Senior Automation Engineer

Flextronics - The Flex Company; Bayan Lepas; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off & Bonuses

Job summary

Flex is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer in Batu Kawan, Penang to specify, design and maintain automation equipment and applications for manufacturing. You will drive uptime, create manuals and troubleshooting guides, and collaborate across engineering and operations to optimize automation performance.

Required are a Bachelor’s in electrical or mechanical engineering with 5+ years in automation within high-tech electronics, plus hands-on mechatronics, PLC programming, and camera-recognition

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering or similar field.
• Minimum 5 years in automation engineering within high-tech electronics.
• Mechatronics design with robot/cobot experience.
• Experience with automated control systems and PLC programming.
• Experience developing devices with automatic camera recognition.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and modify automation equipment and tooling for manufacturing.
• Create manuals, drawings, models, and maintenance plans for automation.
• Maintain uptime through preventive and corrective maintenance.
• Learn and enhance skills across various automation equipment types.
• Provide feedback to improve process and equipment designs.
• Coordinate daily activities to maximize equipment utilization.
• Collaborate with engineering and operations to support production.
• Contribute to automation framework for new products and processes.

Skills

Mechatronics design

Automated control

Robot/Cobot experience

Camera recognition devices

Circuit design

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or similar

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment.

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Senior Automation Engineer located in Batu Kawan, Penang. Responsible for specifying, designing and maintaining automation equipment, tooling and applications as required to meet specifications.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and modify existing and new moderately complex automation equipment, tooling and applications to automate manufacturing processes.
• Establish technical manuals, drawings, models, training documentation, preventative maintenance plans and troubleshooting guides for automated equipment and automated processes.
• Understand the machine operating standards, on sequence of wear and tear parts and product defects
• Ensure the uptime of machines through regular preventive maintenance and breakdown maintenance
• Should be willing to learn & enhance the skill in all type of Automation equipment.
• Should prepare why-why evaluation & drive for permanent corrective actions.
• Should be able to give feedback to improve the design of process and equipment.
• Directs daily department activities to maximize equipment utilization and support production needs
• Coordinates maintenance activities with other functional groups such as engineering and operations to ensure the efficient operation of the departmental function.
• Collaborates and offers input to planning, building, and maintaining the Automation framework and associated processes for new products.
• Identifies and drives change to ensure automation effectiveness of existing processes.
• Demonstrates a thorough understanding of customer requirements and proactively provides suggestions and ideas to deliver the most effective automation solutions.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or similar field.
• Requires at least 5 years of experience in automation engineering in the high technology electronics is a MUST industry or related area.
• Mechatronics design (experience in implementing Robot/Cobot etc.)
• Automated control (PLC programing, etc)
• Experience in developing devices that include automatic camera recognition.
• Circuit design skills for equipment.

Benefits

• Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision Life Insurance Paid Time Off Allowances & Bonuses* AA98 HH39

Job Category

Production Engineering

Required Skills: Optional Skills:

Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities.

We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law.

We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process.