Current Product Engineer (Toner Supplies Solutions)

Description -

Role Overview
The CPE Engineer owns end-to-end resolution of Supplies product and field quality issues, ensuring fast containment, deep root cause identification, and sustainable corrective actions. This role is expected to operate with a strong sense of urgency, drive accountability across teams, and protect the customer experience while maintaining business continuity.

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Issue Ownership (Critical)

• Take full ownership of Supplies customer/field issues from detection to closure
• Drive rapid containment actions to protect customers and supply
• Lead cross-functional teams (Quality, Firmware,  R&D, Partner) to resolution
• Provide clear, concise executive updates (status, risk, next steps)

2. Root Cause & Corrective Action Leadership

• Lead structured problem solving (8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone) with data-driven rigor
• Challenge assumptions and ensure true root cause, not superficial fixes
• Ensure corrective actions are validated, implemented, and sustained globally

3. Field & Customer Focus

• Analyze field returns, customer complaints, and reliability trends
• Translate field issues into clear engineering problem statements
• Work closely with regional teams to ensure alignment and responsiveness

4. Manufacturing & Supply Continuity

• Partner with factories to resolve yield, quality, and process excursions
• Balance quality vs supply risk, making sound engineering trade-offs
• Support line recovery and ensure robust process controls

5. Partner Quality & Component Ownership

• Drive Partner investigations and hold Partner accountable for RCA and CAPA(Corrective Action and Preventive Action)
• Lead part qualification and changes (eg AOS needs, Cost Reduction projects)
• Escalate effectively when Partner  performance impacts business

6. Data-Driven Insights & Communication

• Use field data, paretos, and trend analysis to prioritize issues
• Build clear narratives from data for stakeholders and leadership
• Communicate risks early with mitigation plans

7. Proactive Risk Identification

• Identify emerging risks before they become major issues
• Drive preventive actions and design/process improvements
• Support NPI with strong field  learnings feedback

8. Packaging Engineering

• Lead Packaging qualifications to support NPI
• Provide leadership to ensure regional/country Regulatory compliance
• Support Environmental initiatives

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Materials, or related Engineering
• 3–6 years in product, quality, or manufacturing engineering
• Proven experience leading complex issue resolution across teams
• Strong RCA and failure analysis capability
• Experience working with global teams and suppliers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in toner/ink/consumables or similar high-volume manufacturing
• Familiarity with field reliability and warranty analysis
• Data tools (Excel, Minitab, Power BI)

Key Traits (Expectations)

• Ownership mentality – drives issues to closure without escalation dependency
• Bias for action – moves fast, especially on containment
• Structured thinker – clear logic and strong problem-solving discipline
• Courage & accountability – challenges teams and escalates when needed
• Clear communicator – crisp updates with no ambiguity
• Customer-first mindset – understands real-world impact

Job -

Engineering

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (Singapore)

Travel -

Relocation -

No

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