Western Digital
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SeniorEngineer,ManufacturingEngineering–ProcessControl
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“Senior Engineer, Manufacturing Engineering – Process Control at Western Digital. Skills: Process Control, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Electroplating, Statistical Analysis. monitoring and controlling plating processes to ensure quality and yield targets. implementing process improvements and optimization initiatives”
What You'll Achieve.
ensure quality and yield targets; maintain operational excellence in plating operations; improve plating OEE performance; reduce speed losses; improve efficiency; predict process outcomes; enable proactive process control
Industry & Context.
problem solvers; troubleshooting process deviations; troubleshooting line to line variation; Problem solution tools (6 Sigma, DOE, FMEA, 8D); Data Analytics: Ability to collect, clean, and analyze large process datasets to derive actionable insights; detect processes that drift and trigger timely corrective actions
work in cleanroom environment
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Degree in Chemical Engineering or any engineering background, Able to work in cleanroom environment, Must be able to use computer for communication (email / Microsoft Office applications & etc), Able to communicate in English
Nice to Have
Fresh graduate or 1 - 3 years of experience in manufacturing/ production environment, Exposure to data analytics tools such as Python, R, JMP, Minitab, Power BI, or Tableau, Basic understanding of machine learning concepts and their application in manufacturing process control, Experience or academic exposure to KPIV/KPOV identification and correlation analysis
What You'll Do.
monitoring and controlling plating processes to ensure quality and yield targets
implementing process improvements and optimization initiatives
managing plating bath chemistry and refresh schedules
troubleshooting process deviations
conducting statistical analysis to support process changes
ensuring compliance with contamination control procedures
leveraging data analytics and machine learning techniques to establish linkages between Key Process Input Variables (KPIVs) and Key Process Output Variables (KPOVs)
enabling predictive process control and data-driven decision making
Focal person for plating facilities related issues
Focal person of plating chemical planning and inventory
Focal person for plating pretreatment
filter change and descaling
implementing process improvements and optimization initiatives
troubleshooting process deviations and implement corrective actions
ensure compliance with contamination control procedures
Participating in FMEA activities and risk assessments
Monitor and improve plating OEE performance
Implement process optimizations to reduce speed losses and improve efficiency
Track and analyze OEE metrics to identify improvement opportunities
Support implementation of process parameter revisions to enhance OEE
and document KPIVs and KPOVs for plating processes and establish data-driven linkages between them
Develop and maintain process monitoring dashboards using data analytics tools to visualize KPIV-KPOV relationships
Apply machine learning models to predict process outcomes and enable proactive process control
Collaborate with data engineers or IT teams to integrate manufacturing data from equipment and sensors into analytics platforms
Utilize statistical process control (SPC) and advanced analytics to detect processes that drift and trigger timely corrective actions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
communicate at all levels from Management to technical teams 'on the floor'; work equally well in a team environment; Collaborate with data engineers or IT teams
Communication Scope
Able to communicate in English; communicator at all levels from Management to technical teams 'on the floor'
Process & Methodology
Excellent Project Management
Full Job 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 This is an individual contribution role as a Plating Process Control Engineer in manufacturing engineering operations responsible for monitoring and controlling plating processes to ensure quality and yield targets while implementing process improvements and optimization initiatives. The role encompasses managing plating bath chemistry and refresh schedules, troubleshooting process deviations, conducting statistical analysis to support process changes, and ensuring compliance with contamination control procedures. The engineer is also expected to leverage data analytics and machine learning techniques to establish linkages between Key Process Input Variables (KPIVs) and Key Process Output Variables (KPOVs), enabling predictive process control and data-driven decision making. Key technical competencies include understanding electroplating principles and chemistry, knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing processes, experience wit
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