Manufacturing Equipment Engineer (Diffusion, Bonding & Dicing)

Position Summary

As a Manufacturing Equipment Engineer, you will provide technical leadership in sustaining smart manufacturing equipment within a high-volume consumables production environment. Your responsibilities include defining and executing preventive maintenance on optical, mechanical, electrical, and fluidics systems to enhance equipment uptime and reliability. You will also deliver training to Technicians and junior Engineer team members to improve their understanding of job roles and expectations. Additionally, you will supervise and mentor these team members to ensure consistent performance and ongoing development.

Position Responsibilities

• Complete required training (e.g. cGMP, safety and work instructions, etc.) within a stipulated time frame.

• Execute tasks strictly following cGMP, Quality, Safety and Work instruction requirements.

• Ensure employees follow safety, quality requirement, and all applicable company policies at all times.

• Ensure proper housekeeping and maintain cleanliness (6S) of the working area.

• Timely report/ escalate any concerns (work-related or personal).

• Meet daily production schedule and performance expectation.

• Able to take on additional tasks or responsibilities when required.

• Competent to perform preventive maintenance activities with broad supervision.

• Implement repair procedures to ensure correct operation of equipment and systems with broad supervision.

• Identify and update critical spare parts in SAP to ensure continuous operation and maintain appropriate safety stock levels

• Improvement work:

• - Participate and lead improvement initiatives across areas under some direction.

• - Facilitate an organization's systems and processes relating to continuous improvement (e.g. 6S) and coach team members toward continuous improvement.

• - Analyse work practices beyond own scope of work for innovation and improvement opportunities with some supervision

• - Manage the work instructions of each Equipment maintenance  process to ensure consistent performance of the equipment.

• Incident investigation and reporting:

• - Lead an investigation team and able to submit a formal report under broad supervision.

• - Provide guidance to team members.

• - Adapt different techniques and concepts in technical writing for effective engagement with individuals and/or teams.

• Lead and mentor a group of team members to meet production KPI and corporate goals & targets:

• - Assist and provide technical support to the shift to meet daily production target and shift KPIs with some guidance.

• - Co-ordinate & prioritize activities based on production, equipment and supply to meet the objectives.

• Learning and Development:

• - Responsible for the skill development of the shift.

• - Able to provide guidance to Technician and Engineer on PLC and automation equipment troubleshooting.

• - Develop On the job (OJT) training programmes for Technician.

• Demonstrates proficiency in performing repair and preventive maintenance on complex smart manufacturing equipment and in developing effective solutions for recurring equipment problems.

• Implement improvements to the existing equipment maintenance processes with some supervision.

• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and develop solutions together with automation experts to improve product quality, cycle time, and cost.

• Data Collection and Analysis:

• Transforms simple operational data into meaningful insights that inform decisions aimed at improving equipment efficiency and operational performance.

• Be a role model for Technicians and Junior Engineers.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical or Mechatronics with 2-5 years of relevant working experience in manufacturing/production environment. Candidates with Diploma qualification or equivalent in Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical or Mechatronics with 6+ years of relevant working experience may also be considered.
• Experience in GMP controlled manufacturing / production environment.
• Advanced understanding on Electrical / Electronics / Mechanical / Pneumatic
• Ensure compliance with cGMP, Quality, work safety instructions & practices at all times.
• Good project management skills.
• Experience in designing automatic control system.
• Experience in troubleshooting PLC (e.g. Beckhoff or Allen Bradley PLC) and HMI process control automation system.
• Experience in engineering drawings.
• Complete tasks in a safe and efficient manner.
• High level of discipline and integrity.
• Able to undertake multiple tasks.
• Able to undergo job rotation/ cross training.
• Able to work in noisy environment with appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE).
• Able to work in chemical environment with appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE).
• Must be able to identify different colors for work purposes. In Illumina, we handle components/chemicals with different colors, and it is necessary to be able to differentiate and identify the correct components/chemicals (using visual) during operation. 
• Possess a positive attitude and sense of urgency.
• Meticulous, keen attention to details and organized.
• (For Shift Engineer) The candidate must be able to work 12 hours (from 0800 to 2015 for the day shift and from 2000 to 0815 for the night shift) rotating shifts (Monthly rotations from day to night and vice versa) with staggered break times in accordance with the roster.
• Be agreeable to work normal shift when required.
• Able to safely lift and handle weights up to 15 kg, with occasional requirements to manage heavier loads
• Exposure to data analytics, including the ability to analyze equipment performance, identify trends, and support data-driven decision making, is an added advantage.

• Experience or familiarity with predictive maintenance methodologies (e.g., condition monitoring, failure prediction, reliability analysis) to improve equipment uptime and operational efficiency is preferred.

• Knowledge or exposure to agentic AI development, intelligent automation, or AI-driven optimization in manufacturing environments will be considered an added advantage.

• Familiarity with digital and analytics tools such as Statistical Process Control (SPC), Python, Power BI, Tableau, and Power Automate for data analysis, visualization, and workflow automation is an added advantage.

• Exposure to application, coding language and dashboard development tools such as Python, Streamlit, Angular, and NestJS for building data-driven applications or internal tools is an added advantage.

All listed requirements are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.