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We are one of the storage industry’s pioneers and long-time leaders providing products and services for people and organisations that collect, manage and use digital information. We produce reliable, high performance hard drives that keep users’ data close-at hand and secure from loss. Due to high technology and quality competition, we are looking for individuals of high caliber to fulfill the following vacancies:
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Position : Principal Engineer/ Staff Engineer/ Senior Engineer Department : Cleaning Development
Responsibilities:
Developing processes in the Cleaning Development Group of the WDB SF/HGA Development Organization.
Technical Areas:
Contamination Control
Precision Cleaning Technology
Surface Chemistry
Semiconductor Fabrication
Statistical Experimental Design
Requirements:
Bachelors, Masters, or PhD (Minimum 8 years with BS, 5 years with MS and 3 years with PhD)
Technical degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or related fields
Strong background in:
SF block lap cleaning processes and equipment.
Clean room cleaning processes and equipment.
Semiconductor or MEMS fabrication and cleaning methods
Data Storage, IC, Solar, Photonics or Optics cleaning
Direct experience in any of the following industries: Hard Disk Drives, Magnetic Heads or Media, IC Fabrication.
Solid knowledge and experience in a factory integration environment
Demonstrated ability to deliver successful process development projects
Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and meet program objectives
Position 2 Position : Principal Engineer/ Staff Engineer/ Senior Engineer Department : Integration Development
Responsibilities:
Integrate new process in to new product platform
Identify key delivery for technology introduction from Dev to NPI
Process Road Map and Process configuration / status
Planning and scheduling for material and tester allocation
Data analysis for read/ writer and optical analysis
Requirements:
Bachelor or Master Degree with minimum 3 -5 years experience.
Technical degrees in the following: Physics, Material Science or Engineering (Electronic, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical)
Strong background in
Slider, HGA process
Leading research or process development
Data analysis - DOE
Product Engineering
Direct experience in any of the following industries: Hard Disk Drives, Magnetic Heads or Media preferred.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Technical Areas:
Process Integration and Development Technology
Metrology (both defect and parametric)
Basic statistical Process Control and Analysis
Slider and HGA in general
Engineering Tools such as ANOVA, DOE, SPC and Six Sigma Process
Position 3 Position : Principal Engineer/ Staff Engineer/ Senior Engineer Department : HGA Development
Responsibilities:
Project management for
Machine design and development to enhance factory productivity with high quality and reliability performance.
Electrical system design and development in automation project in order to enhance factory productivity.
HGA process development
Software development (design, coding, testing) for automation machine system
Design special suspension or tooling to meet with desired function in order to enhance factory productivity with high quality and reliability performance.
Lead the process development for equipment/machine qualification & transition.
Requirements:
Bachelor, Master or PhD (Minimum 8 years with BS, 5 years with MS and 3 years with PhD)
Technical degrees in the following: Mechatronics, Electrical control system, Software, Industrial automation.
Strong background in
Precision mechanical design or machine automation
Software development
Mechanical and Machine automation design
FMEA, Six Sigma, DFSS, Statistic, Data Analysis.
Project Management
Tooling, Jig fixture
Direct experience in any of the following industries: Hard Disk Drives, Semiconductor, Magnetic Heads or Media, IC Fabrication, Automated Manufacturing preferred.
Technical Areas:
Electrical control system design
Automation machine design
Mechanical design
PC-based control, Micro controller
HGA manufacturing measurement tools such as Static Pitch/Roll.
Software for development (C#.net, C++, Lab view or Visual basic, SQL, PLC)
Position 4 Position : Principal Engineer/ Staff Engineer/ Senior Engineer Department : Metrology & Materials Characterization
Responsibilities:
Optics (1 position): Develop and implement optical characterization, test, and metrology applications to support next generation technology.
TEM (1 position): Analytical TEM characterization for metrology and failure analysis.
Requirements:
MS or PhD (PhD preferred) in engineering or physical sciences.
TEM: 2+ years full-time direct hands-on analytical TEM both in operations and data analysis.
Optics: Instrumentation and system integration of optical test systems
Technical Areas:
Laser and Optics systems
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Fluent in technical communication and presentation
Able to lead and participate in group meeting with interdisciplinary teams
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Position 5 Position : Principal Engineer/ Staff Engineer/ Senior Engineer Department : Tribology
Responsibilities:
Develop new Tribology test methods and equipment to support advanced HDD programs.
Implement and provide new product qualification and process monitoring of the head disk interface on current and new head component designs.
Technical Areas:
Mechanical integration or Tribology
Statistical Analysis Programs
Guzik Tester
Requirements:
Bachelor, Master or PhD with minimum 5 years experience.
