Senior Tester Maintenance & Reliability Lead

Renesas Electronics Corporation; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Renesas Electronics is seeking a Tester Maintenance Manager to own the health of the ATE fleet, balancing line-down response with a long-term reliability plan on a 24/7 cleanroom floor in Malaysia. You will lead a team of technicians and engineers and manage spare parts, budget, and OEM contracts while driving continuous improvements and maintaining safety and ESD controls.

The role requires deep hands-on experience with semiconductor ATE testers, strong leadership, and the ability to coordinate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical & Electronic, Mechatronics, or related field.
• 8+ years in semiconductor test equipment maintenance with 3+ years in people leadership.
• Hands-on with ATE testers and interface hardware (load boards, probe cards).
• Experience with CMMS or SAP PM for work orders and PM scheduling.
• Familiar with 8D, FMEA, SPC, and ANSI/ESD S20.20.
• Experience managing a maintenance budget.

Responsibilities

• Own tester availability, MTBF, MTTR targets and report to site leadership.
• Define and run PM and calibration plans per OEM guidance.
• Lead shift handover, downtime review, and resolve line-down issues.
• Lead RCA and 8D investigations for tester failures; document fixes.
• Develop PM technicians and engineers; manage training and headcount.
• Oversee spare parts strategy and vendor contracts.
• Manage tester maintenance budget and input to capex/opex.
• Ensure EHS and ESDS controls; calibration traceability.
• Track uptime, PM completion, costs, training, and safety metrics.
• Lead continuous-improvement projects to raise uptime and reduce costs.

Skills

Team leadership

Shift management

PM planning

RCA & 8D

Budget management

Electrical safety

CMMS/SAP PM

New tester deployment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Advantest V93000

T2000

Teradyne UltraFLEX

Probe cards

Load boards

Job description

Renesas Electronics is seeking a Tester Maintenance Manager to own the health of the ATE fleet, balancing line-down response with a long-term reliability plan on a 24/7 cleanroom floor in Malaysia. You will lead a team of technicians and engineers and manage spare parts, budget, and OEM contracts while driving continuous improvements and maintaining safety and ESD controls.

The role requires deep hands-on experience with semiconductor ATE testers, strong leadership, and the ability to coordinate