Senior Process Engineer

Materion; Penang; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Materion in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a skilled process engineer to develop and optimize manufacturable solutions, analyze data with process capability, GD&T, FMEA and DMAIC, and support engineering and operations KPIs including cost, uptime, 5S and safety.

You will ensure smooth transfer of process solutions to Operations, maintain 5S in the development area, perform hands-on product and equipment work, and apply measurement and quality judgement to products.

Qualifications

• Education – Degree in Chemical/ Applied Science/Physics/Material Engineering
• Experience – 5+ years in cleaning and lithography process engineering
• Experience in optics industry preferred
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects and teams
• Excellent written and verbal English; reporting to overseas manager

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize and implement process solutions meeting capability and manufacturability.
• Analyze data using process capability, GD&T and FMEA/DMAIC methods.
• Achieve engineering KPIs and support Operational KPIs for cost, uptime, 5S and safety.
• Ensure smooth transfer of process solutions from development to Operations.
• Maintain 5S in the development engineering work area and equipment.
• Hands-on with products, equipment operation and adjustment; measure and judge quality.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Team player

Fluent English

Expertise in optics

Space industry knowledge

MS Office

Minitab

JMP

Education

Degree in Chemical/ Applied Science/Physics/Material Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Minitab

JMP

Job description

At Materion, everyone is included, respected and offered opportunity to grow. Join us! Excited to grow your career? We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. Our people make all the difference in our success. At Materion, everyone is included, respected and offered opportunity to grow. Join us!

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

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.

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Traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTRN) and headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Materion has over 3,500 global employees in 32 countries with an expanding footprint growing each and every day.