Technical degrees in the following: Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Material Sciences or Physics
Strong background in
Tribology, Material Science, or Mechatronics
Testing precision mechanical systems and analysis of experimental data
Statistics, FA and process evaluation/characterization
Direct experience in Hard Disk Drives Industry is preferred
Solid knowledge and experience in a factory integration environment
Fluent in technical communication and presentation
Able to lead and participate in group meeting with interdisciplinary teams
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Position 6 Position : Principal Engineer/ Staff Engineer/ Senior Engineer Department : ABS
Responsibilities:
Lead the protective thin film growth simulation and process characterization activities.
Requirements:
PhD with 2-4 years experiences.
Technical degrees in the following: Engineering or Physical sciences.
Strong background in Thin film growth and vacuum processing.
Direct experience in any of the following industries: Hard Disk Drives, Semiconductor, Magnetic Heads or Media, IC Fabrication preferred.
Technical Areas:
Statistical process control principles
Thin film process and Material characterization
Data processing and statistical analysis software.
Fluent in technical communication and presentation
Able to lead and participate in group meeting with interdisciplinary teams
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Position 7 Position : Principal Engineer/ Staff Engineer/ Senior Engineer Department : Advanced Technology Group Energy Assisted Magnetic Recording (EAMR)
Responsibilities:
Fundamental process and equipment development in the Advance Technology Group.
Focus on EAMR Light Delivery processes and equipment.
Requirements:
Bachelor, Master or PhD (Minimum 8 years with BS, 5 years with MS and 3 years with PhD)
Technical degrees in the following: Physics, Engineering, Chemistry, Physical Sciences, or Optics.
Strong background in any of the following areas:
Optics, laser devices, fiber optics or photonics with emphasis on fabrication, assembly and test methods.
Flip chip (wafer or die ) Bonding Technology
IC or MEMs device fabrication
Direct experience in any of the following on. industries: Hard Disk Drives, Semiconductor, Magnetic Heads or Media, IC Fabrication preferred.
Technical Areas:
Surface Mount Technology (Flip chip)
MEMs Process/ equipment development
Thin film processing (Etching, Photolithography, Vacuum System, Deposition)
Fluent in technical communication and presentation
Able to lead and participate in group meeting with interdisciplinary teams
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Position 8 Position : Principal Engineer/ Staff Engineer/ Senior Engineer Department : SF Machining & Lapping
Responsibilities:
Analyze mechanical hardware and identify opportunity for improvements.
Optimize current hardware or develop new system to achieve requirement
Lead process development activities in Grinding, Slicing, Adhesive bonding and Lapping technology
Requirements:
Bachelor, Master or PhD (Minimum 8 years with BS, 5 years with MS and 3 years with PhD)
Technical degrees in the following: Engineering (Mechanical, Mechantronic, Electrical), Material sciences or physics .
Strong background in
High precision hardware design
Lapping, Grinding or Automation Technology
Grinding technology
Direct experience in any of the following industries: Hard Disk Drives, Semiconductor, Magnetic Heads or Media, IC Fabrication preferred.
Technical Areas:
Process and equipment characterization and development
Finite element analysis
Statistic analysis
Fluent in technical communication and presentation
Able to lead and participate in group meeting with interdisciplinary teams
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Position 9 Position : Principal Engineer/ Staff Engineer/ Senior Engineer Department : Design of Experiment
Responsibilities:
To provide accurate reader QST / Mag. Test data feedback to design group in a timely fashion.
Review WDF SBR - DOE evaluation requests interns of design matrix, test requests and extended test requirement etc.
Prepare the DOE execution plan /characterization plan at WDB for the DOE Evaluation.
Generate sound sampling plans for DOE evaluations to identify the expected design improvements accurately.
Communicate with Design engineer to clarify and finalize the characterization plan.
Define test set up for Reader/Writer DOE Evaluations at QST and Magtest.
Ensure the data integrity of the test data collected for the DOE evaluations.
Review and publish Prelim/Interim DOE reports in timely manner in one day cycletime.
Prepare and submit parts for reliability based on the prelim results of the evaluation.
Perform failure Analysis on Doe evaluation whenever necessary to understand the deviation of results from expectations.
Requirements:
Bachelor, Master or PhD (Minimum 8 years with BS, 5 years with MS and 3 years with PhD) in Engineering and related field.
At least 5 years experience in head-related field and high experience in magnetic head and hard drive.
Good technical problem solving skill and knowledge of statistical process control.
Position 10 Position : Principal Engineer/ Staff Engineer/ Senior Engineer Department : Failure Analysis
Responsibilities:
To analyze and perform in-depth Characterization of Reliability/Line failures and find the root cause of failure within agreed time-line.
