Application Engineer (MES) - Contract

GMP Technologies; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GMP Technologies is seeking an experienced Application Engineer (MES) on a contract basis in Singapore. You will customize MES to support new factory workflows and automation, develop modules for automation needs, and configure MES to coordinate with shop-floor systems.

You will implement rules for equipment events, enable bi-directional communication with automation, and ensure data retention and traceability while maintaining performance and scalable data integrity.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of MES experience in manufacturing.
• Proven MES customization, development and shop-floor integration.
• Hands-on experience with MES platforms and production operations.
• Understanding of production order management, workflow config and equipment/automation integration in MES.
• Experience scripting MES customizations using coding, configuration tools and MES APIs.
• Strong SQL skills for querying, performance and data integrity.

Responsibilities

• Customize and enhance the MES to support new factory workflows and automation processes.
• Develop new MES modules or features to accommodate automation requirements (e.g., ASRS unit tracking, robot operation logging).
• Configure MES to orchestrate with shop-floor automation systems.
• Implement business rules to trigger MES transactions from equipment events.
• MES can send commands to connected devices when required.
• Enable real-time bi-directional communication between MES and automation systems.
• Configure data retention, traceability, and compliance-related production history settings.
• Ensure system performance, scalability, and data integrity as transaction volumes increase.

Skills

MES

SQL

System integration

Workflow config

MES APIs

Automation integration

Tools

Coding

Configuration tools

ERP integration

Quality mgmt systems

Job description

About the job Application Engineer (MES) - Contract

• Customize and enhance the MES to support new factory workflows and automation processes

Develop new MES modules or features to accommodate automation requirements (e.g., ASRS unit tracking, robot operation logging).

Configure MES to effectively orchestrate with shop-floor automation systems

Implement business rules to ensure:

Equipment events (e.g., pass/fail signals, robot task completion) trigger correct MES transactions

MES can send commands or instructions back to connected devices when required

Enable real-time bi-directional communication between MES and automation systems.

Configure data retention, traceability, and compliance-related production history settings.

Ensure system performance, scalability, and data integrity as transaction volumes increase.

Requirements

5–10 years of experience working with Manufacturing Execution Systems in a production/manufacturing environment.

Proven experience in MES customization, development, and shop-floor system integration.

Strong hands‑on experience with MES platforms and production operations.

• Solid understanding of production order management, workflow configuration and equipment and automation integration within MES.

Experience developing or scripting MES customizations using:Coding, Configuration tools and MES APIs.

• Strong SQL skills for database querying, performance optimization and data integrity management.

Good-to-Have Skills:

Experience configuring or extending specific MES platforms

Knowledge of manufacturing concepts such aslot genealogy, work-in-progress (WIP) tracking and production routing.

Experience integrating MES with enterprise systems such asERP systems and Quality management systems

Understanding of end-to-end production data consistency across enterprise platforms.

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