Senior/Staff Digitalization Engineer

Company Description

Bosch in Malaysia is a part of the Bosch Group, a leading global supplier of technology and services. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to deliver innovations for a connected life. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life”. Bosch has been present in Malaysia since 1923, represented by Robert Bosch Sdn Bhd. In Malaysia, Bosch is active in four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology.

The company has three manufacturing sites and research and development offices in Penang, producing automotive electronics, power tools, and steering systems, and now a fourth plant with a final testing centre for sensors and semiconductors.

PgP5 Plant is Bosch Group’s newest expansion in Malaysia, a semiconductor test site in Batu Kawan Penang. The construction has begun in May 2021 and the first series of production is set to commence in 2023. With the long-term forecasts for growth of semiconductor component quantities, coupled with the front-end production in Bosch’s Dresden facility in Germany, capacity expansion is required for the back-end production, which is the final testing phase of semiconductors and sensors. PgP5 will primarily focus on the final testing of components manufactured at Bosch Automotive Electronics’ fab in Dresden, Germany. The plant will also house R&D and training facilities.

Job Description

We are responsible for the planning, installation, maintenance, and improvement of the Manufacturing Information Technology, Digitalization, and Data Warehouse of our Semiconductor Testing facility in Penang (PgP5).

Job Responsibilities:

• Drive the factory’s digitalization transformation and implementation.
• Key person to drive the factory towards an I4.0 Connected Factory.
• Represent PgP5 as the Digitalization Agent in the Bosch Semiconductor Organization’s Digitalization Task Force.
• Collect requirements from our internal customers and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to establish and implement the Digitalization & I4.0 strategies and plans of PgP5.
• Evaluate Digitalization projects to ensure they bring positive improvements to PgP5 in delivery, cost, and quality.
• Establish annual Digitalization plans and budget.
• Coordinate projects related to Digitalization and Industry 4.0.
• Report regularly to management on the Digitalization implementation in PgP5.
• Work in close collaboration with other Bosch locations and Central Departments on Digitalization Strategies and Implementations.
• Conduct market research and benchmarking of Digitalization tools and applications available in the market and from Bosch.

Qualifications

• Personality: motivated, strong in communication, cooperative in working with colleagues and external parties, assertive personality.
• Working Style: independent, result- and quality-oriented, and reliable.
• Experience and Knowledge:
• Several years of relevant practical experience in the field of Manufacturing Digitalization in the semiconductor industry.
• Good knowledge and experience of digitalization tools and applications.
• Practical experience in Lean Manufacturing implementation.
• Basic technical leadership experience is desired.
• Good programming skills in one high-level programming language like Java or another comparable language.
• Good knowledge in SQL, XML, JSON, and web services/soap technology.
• Experience working with big data.
• Enthusiasm for interdisciplinary thinking and interest in Leading Edge Semiconductor technology. Right Lean Manufacturing mindset and skill.
• Languages: good proficiency in English.
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or any comparable studies in IT.