Engineering Specialist III, Equipment Maintenance

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Job Title: Engineering Specialist III, Equipment Maintenance

Posting Start Date: 10/23/26

Requisition Id: 15378

Job Description:

About our group:

Be part of our Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) team, where engineering meets advanced optical technology. You will work with world-class automated inspection equipment to detect and analyze substrate disc surface defects, optimize equipment performance, and support high-volume manufacturing. It is an opportunity to develop valuable expertise in optics, automation, equipment engineering, data analysis, and continuous improvement while directly contributing to product quality

About the role - you will:

• Maintain and monitor AOI equipment to ensure equipment stability, inspection capability, and consistent production performance.
• Provide technical support to Manufacturing, Maintenance, Process, and Equipment Engineering teams for equipment-related issues and production recovery.
• Troubleshoot AOI equipment abnormalities, inspection issues, machine-to-machine variation, and recurring failures, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Monitor equipment conditions, inspection results, preventive maintenance activities, recurring machine issues, and product yield and defect performance.
• Investigate abnormal yield or defect trends and assist Engineering in identifying equipment, process, recipe, or inspection-related causes.
• Support engineering evaluations, data collection, experiments, equipment and recipe optimization, qualification activities, and improvement initiatives.
• Support AOI recipe setup, verification, optimization, calibration, and reference sample or disk evaluation.
• Maintain technical documentation covering troubleshooting findings, preventive maintenance, equipment conditions, engineering evaluations, and improvement activities.
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to technicians and production support personnel.
• Perform other engineering and operational support duties as assigned.

About you:

• Strong hands-on troubleshooting and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Able to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and manage multiple technical priorities.
• Proactive, resourceful, detail-oriented, and comfortable taking ownership of assigned responsibilities.
• Strong team player with good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to collaborate effectively with Manufacturing, Process, Equipment, Maintenance, and Quality teams.

Your experience includes:

• Hands-on experience in equipment troubleshooting, calibration, performance monitoring, and reliability improvement.
• Understanding of optics, lasers, sensors, automation, and electrical or electronic fundamentals.
• Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing operations, including production troubleshooting and equipment performance improvement.
• Experience with structured problem-solving methodologies such as RCA, 5 Why, DMAIC, FMEA, or statistical analysis.
• Technical documentation, reporting, and presentation skills.
• Experience with Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) or other automated inspection systems.
• Knowledge of optical inspection, surface defect detection, and inspection optimization.
• Preventive and corrective maintenance experience.
• Equipment calibration and alignment experience.
• Equipment reliability and parameter optimization experience.
• Sensor, actuator, electrical, or electronic troubleshooting experience.

Location:

Johor

Location: Johor, Malaysia

Travel: None

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