Senior Manager I, AS Programs Engineering

KULICKE & SOFFA PTE. LTD.Singaporemycareersfuturepublished 10/30/2026
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About the company

Founded in 1951, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) specialize in developing cutting-edge semiconductor and electronics assembly solutions enabling a smarter and more sustainable future. Ever-growing range of products and services supports growth and facilitates technology transitions across large-scale markets.

Your tasks

The Senior Program Manager own the end-to-end sustaining engineering function for a product portfolio, from post-launch support to product enhancements and customer issue resolution. Lead cross-functional teams, drive technical programs, and deliver solutions that improve product performance and customer success.

  • Supports new product launch and owns all post launch activities
  • Lead and directs a group of multifunction engineers responsible for sustaining the product
  • Responsible for all sustaining activities across business unit’s product line; including design enhancements and implementation at both factory and customer sites
  • Works with functional managers to deliver results for technical projects and ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience
  • Anticipates future needs and initiates small/ medium development project to improve equipment’s at customer’ s factory
  • Interfaces with internal and external customers on product engineering issues
  • Provides leadership and prioritizes work aligned to business unit strategy
  • Manage day to day operation of the customer issues and enhancements within engineering group to support the Business Unit Objectives.
  • Able to run the program independently, orchestrate and lead multi-site integration meetings
  • Build effective working relationships and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels across the organization.

Requirements

  • Degree in Mechanical, Materials Science or Physics.
  • Strong electromechanical background, analytics and problem-solving capability
  • Minimum 5-10 years of experience in semiconductor environment, preferably die attach, flip chip and/or Thermal compression
  • Minimum 5 years of engineering product development experience within a matrix organization
  • A strong team player, able to work and manage multi discipline teams and understands Program management responsibility
  • Experienced in migrating products from development to manufacturing and eventually to customer sites
  • Strong knowledge of semiconductor backend products and comfortable working in customer sites
  • Knowledge of BOM and machine configurator is a must
  • Willing to travel to customer sites

Other

Please refer to the website for more details: www.kns.com.

Equal Opportunity Kulicke & Soffa recruits on the basis of merit (such as skills, experience or ability to perform the job), regardless of age, race, gender, religion, marital status and family responsibilities, or disability.