Staff Equipment Engineer - Wet Etch and Plating

Company Description

At Western Digital, 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, Western Digital 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.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest growth organizations in the world. From energizing the most competitive gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Binge-watch any shows, use social media or shop online lately? You’ll find Western Digital supporting the storage infrastructure behind many of these platforms. And, that flash memory card that captures and preserves your most precious moments? That’s us, too.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, storage devices and platforms for business and consumers alike. Our data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital®, G-Technology™, SanDisk® and WD® brands.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ability to work individually, within a team and cross functional
• Ability to communicate clearly in both written, presentation and verbal mediums
• Ability to query databases, analyze and present data.
• Ability to write procedures for maintenance staff to perform regular maintenance items.
• Required to evaluate, select, order, and implement equipment that is most appropriate and cost effective per manufacturing requirements.
• Own Equipment upgrades, installation, and modifications in order to increase process efficiency and comply with new technologies specifications and output capacity.
• Maintain records of equipment performance, failures, upgrades, and safety issues.
• Constantly study and evaluate the equipment performance and reliability.
• Establish programs and implement solutions to increase uptime, reduce wafer scraps, improve the process capability and repeatability, and reduce cost of ownership.
• Data collection and reporting of MTBF, MTTR and Availability on regular basis and create and follow to completion plans to improve tools performance (MTBF, MTTR and Availability).
• Provide technical support to manufacturing for equipment repairs.
• Support, Coordinate and Provide Technical training and certification to maintenance personnel.
• Definition and implementation of preventive maintenance programs.
• Planning and Controlling spare parts requirements.
• Compiled documentation for: Equipment configuration, Trouble shooting guides.
• Training of Maintenance staff in equipment related tasks
• Writing of procedures and checklists for maintenance to use in the performance of their tasks
• Analyze and design out equipment failures and deficiencies.
• Review and recommend spare parts to be stocked and their stocking levels.
• Proactively assist of Maintenance on tool issues that are more complex
• Review, Analyze and react to Statistical Process Control Charts

Qualifications

The Staff Equipment Engineer candidate is a highly motivated individual who has at least 5 years’ experience with a B.S. or at least 3 years’ experience with an M.S. degree & 1 Year with PhD and a successful record of accomplishment in equipment design and sustaining experience.

Degrees must be in Chemistry/Electronics and work in semiconductor Wet Etch and Plating experience.

The candidate must demonstrate technical capability and positive results in Wet Etch & Plating equipment

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate 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 i