Equipment Engineering Technician

About the role

Excelitas Technologies is looking for an Equipment Engineering Technician to maintain, troubleshoot, and continuously improve customized automated manufacturing equipment at its Manila facility. The role supports daily production, drives equipment reliability, and works closely with engineers, production staff, and vendors.

Key responsibilities

• Execute preventive and corrective maintenance on automated equipment to maximize availability and reduce downtime.
• Drive improvement initiatives that enhance MTTR, MTBF, MTTC and overall maintenance cost.
• Collaborate with Equipment Engineers, production teams, and vendors to sustain stable manufacturing output.
• Document breakdown reports, corrective actions and preventive maintenance activities.

Required profile

• 3–5+ years of experience sustaining or maintaining automated manufacturing equipment.
• Diploma or certificate in Mechatronics, Electrical, Mechanical or related field; Master Electrician registration is a plus.
• Hands‑on experience with preventive maintenance, breakdown response, root‑cause troubleshooting and reliability improvements.
• Experience with customized, non‑standard or China‑built machines in a production‑critical environment.

Required skills

• Mechanical maintenance of linear guides, ball screws, cams, bearings, belts and precision assemblies.
• Electrical inspection of power distribution, control wiring, relays and contactors.
• PLC platforms: Keyence (VT/KV Studio), Mitsubishi (GX Works), Omron (CX / Sysmac).
• Sensors and field devices: photoelectric, inductive, proximity, vacuum sensors.
• Motion & automation control: servo motors, AC/DC motors, drives, motion controllers, encoders.
• Pneumatics troubleshooting and improvement.
• Vision/CCD automation integration with PLC logic.