Industrial Support and Maintenance Engineer (1 Year Contract)

Thales Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales in Singapore is seeking a hands-on Industrial Engineer to help establish and maintain repair capabilities across aerospace, defense, and digital identity repair activities. You will review documentation, validate test benches, and ensure tooling and consumables meet required standards.

You will coordinate submissions, work with Central Engineering, and support continuous improvement of repair processes while ensuring quality records are complete and compliant.

Qualifications

• Min 3 years working experience in electronics manufacturing, semiconductor, Aerospace or MRO.
• Experience with repair capability setup is advantageous.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight timelines.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain repair capabilities across the repair operations.
• Review maintenance documents for accuracy and completeness.
• Validate test benches, tooling, and equipment for repair activities.
• Verify chemicals and consumables against specifications.
• Coordinate repair capability submissions and approvals.
• Work with Central Engineering to resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare quality documentation for submission.
• Procure tools and consumables as needed.
• Investigate discrepancies and support continuous improvement.
• Provide ongoing industrial engineering support to repair activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve repair processes and efficiency.

Skills

Electronics manufacturing

Industrial engineering

Repair capability development

Documentation review

Tools

Test benches

Tooling validation

Maintenance tooling

Job description

Location: Singapore, Singapore

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

In Singapore, Thales has been a trusted partner since 1973, originally focused on aerospace activities in the Asia-Pacific region. With 2,000 employees across three local sites, we deliver cutting-edge solutions across aerospace (including air traffic management), defence and security, and digital identity and cybersecurity sectors. Together, we’re shaping the future by enabling customers to make pivotal decisions that safeguard communities and power progress.

Key Responsibilities

• Repair Capability Setup & Industrial Engineering: Support repair operations within the Industrial Engineering function, with primary responsibility for establishing and maintaining repair capabilities. This includes reviewing maintenance documentation, validating test benches and tooling, and ensuring all required equipment and resources are available and fit for purpose.
• Maintenance Documentation Review & Validation: Review maintenance and repair documentation to ensure procedures, technical requirements, tooling, equipment and supporting information are complete, accurate and aligned with the required repair capability.
• Test Bench & Tooling Validation: Conduct checking, verification and validation of test benches, tools and equipment required for repair activities. Coordinate with relevant engineering and technical teams to ensure equipment is suitable and ready for operational use.
• Consumables Verification: Review and validate required chemicals, consumables and other repair materials, ensuring that specifications, quantities, storage requirements and usage requirements are properly defined and aligned with repair processes.
• Repair Capability Submission: Prepare and coordinate repair capability submissions, including the review and compilation of required maintenance documents, equipment, test benches, tools, chemicals and consumables for submission and approval.
• Central Engineering Coordination: Work closely with Central Engineering and supporting technical teams to identify and resolve discrepancies relating to maintenance documentation, tooling, test equipment, chemicals and consumables.
• Maintenance Document Modification: Coordinate with Central Engineering and other supporting teams to review, update and modify maintenance and repair documentation based on technical requirements, repair findings, engineering changes and operational feedback.
• Quality Documentation & Submission: Prepare the necessary technical documentation, supporting records and paperwork for submission to the Quality team for review, verification and approval. Ensure documentation is complete, accurate and submitted in accordance with established quality procedures.
• Procurement of Tools & Consumables: Identify requirements and coordinate the purchase of new tools, equipment, chemicals and consumables when necessary to establish, enhance or maintain repair capabilities.
• Discrepancy Resolution: Investigate and coordinate the resolution of discrepancies identified during document reviews, equipment/tool validation, consumables checks and repair capability assessments.
• Repair & Maintenance Support: Provide ongoing industrial engineering support to repair activities, including equipment and tooling maintenance, troubleshooting, validation and continuous improvement.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve repair processes, documentation, tooling, test equipment and consumable management to enhance repair capability, quality, reliability and operational efficiency

Requirement

• Min 3 years working experience in electronics manufacturing, semiconductor, Aerospace or MRO
• Similar repair capability set up experience (good to have)
• Able to perform under pressure and work with tight timeline.

At Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference – for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.