Principal Manufacturing Engineer (Optoelectronics)

Location: Penang, Malaysia

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures optical and optoelectronic technologies, including optical communication products and assemblies.

What you will do

• Lead manufacturing engineering activities from New Product Introduction through high-volume production at contract manufacturers.
• Transfer new products from R&D into contract manufacturing and ensure manufacturing readiness and production ramp-up.
• Develop, qualify, and optimize manufacturing processes, equipment requirements, work instructions, and engineering documentation.
• Analyze manufacturing data, SPC trends, yield performance, and process capability to identify continuous improvement opportunities.
• Lead root-cause investigations and corrective actions using 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone, DOE, and SPC methodologies.
• Drive cycle-time reduction, productivity, automation, cost-reduction, and new manufacturing technology projects while providing technical leadership and mentoring engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 12 years of manufacturing engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of optoelectronic devices, optical module assembly, optical transceivers, tunable lasers, and optical receivers.
• Experience with NPI, product transfer to high-volume manufacturing, SPC, Cp/Cpk, DOE, and manufacturing data analysis.
• Proven experience with soldering, die bonding, wire bonding, active optical alignment, and mechanical assembly process qualification and optimization.
• Ability to travel abroad and good English communication skills are required.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment based in Penang, Malaysia.
• Work with R&D, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, and contract manufacturing partners.
• Equal opportunity workplace committed to diversity and reasonable accommodation.