Principal Engineer, Fab Capacity Planning

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

• Problem Solving: Apply problem-solving and analysis skills to implement effective practical solutions to real-life production usage.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with the fab, business, finance, and IT teams to identify root causes, define strategic and tactical needs, and drive the appropriate business and technical solutions.
• Modeling: Build, develop, validate, and apply mathematically based decision algorithms, heuristics, optimization, and simulation models and tools
• Fab Capacity Planning:  Maintain, enhance, and increase the capability of the current Fab Planning Model. Partner with planning teams in support of the S&OP activities including but not limited to capacity planning, wafer cost, and supply management.
• Process Improvement: Identify and drive key process improvement projects with China, Japan and U.S. teams to streamline the visibility of supply, supply constraints, and capacity constraints. 

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations research, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Systems Engineering, or foreign equivalent
• Minimum 3-5 years of working experience in the Semiconductor or technology industry.
• Experienced in Linear Programming, Mixed Integer Programming, Constraint Programming, and Stochastic Programming
• Fluent in at least one Object-Oriented Programming language (preferably Python)
• Experienced in working with enterprise optimization solvers (ILOG CPLEX, Gurobi, FICO Xpress)
• Skilled in database management systems (MySQL, SSMS, etc.)
• Familiar with capacity management/supply chain management/manufacturing operations/development/ new product introduction or operations engineering.
• Fluent in Data visualization and analytics tools (Tableau, Power BI, Spotfire)

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 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 Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our cu