Design Engineer
Batu Kawan, MY
About VAT Group
At VAT, we change the world with vacuum solutions. As the world’s leading supplier of high-performance vacuum valves, we have been driving innovation for more than 60 years. With over 3,200 employees worldwide, we operate from our headquarters in Haag, Switzerland, with manufacturing sites in Switzerland, Malaysia and Romania, as well as sales and service hubs around the world. We are guided by our passions: integrity, teamwork, customer centricity, and innovation – always working together as #oneVAT.
Joining us means becoming part of a passionate, international team where your voice is heard, your ideas matter, and your career growth is supported.
We are looking for a Design Engineer (Mechatronics) to join our team to be in charge of product mechatronics system control and customization. The candidate will also be a subject expert and responsible to close the mechatronics technical gap between customer, field application engineer and internal key stakeholder in VAT Malaysia.
Reporting directly to Team Leader Engineering (Mechatronics), you will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders across the company to achieve product safety and quality excellence. You must have the ability to effectively work within diverse multi-functional teams, using deep knowledge of the category to drive improvements in quality, service, risk, cost, and technological capability of our product.
The role requires outstanding controller, drive, product troubleshooting knowledge, design organization, communication, and an ability to develop innovative solutions that push boundaries. Success in this role is dependent on design validation, design improvement of current product standards, strategic cross team support execution, customer satisfaction in-and-external, organization/people development.
Principle Duties & Responsibilities:
- Responsible as a system and control expertise to close the mechatronics technical gap of field application engineer and customer (product optimization, issue simulation, knowledge transfer to key stakeholder).
- Support production in electrical hardware and software topics especially drive, control and sensor related.
- 2nd level support for field application engineering on mechatronic issues from customers.
- Collaboration with test lab in product qualification, measurement, and testing.
- Assist PQE & SQE to troubleshoot, analyse, reproduce issue and 8D report preparation.
- Communication interface to related departments in HQ for all questions concerning system control, pressure control, drive and sensor.
- Optimize and close the gap in diagnostic and troubleshooting knowledge in collaboration with HQ mechatronic engineers.
- Support customers together with product management and mechanical engineers.
- Travel to customer site to further understand their pain point, support and close the technical communication gap.
- To be responsible in documentation of findings, specifications, designs, and instructions of procedures.
- To exercise expertise in supporting VAT global competence community initiatives to build and sustain core competencies.
Minimum Qualification:
- Minimum a Bachelor Degree of Engineering in the Electrical / Mechatronics, or similar.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in related industry.
- Must be able to read and understand circuit diagrams & electrical drawings.
- Skills MS-Office tools (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Able to work in a team and possess good communication skills in English and Mandarin (preferred but optional)
- Strong analytical skills & solution-oriented.
- Organized, self-driven, independent, result & customer oriented.
Preferred Qualification:
- Knowledge to vacuum industry technology is a big asset.
- Experience in automation equipment would be an advantage.
- Knowledge and hands on troubleshooting experience in automation engineering, familiar with Stepper-BLDC and Servo Drives, motion controller, communication protocols ( RS232, EtherCAT, DeviceNet, Logic, Profibus) and so on.
- Experience to work with or work as an field application or field service expertise.
- Knowledge in LabView, Beckhoff, Python, C# or PLC programming.
- Person needs to be agile and creative, self-motivated, and focussed to meeting customer.
Our commitment to inclusion, fairness and equal opportunities
We believe in meaningful careers, continuous learning, and equal opportunities for everyone to drive our innovation and success. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace. If you have concerns, our compliance channel is available at our website. All reports are handled with strict confidentiality and in accordance with our Code of Conduct.