Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Digital Transformation

Philips Domestic Appliances Singapore Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips Domestic Appliances Singapore Pte. Ltd. seeks a Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Digital Transformation to advance the factory's digital roadmap and deliver smart factory solutions that enable data-driven decisions.

You will collaborate with internal and external partners to design, deploy, and train on digital projects. The role emphasizes hands-on development of dashboards, integration of systems, and applying Lean/Six Sigma to drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Mechanical/ Electrical/ Computer Science/ Industrial Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in Manufacturing, Operations, or Engineering in a production environment.
• Hands-on with low-code platforms (Power Platform) and/or programming (SQL, Python) to build apps and automate workflows.
• Ability to collect, analyse and visualise manufacturing data and build dashboards (Power BI).
• Understanding of AI/ML and familiarity with AI tools to automate tasks and support decisions.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the factory digital transformation roadmap and leads end-to-end digital projects.
• Develops and integrates manufacturing systems, dashboards, apps and automated workflows.
• Applies Lean and Six Sigma methods to analyse processes and measure impact of digital solutions.
• Ensures reliable operation through IT compliance, validation, documentation and user support.

Skills

Power Platform

SQL

Python

Dashboard design

Lean Six Sigma

Project management

Data visualization

MES/ERP knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Digital Transformation

Job Description

The Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Digital Transformation contributes to the digital transformation roadmap and delivers digital and smart factory solutions that drive continuous improvement in the Philips Batam factory, in collaboration with internal and external partners.

Your role:

• Roadmap & Project Execution: Contributes to the factory's digital transformation roadmap by identifying improvement opportunities and recommending solutions. Leads or delivers digital projects end-to-end, from requirements and design to deployment, user training and reporting, in partnership with cross-functional teams and internal and external stakeholders.
• Digital & Smart Factory Solutions: Develops and integrates manufacturing systems, dashboards, applications and automated workflows to digitalise factory processes and enable timely, data-driven decisions. Evaluates and pilots Industry 4.0 technologies and use cases.
• Continuous Improvement: Applies Lean and Six Sigma methods to analyse processes, identify root causes and measure the impact of digital solutions.
• System Maintenance: Ensures reliable operation of digital solutions through compliance with IT and validation procedures, up-to-date documentation and user support.
• Executes the above with embedded quality into the way of working with adherence to safety, cost regulatory and environmental requirements as well as local laws, Philips General Business principles and other policies

You're the right fit if you have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical ,Computer Science, Industrial Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 1 year of experience in Manufacturing, Operations, Engineering environment in a similar role
• Hands-on experience with low-code platforms (e.g., Microsoft Power Platform) and/or programming and database skills (e.g., SQL, Python) to build applications and automate workflows.
• Ability to collect, analyse and visualise manufacturing data, and to build dashboards (e.g., Power BI) that support timely, data-driven decisions.
• Working knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, and familiarity with generative AI tools and AI agents to automate tasks and improve decision-making.
• Understanding of manufacturing systems (e.g., MES, ERP/SAP) and shopfloor connectivity, including basic system integration concepts.
• Project management skills, including managing requirements, timelines and stakeholders across cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication, documentation and user training skills, with awareness of IT change control, system validation and data security practices.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.
Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.
This is an office based role.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.

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