Senior Engineer, Equipment Engineering

The Senior Engineer Equipment Engineering must have strong equipment background and experience maintaining specific tools on a wafer manufacturing production line in a class 100 cleanroom environment.  The successful candidate will be able to work with minimal supervision take initiative and collaborate effectively.  They will demonstrate a willingness to learn be flexible creative problem solving exemplary communication skills and an ability to think on their feet. Candidates must be flexible with work schedule and overtime as required by the team.  They are responsible for review and interface with cross functional disciplines on specifications projects equipment reliability and throughput.  Assist Equipment Engineering with review analysis and investigation of equipment related scrap provide root cause and effective corrective actions.  Being the in-house technical equipment expert they are hands-on technical individuals with strong troubleshooting skills to help bring the tool up efficiently and effectively upon down-tool escalation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support maintenance with equipment troubleshooting in conjunction with both scheduled and unscheduled down time events.
• Troubleshoot and repair complex unscheduled failures to root cause and document for future reference.
• Provide inputs to Engineering and / or maintenance team for improving PM cycle-time tool availability quality/workmanship reduce wafer scrap and cost of ownership.
• Provide Technical On-the-Job training for maintenance personnel.
• Support Equipment Engineering Team to define and write preventive maintenance procedures BKMs OCAPs and / or new equipment parts inventory and stocking.
• Support engineering with scrap mitigation obsolescence increase equipment OEE and other equipment KPIs.
• Monitor Artist SPC Spotfire PdM for assigned equipment improvement.
• Support engineering projects upgrades retrofits and installations.

Qualifications :

REQUIRED:

• BS plus 3 years experience in engineering field.
• Technical degree in Electronics Military experience or Semiconductor Industries experience. 
• Must have excellent mechanical and electrical aptitude.
• Experience in Vacuum Technologies.
• Ability to read electrical schematic diagrams and assembly drawings.
• Understanding of failure mechanisms ability to isolate determine root cause and repair.
• Proficient in MS Windows Software (Word/Excel/Power Point/Outlook) & Forum Notes
• Effective team player with proven relationship building & communication skills including cross-functionally with Maintenance Manufacturing Engineering Peers Management Customers and Suppliers.
• Knowledge of control systems and/or PLC (Process Logic Control)
• Ability to work overtime and weekends as required.

SKILLS:

• Senior Level equipment technical experience.
• Robust background in electronics and mechanical troubleshooting vacuum theory and RF/Microwave Plasma Etching.
• Strong experience utilizing troubleshooting equipment multimeters oscilloscopes and specialized alignment tooling etc.
• Team player able to negotiate cross functional disciplines.
• Leadership qualities and project management skills.
• Preferred RF/Microwave Plasma Equipment: Plasma Therm VLR700 Hitachi E-541AWE Hitachi M-612-

Additional Information :

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race color ancestry religion (including religious dress and grooming standards) sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions breastfeeding or related medical conditions) gender (including a persons gender identity gender expression and gender-related appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons assigned sex at birth) age national origin sexual orientation medical condition marital status (including domestic partnership status) physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information protected medical and family care leave Civil Air Patrol status military and veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

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Based on our experience we anticipate that the application deadline will be M0 (3 months from posting) although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline we will update.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employees pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills ability knowledge of the job; (3) performance contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California Colorado New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California Colorado and New York.  This range may be modified in the future.
• If your position is non-exempt you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws.  You may also be eligible for shift differential pay depending on the shift to which you are assigned.

• You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either Western Digitals Short Term Incentive Plan (STI Plan) or the Sales Incentive Plan (SIP) which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance depending on your role and your performance. You may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires subject to Western Digitals Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D legal plan pet insurance critical illness accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program; employee stock purchase plan; and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time