Industrial Engineer - Quality/CI

About the role

Excelitas Technologies is hiring a full-time Industrial Engineer in Singapore, within its Quality/Continuous Improvement function. The role covers production process design, line balancing, capacity planning and continuous improvement across machining, optics, assembly and testing operations.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze process flows, routings and capacity requirements to establish efficient and sustainable production processes.
• Develop production line and cell layouts, staffing models, cycle-time and takt-time models across machining, optics, assembly and testing.
• Maintain standard work, work instructions, training materials and process documentation.
• Support equipment and fixture qualification, pilot builds and process validation (FAI, IQ, OQ, PQ).
• Lead line balancing, bottleneck identification and capacity optimization during production ramp-up.
• Run early-life problem solving and Kaizen events, and document production handovers.
• Provide IE support for cleanroom and non-cleanroom assembly and environmental testing.
• Conduct time studies and improve standard work, workflow, ergonomics and material flow.
• Drive improvements in OEE, downtime, cycle time and yield using A3, 8D and Kaizen.
• Partner with Production, Quality and CI teams, and with Machining and Optics IE teams, on NPI, product transfers, engineering changes and site-wide capacity planning.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Optical Engineering or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 3 to 6 years of experience in industrial, manufacturing or process engineering, preferably in high-mix, low-volume manufacturing, precision machining, optics, cleanroom assembly or environmental testing.
• Demonstrated experience in line balancing, capacity planning, time studies, takt-time analysis and standard work.
• Experience with NPI, product transfers, ramp-up and equipment/process qualification.
• Cleanroom assembly or environmental testing experience.
• Familiarity with AS9100, ISO 13485 or ISO 9001.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher.

Required skills

• CAD and production layout tools, Microsoft Excel, data and capacity analysis.
• A3, 8D and Kaizen problem-solving methods.
• Project management exposure (timelines, milestones, risk, cross-functional coordination).