Principal Equipment Engineer

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Take ownership of the tool hardware design equipment reconfiguration and install tasks. Drive specification technical negotiation with vendors design and documentation manpower resource coordination configuration change tool/hardware installation qualification testing and tool/hardware buyoff.  Ensure project is on schedule and at the same time deliver with the highest quality by proactively identifying and correcting capability reliability maintenance and assembly issues early on.  Generate accurate and detailed documentation for technician engineering facility maintenance stores and process owners.
• Provide accurate and detailed documentation as well as training for reconfiguration expansion and installation or new and existing media deposition tools and hardware. Monitor and follow through for continuous improvement opportunities across all shifts for both US based and offshore operations.
• Review analyze and investigate equipment related downtime and provide sound root cause analysis and timely effective corrective actions.
• Diagnose troubleshoot and repair down tool situation. Provide verbal and written instructions to support teams upon request.  Respond to down tool escalation calls upon request by Development Engineering Sustaining Equipment Engineering and Maintenance organizations.  Take an active and leading role in bringing the tool up efficiently and effectively.   Observe for learning and improvement opportunities across all functions.  Follow through with the improvement actions.

• Review and evaluate tool assembly hardware and spare parts related inputs from Development Engineering Sustaining Equipment Engineering and Maintenance organizations.  Provide timely response proposed timeline and sound actions for continuous improvement opportunities.
• Consistently work on complex assignments requiring independent action and a high degree of initiative to resolve issues.
• As a highly skilled specialist contributes to the development of concepts and techniques. Completes complex tasks in creative and effective ways.

Qualifications :

REQUIRED:

• Highly motivated individual who has at least 7 years experience with a B.S. or at least 6 years experience with an M.S. degree years and a successful track record in media deposition and/or semiconductor manufacturing equipment design operations installation and sustaining experience.
• Degrees must be in electrical mechanical or related Engineering or physical science.
• SolidWorks/CAD and geometric tolerance experience are desired.
• The candidate must demonstrate technical capability and hands on experience with installation and machine troubleshooting for Thin Film (PVD/CVD) process equipment. Direct experience on Canon Anelva sputter equipment or Intevac Lean sputter equipment highly preferred.
• Experience in PLC HMI GOT Mitsubishi GT Designer and GX Developer software highly desirable.
• PC skills include MS Excel Project Word PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Required experiences include indepth understanding and practice of equipment design and testing (or sustaining) operations documentation maintenance as well as good understanding of HDD media or semiconductor manufacturing process technology and cleanroom requirements. 
• The position requires excellent written and verbal communication skills strong project management and people skills and must be able to act as an active team leader or crossfunctional team member to provide the best results to the teams and company.   

SKILLS

• Must know how to effectively work with technicians and be able to clearly transfer technical knowledge and work instructions in an accessible manner.
• Travel will be required to support job function at offshore locations.

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 genderrelated 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 nondiscrimination 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.

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 customers and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging respect and contribution.

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Based on our experience we anticipate that the application deadline will be 01/14/2025 (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 this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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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.
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digitals ShortTerm Incentive (STI) Plan 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 LongTerm 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; taxadvantaged 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.