Senior Process Engineer

Materion Corporation; George Town; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Materion Corporation in Malaysia seeks an experienced process engineer to develop and optimize manufacturable processes, analyze data for capability and quality, and support engineering and operations KPIs such as cost, uptime, 5S and safety. The role involves hands-on product and equipment work, 5S maintenance, and smooth transfer to Operations.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in cleaning and lithography process engineering, with optics/space industry background preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in Chemical/Applied Science/Physics/Materials Engineering is required.
• Minimum 5+ years in cleaning and lithography process engineering in manufacturing, with strong problem-solving experience.
• Excellent written and verbal English is mandatory due to overseas reporting line.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize and implement manufacturable process solutions meeting capability and manufacturability requirements.
• Perform data analysis on process capability, GD&T and methods like FMEA & DMAIC (root cause analysis).
• Support engineering and operational KPIs including cost, uptime, 5S and safety.
• Ensure smooth transfer of process solutions from development to operation.

Skills

Organizational skills

Engineering skills

Communication skills

Team player

Fluent English

Optics/space industry expertise

Education

Degree in Chemical/Applied Science/Physics/Materials Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Minitab

JMP

Job description

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At Materion, everyone is included, respected and offered opportunity to grow.

Summary

This role focuses on developing and optimizing manufacturable process solutions, analyzing data using methods such as process capability, GD&T, FMEA, and DMAIC, and supporting both engineering and operational KPIs including cost, uptime, 5S, and safety. It also involves ensuring smooth process transfer to Operations, maintaining 5S in the development area, performing hands‑on product and equipment work, and applying measurement and quality judgment to products.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• To develop, optimize and implement process solution that meets technical capability requirement and design for manufacturability.
• Data analysis in term of process capability, GD&T and other analysis knowledge such as FMEA & DMAIC (root cause analysis)
• To achieve engineering KPIs and provide support to Operational KPIs in regard to cost, uptime, 5S and safety.
• To ensure smooth transfer of process solution from process development to Operation
• Maintain 5S of development engineering work area and equipment.
• Hands‑on with handling of products, equipment operation and adjustment.
• Knowledge and ability to perform measurement and quality judgement of product

Qualifications

Education – Degree in Chemical/ Applied Science/Physics/Material Engineering

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in cleaning and Lithography process engineering and manufacturing environment with proven record of sustaining and continuous improvement.
• Experience in the optics industry preferred
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead and execute on technical projects, design projects and teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with very good spoken English mandatory due to reporting to an overseas manager

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Required: organizational and engineering skills, communication skills, team player, fluent English, expertise in optics or space industry
• Familiar with Microsoft office, Minitab and JMP

Equal Employment Opportunity

Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.

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