Engineering Specialist III, Equipment Maintenance

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