Manufacturing Engineering Leader: NPI, Lean & Quality

XP Power; Seri Iskandar; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

XP Power is a global leader in providing essential power solutions. We are expanding our Manufacturing Engineering leadership in Malaysia to drive product quality and process efficiency across manufacturing lines.

This role plans, designs, and develops manufacturing methods with lean techniques, leads NPIs, and coordinates cross-functional teams to meet customer requirements and company goals. The ideal candidate will shape the engineering roadmap, implement costed improvements, and ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or equivalent.
• 8+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering.
• Technical competencies: NPI-PCBA; DFX, Optical & X‑RAY Inspection, PCB Assembly, Box Build, Mechanical Assembly, Testing, and Industrial Engineering.
• Lean Manufacturing knowledge (6 sigma, 5S, TPM, SMED, Pull system, etc.).
• Strong knowledge in all electronic manufacturing engineering processes.
• Good interpersonal relationship and a team player.
• Coaching/Mentoring; Communication/Negotiation/Microsoft Office/Presentation; Creative Problem Solving; Customer Interaction/Stakeholder Management; Quality & Lean; Working Effectively with Others; D/PFMEA; 8D/Corrective Action; Equipment/Tester Safety; Design of Experiments (DOE); Project Management Skills

Responsibilities

• Manage all engineering activities that ensure product quality and process efficiency meet customer requirements and company goals.
• Manage department performance by reviewing KPIs and implementing other metrics where applicable.
• Identify organizational skill requirements, assess gaps in key skill areas, implement strategy to close the gaps and strengthen the organization and provide adequate succession planning.
• Drive individuals to continuously improve in key operational metrics.
• Lead and drive manufacturing-engineering excellence by working with various functional leads to ensure engineering capability meets/exceeds manufacturing.
• Plan, select, design, and develop manufacturing methods and processes using lean manufacturing techniques.
• Manage the engineering changes for customer requests, process improvements and corrective actions.
• Directs and/or coordinates electronic engineering and/or technical personnel in fabrication and design of testing and test control apparatus and equipment, or software and systems testing.
• Coordinates all activities and all testers during each testing phase of a project or program.
• Resolves test yield problems by performing analysis of root causes, developing, and coordinating corrective action measures and monitoring improvements.

Skills

NPI-PCBA

DFX

Lean Manufacturing

Quality & Lean

Project Management

DOE

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Office

PPAP

Quality Tools

Job description

XP Power is a global leader in providing essential power solutions. We are expanding our Manufacturing Engineering leadership in Malaysia to drive product quality and process efficiency across manufacturing lines.

This role plans, designs, and develops manufacturing methods with lean techniques, leads NPIs, and coordinates cross-functional teams to meet customer requirements and company goals. The ideal candidate will shape the engineering roadmap, implement costed improvements, and ensure