Semiconductor Manufacturing Engineer

Intel; Penang; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor manufacturer in Penang seeks a candidate for operational support focused on enhancing manufacturing processes and factory performance. Applicants should possess a Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field and ideally have experience in semiconductor manufacturing. Strong communication skills and a problem-solving mindset are essential. This role is on-site, requiring active collaboration with various stakeholders to drive continuous improvements in production efficiency and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in technical or engineering major, preferred in Industrial Systems Engineering or Industrial Management.
• At least 2 years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing is a plus.
• Knowledgeable in structural problem solving methods.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for a high volume fabrication facility.
• Drive improvements while analyzing key factory metrics.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve factory operations.

Skills

Verbal and written communication skills

Stakeholder management

Problem solving methods

Influencing skills

Data driven mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related fields

Job description

Job Details

Job Description

• Provides tactical and strategic operational support to ensure successful development and ramp of a high volume or technology development fabrication facility.

• Provides technical expertise throughout the product lifecycle, aiding new product introduction (NPI) builds and sustaining or optimizing manufacturing processes.

• Defines and drives the development and implementation of manufacturing decisions, support tools and methodologies and maintains standards for operation sequences and processes.

• Sustains manufacturing activities by defining manufacturing requirements, assessing manufacturing technologies, and developing a manufacturing plan and supply chain to enable it.

• Analyzes current processes to identify areas for improvement and correct process deviations. Inspects the performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies.

• Analyzes key factory metrics and drive improvements while providing direction that will improve overall factory performance and identify system enhancements and optimization opportunities and drives the roadmap for implementation.

• Develops, enhances, and troubleshoots factory reporting systems and works with automation groups to develop business systems and processes to monitor factory performance.

• Partners with factory operations management, engineering, and automation stakeholders to understand operational goals, and develop appropriate strategies and tools to design, develop, and scale coordination for all products, and monitor performance.

• Supports Manufacturing Operations Managers and their direct reports in executing output goals.

• Collaborates with business partners/stakeholders to solve problems impacting factory operations, capacity, and overall health.

• Provides guidance to product, module and supply chain engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements throughout equipment selection, design, and qualification to best utilize equipment and to ensure it meets all manufacturing requirements.

• Develops and distributes manufacturing documentation in aid of product design, configuration, process and build requirements.

• Defines and drives requirements for Automation station controllers and systems that deliver manufacturing capabilities for key product roadmaps.

• Owns factory support equipment like command center workstations, factory laptops, manufacturing small form factor devices or compute elements (e.g. NUCs) and associated equipment.

• Responsible for defining Factory daily loading plan including key modules conversion strategies and prioritizing meeting weekly/monthly/quarterly delivery schedule goal with the best Cycle Time and Utilization.

• Escalate and follow-up between external key stakeholders and Shift operations if encountering any issue that potentially impacts delivery to ensure flawless executions.

• Lead functional working groups or participate in task force that supports the internal Factory loading plan to respond any activities impacting Product Health Indicator (PHI)/Model of Record (MOR)/capacity gaps.

• Interface with local start-up team and Virtual Factory (VF) key partners to drive improvement projects that directly impact Manufacturing operations, delivery system and process.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelors degree, technical and engineering major, Industrial Systems Engineering or Industrial Engineering or Industrial Management are preferred, with at least 2 years of working experience.
• Having working experience in a semiconductor manufacturing environment is a plus.
• Be strong in both verbal and written communication skills in English and stakeholder management skills.
• Good in influencing and being passionate in working with people and resolving issues through constructive confrontation.
• Knowledgeable in structural problem solving methods, data driven mindset.

Job Type

Intel Contract Employee

Shift

Shift 1 (Malaysia)

Primary Location

Malaysia, Penang

Business group

Intel Foundry strives to make every facet of semiconductor manufacturing state‑of‑the‑art while delighting our customers -- from delivering cutting‑edge silicon process and packaging technology leadership for the AI era, enabling our customers to design leadership products, global manufacturing scale and supply chain, through the continuous yield improvements to advanced packaging all the way to final test and assembly. We ensure our foundry customers' products receive our utmost focus in terms of service, technology enablement and capacity commitments. Employees in the Foundry Technology Manufacturing are part of a worldwide factory network that designs, develops, manufactures, and assembly/test packages the compute devices to improve the lives of every person on Earth.

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

N/A

Work Model for this Role

This role will require an on‑site presence. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.