Senior Engineer, Wafer Quality Assurance

Company Description

At WD, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, WD is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, and WD_BLACK™.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, WD is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• AI Platform Change Control & Quality Assurance: Serve as the quality gatekeeper for AI platform changes. Develop a deep understanding of system interdependencies, drive requirements gathering (including testing and verification protocols), and collaborate closely with wafer operations partners to ensure seamless, quality-compliant implementations.
• End-to-End Wafer Quality Program Support: Support the full lifecycle of wafer quality initiatives, including Change Review Board (CRB) margin projects and Material Review Board (MRB) processes, ensuring consistent quality standards from start to finish.
• Agentic AI Development for Quality Operations: Design and build Agentic AI solutions with autonomous decision-making capabilities for Incoming Quality Assurance (IQA) and Outgoing Quality Assurance (OQA) processes across wafer operations.
• Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA): Lead and facilitate FMEA activities across IT and wafer systems to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate potential failure modes and their impact on quality and reliability.

Qualifications

REQUIRED

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field (Master's preferred)
• 3+ years of experience in quality assurance, quality engineering, or a related role within semiconductor or wafer manufacturing
• Working knowledge of AI/ML platforms and an understanding of change control processes in production environments
• Experience with or exposure to Agentic AI, LLM-based systems, or intelligent automation frameworks
• Familiarity with FMEA methodology and its application to IT and manufacturing systems
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to engage both technical and operations teams
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a detail-oriented mindset

SKILLS

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience with end-to-end quality management in semiconductor manufacturing
• Hands-on experience developing AI agents or decision-automation tools (e.g., using Python, LangChain, or similar frameworks)

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 person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s 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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