Staff Engineer, Sustaining Engineering (Mechanical)

Kulicke & Soffa Pte Ltd; Singapore; Presencial; SGD 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Kulicke & Soffa Pte Ltd in Singapore is seeking a Mechanical Staff Engineer to lead sustainment, cost reduction, and supplier qualification, collaborating with multiple functions to ensure reliability and production readiness.

The role requires a mechanical or mechatronics degree, 7+ years of experience, hands-on GD&T, DFM/DFA, ECO/ECN, PLM management, and strong problem-solving. You will drive qualification plans, BOM maintenance, and regional quality checks.

Formación

• Degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Mechatronics).
• 7+ years of related mechanical engineering and manufacturing process experience.
• Hands-on GD&T, DFM/DFA, and material selection.
• Experience in product qualification, validation, and reliability testing.
• Familiar with ECO/ECN, BOM, and PLM management.

Responsabilidades

• Drive cost reduction through value engineering and alternate sourcing.
• Identify, evaluate, and qualify alternative materials, components, and suppliers.
• Develop and execute qualification plans with testing, validation, risk assessment, pilot builds, and FAI.
• Perform technical evaluations for fit, form, function, quality, and reliability.
• Manage End-of-Life and obsolescence programs with qualified replacements.
• Support ECO/ECN implementation and BOM maintenance.

Conocimientos

GD&T

DFM/DFA

Material selection

Product qualification

Validation

ECO/ECN

BOM management

PLM management

Root cause analysis

Stakeholder mgmt

Cross-functional collab

Project leadership

CAD software

Teamcenter PLM

Oracle ERP

Excel

PowerPoint

Jira

Educación

Degree in Mechanical or Mechatronics engineering

Herramientas

CAD tools

Descripción del empleo

The Mechanical Staff Engineer is responsible for providing technical leadership in product sustainment, cost reduction, alternate source qualification, engineering change management, lifecycle management, and product quality improvement. The role works closely with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Sustaining Engineering, and Program Management to ensure product reliability, supply continuity, operational excellence, and business objectives are achieved.

Responsibilities:

• Drive cost reduction initiatives through value engineering, material optimization, and alternate sourcing.
• Identify, evaluate, and qualify alternative materials, components, and suppliers to improve cost, quality, and supply continuity.
• Develop and execute qualification plans, including testing, validation, risk assessment, pilot builds, and First Article Inspection (FAI).
• Perform technical evaluations to ensure components meet fit, form, function, quality, reliability, and regulatory requirements.
• Manage End-of-Life (EOL) and obsolescence programs by identifying and implementing qualified replacements.
• Support engineering change implementation, including ECO/ECN execution and BOM maintenance.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sustaining Engineering, and Program Management teams to ensure successful project execution and production readiness.
• Monitor and report project benefits, including cost savings and business impact.
• Ensure qualified solutions are successfully released and sustained in production.
• Support product quality improvement through technical assessments, failure analysis, and regional quality checks for customer-shipped components.
• Establish and perform regional quality checks for nozzles shipped directly to customers.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Mechatronics)
• Min 7 years of related experience in Mechanical engineering fundamentals and manufacturing processes.
• Hands-on GD&T, DFM/DFA, and material selection.
• Experienced in Product qualification, validation, and reliability testing.
• Familiar with ECO/ECN, BOM, and PLM management.
• Strong problem solving with experience in Root cause analysis, failure analysis, and risk assessment.
• Effective stakeholder management and communication.
• Cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills.
• Project leadership and execution.
• Results driven with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Familiar with CAD software, Teamcenter PLM, Oracle ERP, Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, Jira or equivalent project management tools.

Company Overview

Founded in 1951, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) specialize in developing cutting-edge semiconductor and electronics assembly solutions enabling a smarter and more sustainable future. Ever-growing range of products and services supports growth and facilitates technology transitions across large-scale markets.

Please refer to the website for more details:www.kns.com.

Equal Opportunity

Kulicke & Soffa recruits on the basis of merit (such as skills, experience or ability to perform the job), regardless of age, race, gender, religion, marital status and family responsibilities, or disability.