Requirements:
B.S, M.S or PhD (experience: minimum of 8 years with B.S, 5 years with M.S. and 3 years with Ph.D.)
Solid basic magnetic head skills in the areas QST/ DET and Head/Media related physical analysis for TuMR/PMR heads and PMR media Integration.
Hands on expertise in analytical tools such as SEM, EDAX, AFM, FIB and TEM.
Knowledge of data analysis, using statistical software such as JMP/ SAS/ Minitab is required
Fundamental knowledge of Hard Disk Drive technology is a plus
Excellent Oral and written communication in technical reports and presentations, in leading and participating in a meeting and interfacing with interdisciplinary teams.
Position 11 Position : Principal Engineer/ Staff Engineer/ Senior Engineer Department : Tooling Software Engineer (HDD)
Responsibilities:
To design, develop and support software development on robotics and vision systems
Requirements:
Graduate degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or any related fields
8-10+ years experiences with strong background in robotics and vision systems
Strong knowledge and experiences in the factory integration requirements.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
Technical Area Required
Programming skills in C, C++, Java, or C# (experienced with OOD/OOA)
Control system design, image processing, algorithm design, and computation geometry knowledge & experiences
Understanding of the principle of Automated Assembly Tools
Intermediate level of Adept Robotics system is beneficial
Position 12 Position : Principal Engineer/ Staff Engineer/ Senior Engineer Department : Process Development Engineering (HSA)
Responsibilities:
Lead engineer of assigned product to successfully meeting & exceeded KPI targets to releasing new product thru proper characterization of material combos at early development phase.
Requirements:
Bachelors Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Computer or Industrial Engineering.
Proficient in SPC and good in statistical tool/ software
At least 5 years experience in Head Stack Manufacturing
Technical Area Required
DFM (Design for Manufacturability) and DPMP (Process Management Plan)
Process characterization for different material combinations
Knowledgeable in technical engineering software such as Autocad, Solidworks & statistical tools
Head Stack Development Process experience is preferable
Position 13 Position : Engineer Department : NPI Engineering Responsibilities:
New production development and launch into volume mass production to achieve yield planning, cost and on time delivery of product.
Work with WDF and all WDB NPI team for any new design, process change, evaluation support new beyond technology.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering or related field.
Strong data analysis and problem solving skills.
Able to use JMP or others statistic program software relates.
Able to use basic micro soft program.
Good knowledge in Statistical Process Control, DOE and Analysis software tools.
Knowledge of Hard disk drive basic such as Slider fabrication process is preferable.
Good command in English.
Position 14 Position : Senior Engineer / Engineer Department : Test Development Engineer
Responsibilities:
Code and maintain test process software functions in support for mass volume Disk Drive Production.
Adhere to formally developed Firmware/Software Development procedures being practiced by all members of firmware and software developers
Adhere to corporate and department policies, procedures and guidelines for conducting business in accordance with ISO standards.
Uphold corporate ethics standards as described in Western Digital Global Code of Conduct
Requirements:
Degree in Electronic/Computer Engineering
Computer literate i.e. software packages and programming languages
1-7 years experience in designing software/firmware
Position 15 Position : Engineer Department : HGA & FH Engineering
Responsibilities:
To monitor FH performance for all NPI product, address potential of issue, identify the potential causes of the issues and feed back to get potential corrective action from process owner inorder to solve those potential issue as well as preventing the occurence of them.
Coordinate with team for new ABS mask qualification. Review/feed back and propose FH spec. base on current product performance before transfer to HVM.
Support NPI process/material qualification/evaluation.
Requirements:
Bachelor degree or higher in Engineering or Science ( IE, ME, EE, Chemical or Physics)
Good in statistical data analysis and problrm solving skill
Good in English for reading, writing and conversation
Able to use Statistical analysis software (JMP, MiniTab or etc.) and AutoCad.
Position 16 Position : Senior System Analyst/ System Analyst Department : Information Technology
Responsibilities:
The appointee will support IT activities in the Asia operations and will be stationed in Malaysia Or Thailand
Responsible for the system requirements gathering, analyst, design, development, implementation and support of the company's Supply Chain Management application system. Mainly on Material Planning, Capacity Planning and Production Planning functions.
Support the information requirements of the company's Supply Chain Management functions and its related activities through the use of application software.
Troubleshoot ASCM system or application problems and constantly work towards improving existing systems to improve efficiency in data collection and effectiveness in system controls
Helping to identify strategic areas for improvement of business processes if need
Monitor the company’s Supply Chain Management system performance and growth.
Working with others development team for system integration.
