Solutions Design Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Taiwan.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with Instrumental’s worldwide go-to-market team to provide technical solutions for applications across prominent electronics brands.

• Assess the technical scope of opportunities in partnership with sales, taking into account customer business objectives and production-line limitations.

• Cultivate an understanding of production lines and create standardized inspection frameworks for various line configurations.

• Design solutions utilizing Instrumental station hardware, optics, and nests, or partner with third-party systems integrators.

• Evaluate automation architecture, identify integration risks, and guide mechanical and controls design prior to fabrication.

• Lead and mentor project teams throughout the specification, design, development, and deployment phases.

• Ensure alignment with customer requirements and business objectives.

• Act as the technical liaison with customers and contract manufacturers.

• Articulate design rationale, trade-offs, and constraints while integrating stakeholder feedback into effective, manufacturable solutions.

• Assist customers in factories within the Taoyuan/Hsinchu region and beyond through both domestic and international travel.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mandatory).

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in product design, process, or manufacturing engineering.

• Relevant industry experience in consumer electronics, AI infrastructure, automotive, or a closely related field.

• Strong grasp of manufacturing processes, information systems, change management, system implementation, development, new product introduction (NPI), and mass production best practices.

• Experience collaborating with systems integrators on automation projects.

• A passion for customer interaction, along with a customer-success-oriented mindset.

• Proven success in a startup environment or as an intrapreneur within a larger organization.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both Mandarin and English.

🏝️ Benefits

• Inclusive environment.

• Collaborative team culture.

• Opportunities for significant impact.

• Chance to learn about AI applications in manufacturing.

• Customer-facing technical influence with leading electronics brands.