Senior Digitalization Engineer

Bosch in Malaysia is a part of the Bosch Group, a leading global supplier of technology and services. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to deliver innovations for a connected life. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life”. Bosch has been present in Malaysia since 1923, represented by Robert Bosch Sdn Bhd. In Malaysia, Bosch is active in four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology.

The company has three manufacturing sites and research and development offices in Penang, producing automotive electronics, power tools and steering systems, and now a fourth plant with a final testing centre for sensors and semiconductors.

PgP5 Plant is Bosch Group’s newest expansion in Malaysia a semiconductor test site in Batu Kawan Penang. The construction has begun in May 2021 and first series of production to commence in 2023. With the long-term forecasts for growth of semiconductor component quantities, coupled with the front-end production in Bosch’s Dresden facility in Germany, capacity expansion is required for the back-end production, which is the final testing phase of semiconductors and sensors. PgP5 will primarily focus on the final testing of components manufactured at Bosch Automotive Electronics’ fab in Dresden, Germany. The plant will also house R&D and training facilities.

Job Overview

We are responsible for the planning, installation, maintenance and improvement of the Manufacturing Information Technology, Digitalization and Data Warehouse of our Semiconductor Testing facility in Penang (PgP5).

Job Responsibility:

• Drive the factory’s digitalization transformation and implementation.

• Key person to drive the factory towards a I4.0 Connected Factory.

• Represent PgP5 as the Digitalization Agent in the Bosch Semiconductor Organization’s Digitalization Task Force.

• Collecting requirements from our internal customers and stakeholders for the Digitalization needs.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to establish and implement the Digitalization & I4.0 strategies and plans of PgP5

• Evaluating the Digitalization projects to ensure they bring positive improvements to PgP5 in delivery, cost and quality.

• Establishing the annual Digitalization plans and budget.

• Coordinates projects related to Digitalization and Industry 4.0.

• Reports regularly to management on the Digitalization implementation in PgP5.

• Working in close collaboration with other Bosch locations and Central Departments on Digitalization Strategies and Implementations.

• Market search and benchmarking of the Digitalization tools and applications available in the market and also from Bosch.

• Personality: motivated, strong in communication, cooperative in working with colleagues and external parties, assertive personality.

• Working Style: independent, result- and quality-oriented and reliable.

• Experience and Knowledge:

- Several years of relevant practical experience in the field of Manufacturing Digitalization in the semiconductor industry

- Good knowledge and experience on digitalization tools and application

- Practical experience on Lean Manufacturing implementation

- Basic technical leadership experience is desired

- Good programming skills in one high level programming language like Java or other with java comparable language

- Good knowledge in SQL, XML and JSON, webservices/soap technology

- Experience in work with big data

• Enthusiasm: interdisciplinary thinking and interest in Leading Edge Semiconductor technology. Right Lean Manufacturing mindset and skill.

• Languages: good proficiency in English language.

• Education: Bachelor Degree or Master Degree in Information Technology or Computer Engineering or any comparable studies on IT.