Conduct user acceptance test and end-user training.
Participate in system improvement discussion and propose solution.
Ensure data replications are replicated timely from ERP/MES application systems.
Also taken care by the automated monitoring processes
Assist in In-House Application support as well as Oracle related matter.
Required to travel between WD sites for project implementation.
Provide technical training as and when needed
To understand and accept responsibility for performing the jobs in accordance to the safety and health rules of the company.
Ensure user conformance to procedures and data integrity
Requirements:
Bachelor degree or higher in Business Admin/Information Management
Minimum 3 - 5 years related working experience on Business Application or ERP solution.
Good programming skill on Java, C++, PL/SQL
Position 17 Position : Staff Engineer/Senior Engineer / Engineer Department : HSA HVM Equipment Engineer
Responsibilities:
To manage, organize and coach HVM equipment engineering section to achieve department target on HSA assembly line set up/ maintain and improvement as well as serve customer satisfaction.
Requirements:
Bachelor degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Production Engineering and Mechatronic Engineering.
8-10 years in electronics industry or related field.
Excellent in Systematic problem solving and decision making.
Strong leadership.
Good logical, planning and organizing skill.
Strong engineering and statistical skill.
Good command in English.
Initiative, strong leadership, flexible and able to work under pressure.
Expertly uses with standard and specialized engineering tools and equipment. Uses PC, MS Office, email and Intranet
Position 18 Position : Senior Engineer Department : Customer Satisfaction Engineering
Responsibilities:
Data packages – work with the respective departments at WDM, WDTh & WDLF on data packages
Provide support to CSEs and FAEs on data analysis
Work with CSEs & FAEs to evaluate, identify and solve technical problems.
Provide support to identify external exposure for all stop orders raise and to coordinate with the field people for field disposition
Work closely with CSEs and FQEs on data analysis project with the ultimate goal of achieving customers’ goals
Maintaining CS shared folder and website
System support and maintenance
Requirements:
Bachelor of Science or Engineering, with minimum 5 years working experience, preferably with statistic background or 1- 2 years working experience in data analysis
1 – 2 years direct experience in either a data warehousing or high-volume manufacturing environment will be added advantage
Data warehousing or data mart experience is desired. Experience with databases is required
Position 19 Position : Staff Engineer / Senior Engineer / Engineer Department : Head And Media Engineering
Responsibilities:
To supervise Head/Media trend analysis on all Head/Media related failures received from internal and external customers to ensure job is completed in a timely manner.
To supervise / guide 1st level component analysis (QST) and feedback results to supplier for corrective action or mitigation.
To provide Head/Media failure analysis support with the aim to determine the cause of failures and thus help to improve Head/Media quality and reliability performance.
To participate in WW Head/Media Business meeting in forming strategies for head performance improvement plans.
Requirements:
Master / Bachelor Degree in Physics, Electrical or Electronics Engineering
At least 3-5 years experience in Magnetic Recording field.
Good spoken and written command of English. Good communicator
Position 20 Position : Senior Engineer / Engineer Department : Test Engineering
Responsibilities:
Support all QST test relate activities in HVM/NPL/DOE
Ensure QST testers are fully utilized and controlled to meet KPI metric.
Ensure all testers are capable for each product.
Ensure variation between and within tester are in control and continuous improve.
Ensure skill improvement and knowledge are continuously improved
Requirements:
Bachelor degree in engineering or related field.
0 - 5 years of experience
Position 21
Position : Senior Engineer / Engineer Department : Test Engineering (Tooling)
Responsibilities
Support design and develop tooling and other equipment in test process.
Develop test tooling and equipment support new HGA and improvement project.
To study, develop and apply innovative mechanical techniques in analysis mechanical failure issue.
Requirements:
Bachelor Degree in Mechanical / Tooling / Mechatronic
Good knowledge in basic drawing and GD&T system.
Good knowledge in measurement tool and material engineering application.
Good skill in Solid works 2009 and AutoCAD software.
1-3 year on Jig & Fixture & Tooling design and development
Good spoken and written command of English. Good team work.
Position 22 Position : Senior Engineer / Engineer Department : Test Engineering (HGA)
Responsibilities:
Design /Develop/Repair for all electronic boards in HGA test department
Debug/ improve HGA tester
Provide tool and solution for tester debug/repair
Requirements:
Bachelor degree in Engineering or related field of Electronic, Telecommunication
Good knowledge in Analog/digital circuit design/analysis
Good skill for operate /measuring tool (oscilloscope, stectrum analyzer, logic analyzer)
Special in MCU/FPGA design
Position 23 Position : Senior Engineer / Engineer Department : S/F Maintenance
Responsibilities:
To be continue improvement lapping process and eliminate or reduce the product defective in lapping area. 56 Auto wire bonder machines in lapping area need to have the owner person to fully take care in term of machine maintain the performance and improvement.
