Product Engineer Staff - HCLS

Plexus Corp.; Penang; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Plexus Corp. in Penang, Malaysia, seeks a senior Manufacturing Product Engineer to validate processes, optimize new product designs, and lead technical initiatives.

You will guide junior engineers, manage projects, and ensure quality, delivery, and cost targets across manufacturing sites. Ideal candidates have 12+ years in manufacturing product engineering, strong communication, analytics, and problem-solving skills, plus experience with lab tools and SPC software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and 12+ years of related experience in manufacturing product engineering.
• Intermediate computer skills.
• Advanced decision making and problem solving skills.
• Advanced verbal and written communications skills.
• Excellent analytical and statistical analysis skills; Statistical Process Control software skills.
• Strong understanding of structured design.
• Ability to develop good working relationships with team members and customers.
• Lab tool/test/measurement equipment experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Be a visible SME and technical visionary across sites and interfaces with external customers.
• Lead or consult on technical projects, manage scope, schedule and budget for success.
• Drive cross-regional continuous improvement and cross-discipline project execution.
• Provide mentorship across multiple projects and sites.
• Lead customer communications during technical discussions and support business development.

Skills

Statistical Process Control

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Structured design

Lab equipment

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

Purpose Statement:

This role is responsible for validating processes, managing technical communication for products, designing and optimizing new product processes, maintaining equipment, and overseeing assigned manufacturing processes while adhering to quality, delivery, and cost targets.

Technical Leadership:

Guide junior engineers, manage material review boards for product excursions, and interface with external customers.

Key Job Accountabilities:

• Is visible, recognized and influential in all Manufacturing Sites as a Subject Matter Expert, Technical Visionary for their engineering discipline, for their ability to resolve challenging technical issues; Actively participates in the industry / community to understand the direction of the industry.
• Serves as a technical and/or project team lead or consultant, providing technical guidance/ training and motivation for teams, controlling scope, schedule, budget and ensuring overall technical success on large site/ regional/ global projects.
• Leads and Owns continuous improvement with Impact across regions associated with their engineering discipline and/or cross-discipline, project execution-focused efforts, as it applies to their role.
• Provides technical and/or team lead mentorship across multiple projects and sites.
• Provides Customer Service leadership by establishing positive and productive customer communications during technical/project discussions, demonstrating deep understanding and anticipation of customer needs (internal/ external customer), and supporting business development engagements and proposal creation.

Education/Experience Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and required with 12 or more years of related experience in manufacturing product engineering is preferred.
• Intermediate Computer Skills
• Advanced Decision Making, Problem Solving Skills
• Advanced Verbal and Written Communications Skills
• Excellent Analytical and statistical analysis Skills; Statistical Process Control Software Skills
• Strong understand Structured Design
• Ability to develop good working relationships with team members and customers
• Lab tool/ test/measurement equipment experience preferred