Staff Mechanical Engineer - Sustaining, Cost & Quality

Kulicke & Soffa; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. is seeking a Mechanical Staff Engineer to lead sustaining activities, drive cost reductions, and manage lifecycle programs for reliability and supply continuity.

You will qualify materials, develop qualification plans, and collaborate with Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Quality to ensure production readiness. The role requires a Mechanical/Mechatronics degree, 7+ years in mechanical engineering, and strong experience in GD&T, ECO/ECN, and PLM systems.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical or Mechatronics engineering.
• Min 7 years in mechanical engineering and manufacturing.
• Hands-on GD&T, DFM/DFA, and material selection.
• Experience with product qualification, validation and reliability testing.
• Familiar with ECO/ECN, BOM, and PLM management.
• Strong root-cause and failure analysis and risk assessment.
• Effective stakeholder management and communication.
• Cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills.
• Project leadership and execution.
• Results-driven with continuous improvement mindset.
• Proficient in CAD, Teamcenter PLM, Oracle ERP, Excel, PowerPoint, Jira.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in sustainment, cost reduction, and lifecycle management.
• Drive cost reduction via value engineering and alternate sourcing.
• Identify and qualify alternative materials, components, and suppliers.
• Develop qualification plans with testing, validation, and FAI.
• Perform evaluations to ensure fit, form, function, quality, reliability.
• Manage EOL and obsolescence programs with qualified replacements.
• Support ECO/ECN execution and BOM maintenance.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sustaining Engineering, and Program Management.
• Monitor and report project benefits and cost savings.
• Ensure qualified solutions are released and sustained in production.
• Support product quality via failure analysis and regional quality checks.
• Establish regional quality checks for nozzles shipped to customers.

Skills

Hands-on GD&T

DFM/DFA

Material selection

Root cause analysis

Failure analysis

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Project leadership

Continuous improvement mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Teamcenter PLM

Oracle ERP

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Jira

Job description

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. is seeking a Mechanical Staff Engineer to lead sustaining activities, drive cost reductions, and manage lifecycle programs for reliability and supply continuity.

You will qualify materials, develop qualification plans, and collaborate with Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Quality to ensure production readiness. The role requires a Mechanical/Mechatronics degree, 7+ years in mechanical engineering, and strong experience in GD&T, ECO/ECN, and PLM systems.