Hardware Applications Engineering Manager

Starz Advise Management Pte Ltd; Malacca City; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Starz Advise Management Pte Ltd in Malaysia seeks a Hardware Applications Engineering Manager to lead Mechanical, Electrical and Vision teams in delivering high-quality hardware solutions for customers.

You will own program execution, resource planning, NPI readiness, and customer-specific implementations while building a high-performing engineering organization and ensuring on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial, or mechatronics.
• 10+ years in semiconductor equipment, ATE, or industrial automation.
• 5+ years in engineering management or technical leadership.
• Experience with PO-driven delivery, NPI, and retrofit/kit-upgrade programs.
• Strong cross-functional coordination and customer-facing execution.
• Willing to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in hardware design reviews to ensure quality and reliability.
• Own resource planning and capacity management across mechanical, electrical, and vision disciplines.
• Drive schedule adherence and execution for retrofit, kit, and customer programs.
• Oversee NPI and production readiness for hardware application programs.
• Provide escalation support and timely technical resolutions.
• Interface with product engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, sales and service.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Multidisciplinary teams

Resource management

Customer facing

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial, mechatronics

PMP or related credential (plus)

Job description

About Our Client

Our client is a leading global provider of advanced semiconductor equipment and technology solutions, supporting many of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers and outsourced assembly and test (OSAT) companies.

The company develops and manufactures innovative solutions across semiconductor test, automation, inspection, and precision engineering, helping customers improve product quality, manufacturing efficiency, and operational performance. With operations spanning North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, it serves a diverse customer base across automotive, artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing, consumer electronics, industrial, medical, communications, and other advanced technology markets.

As part of its continued global growth, our client is seeking experienced engineering leaders who are passionate about innovation, operational excellence, and developing high-performing teams.

Position Summary

The Hardware Applications Engineering Manager is responsible for leading the Mechanical, Electrical, and Vision Applications Engineering teams to deliver high-quality, customer-focused hardware solutions. This role oversees technical execution, resource planning, new product introduction (NPI), and customer-specific implementation programs, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to the highest engineering standards. The incumbent collaborates closely with cross-functional teams, drives continuous improvement initiatives, manages technical risks, and develops a high-performing engineering organisation that supports business growth, operational excellence, and long-term succession planning.

Key responsibilities

Technical Expertise

• Ensure hardware application work complies with system architecture guidance set by Systems Architecture, applying sound engineering judgment within that framework across Mechanical, Electrical, and Vision disciplines.
• Lead and participate in Request for Proposal and design reviews to ensure engineering standards, reliability, and quality are met across hardware application programs.
• Own technical risk management for hardware programs, including retrofit, kit-upgrade, and customer-specific configurations.
• Ensure mechanical, electrical, and vision hardware subsystems come together reliably as a single, unified customer solution.

Execution and Delivery

• Own resource planning and engineering capacity management across Mechanical, Electrical, and Vision to meet PO-driven project commitments.
• Drive schedule adherence and execution oversight for hardware retrofit, kit, and customer-specific implementation programs.
• Own NPI and production readiness for hardware application programs, ensuring designs transition cleanly from development to deployment.
• Provide direct support for customer escalations, ensuring timely technical and operational resolution.

Communication and Collaboration

• Act as the primary interface between Applications Engineering and Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales, and Service.
• Represent Applications Engineering in customer-facing discussions, technical reviews, and program updates.
• Partner with Software Applications counterparts, at any level, to ensure hardware and software workstreams stay aligned on shared customer programs.
• Communicate program status, risks, and resource needs clearly to the Applications Engineering Manager and other stakeholders.

Leadership and Strategy

• Hire, mentor, and coach engineers across Mechanical, Electrical, and Vision hardware disciplines; build succession depth and organizational capability.
• Develop team skills and career paths for individual contributors (Engineer through Senior Staff Engineer) within Hardware Applications Engineering.
• Set direction and priorities for the hardware applications organization in alignment with business goals and the Applications Engineering Manager's strategy.
• Build a scalable organization structure and ways of working that support future growth and succession planning without adding management layers prematurely.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive continuous improvement of engineering standards, design rules, and processes across hardware disciplines.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective action for hardware-related quality, delivery, and field issues.
• Champion design standardization and knowledge management to reduce rework and improve reuse across customer programs.
• Identify and implement process and tooling improvements that increase hardware engineering productivity and predictability.

Requirement And Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline; an advanced degree or technical program management credential (e.g., PMP) is a plus.
• 10+ years of engineering experience in semiconductor equipment, ATE, or industrial automation, with significant experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• 5+ years in an engineering management or technical leadership role, with a proven record of leading teams across more than one engineering discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in customer-facing execution, resource and capacity management, and cross-functional coordination across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain.
• Experience with PO-driven project delivery, NPI, and retrofit/kit-upgrade programs.
• Suitable backgrounds may include Applications Engineering Manager, Systems Engineering Manager, Engineering Manager, Product Engineering Manager, Technical Program Manager, or a Mechanical/Electrical Engineering Manager with demon-strated multidisciplinary leadership experience; depth of hands-on mechanical design expertise alone is not a substitute for cross-disciplinary leadership experience.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate as a solution owner for hardware application delivery.
• Willing to travel as required to support customer and program needs.

Salary: RM9,000 to RM14,000 per month

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

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Company EA Registration No 21C0691