Job Description
About Innowave Tech Innowave Tech is a Singapore-headquartered AI company specialising in the semiconductor and advanced manufacturing industry. Our flagship products — ZeroDefect (AI-powered defect detection), Autopilot (drag-and-drop workflow automation), and iWave Insight (LLM-powered analytics) — help leading fabs and manufacturers achieve higher yields, faster cycle times, and smarter decision making. With offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Wuxi (China), and Dresden (Germany), we work alongside global clients including tier-1 IDMs, foundries, and OSATs. We are growing rapidly across all our locations and are looking for top talent to join our expanding team. Role Overview The Forward Deployment Engineer (FDE) is a critical bridge between advanced AI capabilities and real-world industrial deployment . This role works at the intersection of customer needs, domain expertise, and product evolution —ensuring AI solutions deliver measurable outcomes in production environments. FDEs translate complex manufacturing challenges into deployable AI workflows , enabling scalable, high-impact transformation across factories. Key Responsibilities 1. Customer-Facing Deployment & Execution Lead on-site or remote deployment of AI solutions in industrial environments (semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, etc.) Translate customer requirements into practical system configurations and AI workflows Drive end-to-end implementation: integration, validation, and optimization 2. Problem Solving & Solution Design Diagnose complex production and system challenges using data, domain knowledge, and engineering principles Rapidly find the solutions or communicate the problem through internal system to product or Development team for the problem fix Ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and aligned with real production constraints 3. Bridge Product & Reality Act as the feedback loop between customers and product teams Convert deployment insights into product improvements, new features, and reu