Staff Equipment Engineer (Advanced Packaging)

Lumilens; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Career advancement opportunities

World-class team

Collaborative and innovative work env

Job summary

Lumilens is building essential photonics infrastructure for tomorrow’s AI supercomputing, seeking a senior equipment lifecycle owner for wafer-level assembly tools.

You will drive procurement, setup, qualification, and ongoing optimization to maximize uptime and yield in a high-tech manufacturing environment. Hands-on experience with back-grinders and related equipment is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or closely related discipline.
• Extensive hands-on experience operating, troubleshooting, and maintaining advanced packaging and wafer-level assembly equipment.
• Proven track record of defining equipment specifications, driving vendor selection, and completing successful machine buy-offs (FAT/SAT).
• Strong analytical skills for root-cause analysis of equipment failures and the ability to implement permanent corrective actions.
• Experience establishing predictive maintenance protocols in a high-tech manufacturing or cleanroom environment.

Responsibilities

• Equipment Lifecycle Management: Lead the evaluation, selection, procurement, set-up, and qualification of new manufacturing equipment and the necessary facility infrastructures.
• Advanced Tool Ownership: Serve as the subject matter expert for advanced packaging and wafer-level assembly equipment, specifically handling back-grinders, stealth dicers, expanders, flip-chip bonders, pick-and-place systems, reflow ovens and solder paste printers
• Uptime Optimization: Take overall ownership of maintaining high equipment up-time and proactively minimizing unscheduled down-time across the production floor.
• Maintenance Strategy: Design, implement, and execute highly effective periodic and predictive maintenance programs for all production equipment to ensure consistent operational efficiency and yield.

Skills

Wafer-level expertise

Predictive maintenance

Equipment optimization

Root-cause analysis

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Back-grinders

Stealth dicers

Expanders

Flip-chip bonders

Pick-and-place systems

Reflow ovens

Solder paste printers

Job description

About Lumilens

At Lumilens, we are building the essential photonics infrastructure that will drive tomorrow’s AI supercomputing. From chip-to-chip optical interconnects to scalable photonic engines, Lumilens is ushering in a new era of computing that is faster, cooler, and dramatically more efficient. We’re a well-funded startup backed by Mayfield and led by veterans who have built and scaled some of the industry’s most transformative technologies.

About the Role

This is a critical technical role responsible for the lifecycle management and operational excellence of our advanced semiconductor manufacturing tools. You will serve as the overarching owner of equipment performance, driving everything from the initial procurement and facility setup to ongoing optimization. The ideal candidate brings deep, hands-on expertise in wafer-level assembly machinery and thrives on minimizing downtime through robust predictive maintenance strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Equipment Lifecycle Management: Lead the evaluation, selection, procurement, set-up, and qualification of new manufacturing equipment and the necessary facility infrastructures.

• Advanced Tool Ownership: Serve as the subject matter expert for advanced packaging and wafer-level assembly equipment, specifically handling back-grinders, stealth dicers, expanders, flip-chip bonders, pick-and-place systems, reflow ovens and solder paste printers

• Uptime Optimization: Take overall ownership of maintaining high equipment up-time and proactively minimizing unscheduled down-time across the production floor.

• Maintenance Strategy: Design, implement, and execute highly effective periodic and predictive maintenance programs for all production equipment to ensure consistent operational efficiency and yield.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a closely related discipline.

• Extensive hands-on experience operating, troubleshooting, and maintaining advanced packaging and wafer-level assembly equipment.

• Proven track record of defining equipment specifications, driving vendor selection, and completing successful machine buy-offs (FAT/SAT).

• Strong analytical skills for root-cause analysis of equipment failures and the ability to implement permanent corrective actions.

• Experience establishing predictive maintenance protocols in a high-tech manufacturing or cleanroom environment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits

• Opportunities for career advancement

• Work with a world-class team solving cutting-edge challenges

• Collaborative and innovative work environment

Lumilens is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.