for people from a range of majors and careers who have the practical skills for each role and an understanding of the chip industry (translated).

The April round, open from April 13 to April 26, targeted candidates with semiconductor-related academic backgrounds and industry expertise, while this round is not limited to semiconductor-related majors. The April drive was aimed at securing talent ahead of the planned opening of its Yongin research and development (R&D) center (TTCK-Y) in January next year, as well as to support upgrades to its existing infrastructure.

Rather than a specific major or the fact of prior experience, we plan to focus on whether applicants can quickly learn new technologies based on the experience and competencies they have built and demonstrate them in the role, a Tokyo Electron Korea official said (translated), according to the Chosun Biz report.

The official also said that the ability to continuously learn new processes and equipment and apply them to work is important, because the industry sees rapid technological change. Your essay should show something you learned fast and then used, and the STAR story format in How to Show AI Skills on Your Resume and in Interviews works for AI examples.

How Can You Learn More Before Applying?

On the 13th, the company will hold an online recruiting session, TEL-in Session, with current practitioners participating, and run a Q&A on roles and company life. The session is held on 13 October and includes role-by-role questions with current staff (translated).

A one-to-one recruitment inquiry link and a recruitment FAQ sit on the careers site. Questions on the recruitment FAQ (translated) include whether a saved but unsubmitted draft counts, how to check your application was submitted, and what to do if the email does not arrive.

What Training Comes After You Join?

New employees will attend a two-week group training program, TEL-SHIP. Experienced hires will complete the TEL Culture Program to learn the company's way of working and organizational culture.

A four-week Japanese language training program will also be offered to all new hires, and the program is called JapanEase. Once placed in a team, a senior colleague from the same department acts as a mentor (translated) to help with the work and with settling in.

What Benefits Does Tokyo Electron Korea List?

Benefits on the careers site's welfare page (translated) and in the round's coverage (translated) include the following.

• Housing. Under internal rules, staff can choose between company housing and support for monthly rent or housing loan interest (translated). Company housing is offered to all staff under internal rules, with one person per room in an apartment for privacy (translated).
• Car and family support. Benefits include vehicle purchase support and university tuition support for employees' children (translated). Staff also receive 1 million won per child at birth (translated).
• Shares. Staff can join an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) (translated).
• Hours and overtime. The company runs a five-day week, observes the 52-hour working system and pays overtime checked in 10-minute units (translated). It also runs flexible start times with annual leave usable in 30-minute units (translated).
• Health and leisure. The list includes an annual comprehensive health check, free vaccinations and LTD insurance (translated), as well as use of the TEL resort in Japan (translated).
• Parental leave. Staff get 20 days of spousal childbirth leave (translated), plus reduced hours during pregnancy and childcare.

No salary figures appear on the welfare or compensation pages.

How Is Pay Structured?

Pay is set out on the evaluation and compensation page of the careers site, without figures. Staff are rated on their own performance and competencies on an absolute scale, not by comparison with others (translated), and an annual salary system based on each employee's level applies, with a bonus system to share joint results (translated).

• Base pay. Salary follows the GTC (Global TEL Careerpath) level system, with pay rising as your level rises after half-yearly reviews (translated).
• Incentive bonus. A bonus linked to business results is paid twice a year, in June and December, and the amount varies with each half-yearly review (translated).
• Fixed bonus. A separate bonus is paid twice a year, in June and December, as a fixed amount regardless of business results (translated).
• Allowances. There are regular and irregular allowances (translated) on top.

What Is Happening in the Chip Equipment Market?

Global sales of chip manufacturing equipment are forecast to reach a record high of $165.9 billion in 2026, increasing 23.2% year-on-year, with total equipment sales forecast to reach a record $229.5 billion in 2028. The stronger outlook reflects accelerating investment in AI infrastructure, leading-edge logic, advanced memory, and back-end technologies, in the mid-year forecast from the industry group SEMI dated July 14, 2026.

China, Taiwan and Korea are expected to remain the top three destinations for equipment spending through 2028, and Korea’s equipment spending is driven by advanced memory technologies, including HBM. The Yongin test facility sits about 1 kilometer from the SK hynix cluster, and SK hynix moved up the completion of its plant from May to February next year.

What This Means for Job Seekers, and What Should You Do Next?

Our take is that this round is open to people outside semiconductor majors, with a two-week application window (translated). The April round targeted candidates with semiconductor-related academic backgrounds, while this one looks for competencies and an understanding of the industry, without limiting to semiconductor-related majors. There is no exact headcount, only more than 100 positions across 19 job categories, so you will not know how many places sit in your role.

Here is what we would do.

• Pick the right posting. New graduates apply through the hiring-linked intern posting, and people with experience apply through the experienced hire posting. Both close at 11:59 pm on 2026.10.18 (entry-level, experienced).
• Do not leave a saved draft. A recruitment FAQ question (translated) deals with drafts left unsubmitted at the deadline, so submit fully and confirm it went through.
• Write the essay for the role. The questions now ask about the experience and competencies required for the actual role, so use one concrete example per question.
• Prepare for the AI test. It now applies to more entry-level applicants, and a simplified version is new for experienced hires (translated), and questions on practising and pre-checking your device are in the recruitment FAQ (translated).
• Practise for a group interview. Both interview rounds in the standard process are held with several candidates at once (translated), so rehearse short answers, starting with Job Interview Tips That Get You Past the First Round.
• Join the online session. Bring your questions to the TEL-in Session on the 13th, which includes a Q&A on roles and company life.
• Plan for November and January. Interviews are held in November, and those accepted join in January 2027, so keep that month free.

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People Also Asked

Q: When do Tokyo Electron Korea applications close?

A: The entry-level posting and the experienced hire posting both close at 11:59 pm on 2026.10.18, and interviews are held in November.

Q: How many people is Tokyo Electron Korea hiring?

A: The company gave no exact number, only a triple-digit hire across 19 roles, described as more than 100 positions.

Q: Do I need a semiconductor major to apply?

A: No, the company plans to hire people with the right competencies and an understanding of the industry, without limiting to semiconductor-related majors.

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