Engineer, Manufacturing - NI

Bruker Corporation; Penang; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading analytical instrumentation company in Penang seeks an experienced engineer to design and assemble electrical components for groundbreaking nanomechanical tools. Responsibilities include feasibility studies, prototype fabrication, and ensuring smooth product transitions to manufacturing. Ideal candidates will hold a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with at least 3 years of relevant experience, demonstrating strong circuit design and manufacturing engineering skills along with proficiency in tools such as OrCAD and SolidWorks PCB. This role offers opportunities to improve product quality and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of electrical and automation assembly design experience required.
• Strong background in manufacturing engineering is preferred.
• Experience with DFMA/DFx processes for design fabrication is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Design and test electrical assemblies for nanomechanical tools.
• Conduct feasibility studies and testing on new designs.
• Work with manufacturing to transfer new products from engineering.

Skills

Circuit design and PCB layout

Electrical design for instrumentation

Schematic capture

PCB layout tools

Embedded designs

Engineering analytical skills

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

OrCAD

Allegro

PADs

SolidWorks PCB

Job description

Bruker is enabling scientists to make breakthrough discoveries and develop new applications that improve the quality of human life. Bruker’s high performance scientific instruments and high value analytical and diagnostic solutions enable scientists to explore life and materials at molecular, cellular, and microscopic levels. In close cooperation with our customers, Bruker is enabling innovation, improved productivity, and customer success in life science molecular and cell biology research, in applied and pharma applications, in microscopy and nanoanalysis, as well as in industrial applications. Bruker offers differentiated, high‑value life science and diagnostics systems and solutions in preclinical imaging, clinical phenomics research, proteomics and multiomics, spatial and single‑cell biology, functional structural and condensate biology, as well as in clinical microbiology and molecular diagnostics. Today, worldwide more than 8500 employees are working on this permanent challenge at over 90 locations.

Bruker continues to build upon its extensive range of products and solutions, its broad base of installed systems and a strong reputation among its customers. Being one of the world's leading analytical instrumentation companies, Bruker is strongly committed to further fully meet its customers’ needs as well as to continue to develop state‑of‑the‑art technologies and innovative solutions for today's analytical questions.

Responsibilities

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

Work as a contributing member of a multidisciplinary team to design, build, and test electrical assemblies to support the development and production of our nanomechanical characterization tools. Conducts feasibility studies and testing on new and modified designs. Produces documentation for assembly and installation of electrical subassemblies including chassis layout and wiring harnesses. Assist in the fabrication of prototypes and limited production instruments. Prepares engineering change orders for existing products. Works with manufacturing to transfer new products from engineering to manufacturing and to troubleshoot issues. Manufacturing Engineers manage and assess risk of Product Life Cycle for products throughout all Phase Gate process by identifying exposure to key issues for each Phase Gate.

• Phase 1 (Concept) – provides early vendor and supplier input along with input of new and similar manufacturing process of concept presented, highlighting probability of success through risk assessments and mitigation.
• Phase 2 (Feasibility) – gives early input to engineering using DFx and DFMA processes and identifying key supplier requirements. Estimates cycle times based on Proof of Concept designs and creates processes for manufacturing based on FMEA. Develops preliminary QA plan for 1st article inspection and process tracking.
• Phase 3 (Development) – drives PLC requirement and performs proof of manufacturing on beta systems, ranking of supplier selection, i.e. weak and/or unique single source conditions. Creates robust test plans for manufacturing and scales up production for release to manufacturing. Develops and designs tooling and fixtures based on capital equipment requirements and updates risk and mitigation plans.
• Phase 4 (Scale‑up) – continues to drive PLC requirements and demonstrates all proof of manufacturing activities and PLC management, including ECO management, QA metrics and key performance indicators, i.e. First Pass Yield, Out of Box Quality, material obsolesces, scrap and BOM management, etc.

Manufacturing Engineering leads and transitions subsequent in‑sourcing strategies if required into Operations and works closely with Product Development, Manufacturing Operations, Manufacturing Engineer for sustaining products along with Product Development and Operations internal customers to:

• Provide sustaining engineering expertise and project management of in‑sourcing strategies, including sustaining production requirements, quality improvement, and project management such as product transition, cost reduction, inventory reduction, and/or sourcing change.
• Execute manufacturing quality improvement strategy through final functional verification process (Final Test), managing non‑conforming parts in process (NCMR), and closed‑loop corrective action (CLCR).
• Lead strategic planning for Test, Manufacturing, and process creation.
• Develop manufacturing documentation, tooling, and test fixtures for both contract manufacturing and operations.
• Identify and execute on opportunities for gross margin improvements through risk and mitigation plans per PLC and sourcing strategies.
• Lead projects related to best‑cost manufacturing and aligned with business objectives. Examples may include Insourcing, Outsourcing, and/or cost reductions – value engineering.
• Lead product ownership from Proof of Manufacturing through obsolescence. Require support for product sustaining for both manufacturing plants of US and Malaysia for the particular product line.
• BOM maintenance, engineering changes, design improvements, lean manufacturing, DMAIC, DFMA and DFx on NPI.

Qualifications

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Mechanical layout of electronic components and wire harnesses
• Design electrical assemblies and subassemblies for instrumentation control and data acquisition
• Sourcing strategies
• NPI (New Product Introduction)
• Engineering and operations documentation
• Sustaining production
• Process improvements

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Circuit design and PCB layout experience for both digital and analog circuits. Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools like OrCAD/Allegro, PADs, SolidWorks PCB or others.
• Experience in electrical design for instrumentation control and data acquisition for automated machines including motor‑driven assemblies.
• Able to select components, create schematics, and build assemblies to test.
• Experience with a variety of meters and scopes for both analog and digital circuits testing.
• Experience with embedded designs (micro‑processors/DSPs/FPGAs) preferred.
• Good engineering analytical skills to design and build tooling and fixtures for mechanical or electrical/electronic models.
• Ability to generate a range of solutions and choose the most appropriate.
• Good understanding of engineering design and maintenance best practices.
• Good organization skills and ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.

EDUCATIONAL/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Min 3 years current experience preferred, in electrical and automation assembly designs, including manufacturing engineering background using DFMA/DFx processes for design and fabrication.
• Strong background in manufacturing engineering metrology background and product transition into operations preferred.

Bruker is an equal‑opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.