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Electrical / Mechanical / Electronics Computer Engineering or equivalent
0-4 years in electronic company or relate.
Good in personal computer knowledge
Understand in English both written and spoken
Position 24 Position : Senior Engineer / Engineer Department : Information Technology
Responsibilities:
Perform a roll of operation helpdesk.
Develop technical spec and new applications to meet manufacturing business objectives
Attend to all production IT related issues and execute escalation to system owner to minimize production down time.
Coordinate the setting up of production new line or line re layout – hardware / software installation.
Assist in evaluation new hardware and software related to production roll out.
Provide assistant in MITECS query to support data analysis and process control.
Manage the monitoring tool system.
Assist new MITECS software evaluation with roll out plan to product environment.
Administrator to MITECS system access right for General Station (GS) and Product Configuration System (PCS).
Coordinate IS related project.
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or IT related field
Be able to work as a team with a service mind characteristics and positively attitudes.
Good written and oral communication skill in English
Position 25 Position : Senior Engineer / Engineer Department : Advance System Failure Analysis Engineering
Responsibilities:
Responsible for failure analysis activities which involve complicated system and application issue in the factory or out in the field
To provide failure analysis support for specific functions like Head Media qualification, and Feature Integration Test (FIT)
Asist in new product launching from US in term of specific failure analysis support
Play a key role in implementing new/specific product or system feature to the factory
Requirements:
Degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering
Minimum 2 years of working experience in a high volume manufacturing environment
Good knowledge in C/C++ programming language will be an added advantage
Must be analytical & interested in technical project.
Position 26 Position : Senior Engineer / Engineer Department : Characterization Engineering
Responsibilities:
Position 26(a)
• Perform Channel / Servo / Advance Head/Media Characterization to qualify component, product, firmware and process changes.
• Analyze the data, characterize and recommend for improvement.
• Perform failure analysis or channel the failure to responsible groups for analysis where applicable.
Position 26(b)
• Responsible to ensure functional test software to support all new and sustaining drive programs.
• Maintain the hardware and testers of the department.
• Administer and troubleshoot the hardware and software operations of the department.
• Debug test software issues.
• Liaise with vendors for preventive maintenance and new testers design.
Requirements:
Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering/Computer Science.
0 – 4 years of work experience in a high volume manufacturing environment preferably in the hard-disk drive facility (Read Channel, Tribology or Servo area), for senior post.
Experience in lab based and data analysis work.
Knowledge in SPC is a plus.
Experience with C++, Java, SQL, assembly language. Knowledge in Oracle database, Novell, Linux. Familiar with PC hardware/software and operating systems - Position 14(b)
Understanding of ISO9001, ISO14001 and/or OHSAS18001, EICC is a plus
Need to travel.
Position 27 Position : Senior Engineer / Engineer Department : Quality Assurance - Reliability
Responsibilities:
Engage/ support NPL stream on new product qualification reliability testing, tester planning, test requirements and product readiness.
Coordinate & perform BEST(Basic Environmental Stress Test) & ORT ( Ongoing reliability test to ensure product meets specifications and ship criteria
Coordinate failure analysis and verify corrective actions for reliability failures.
Support Engineering /SQE in evaluating and qualifying new components, design or process
Prepare Reliability Indices Report, Data for Critical Parameters & Identification of Virtual Failures.
Provide Data and Trend Analysis for driving Product Improvement.
Involved in Test process improvement, e.g. UTV reduction, data automation.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Science (Physic), Material Science & Chemistry
1-2 years working experience in reliability for semiconductor or hard disk drive manufacturing facility
Position 28 Position : Senior Engineer / Engineer Department : New Product Launch (NPL)
Responsibilities:
Project management in development phase for new process technology capability deployment to future programs/products.
Formulate deployment plans and roadmap to achieve end goal of the projects.
To be able to work with inter-functional team or department aligning with the business goal and drive for deployment per committed.
Plan the resources, budget control management to meet department goals
Requirements:
Degree in Engineering Electrical & Electronics / Mechanical Engineering
Project Management is essential
PMI, IT Projects PM and Automation is added advantage.
Position 29 Position : Staff Engineer Department : WDB Product Engineering
Responsibilities:
Review and comprehension of Product performance especially Slider QST and HGA MT
Sustain and improve HVM programs
Establish new products
Interface with H.S.A/Drive team on technical and quality matters
Interface with design engineer and wafer fabricated engineer
