Total 5 job vacancies by Western Digital

Planner 2 - Production Control

We are seeking an experienced Planner 2 to join our Production Control team. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining production schedules, optimizing inventory levels, and ensuring efficient coordination between planning, production, and supply chain functions. You will play a critical role in meeting customer demand while minimizing costs and maximizing operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain accurate production schedules based on demand forecasts, inventory levels, and production capacity
• Monitor and analyze production metrics, identifying bottlenecks and recommending process improvements
• Coordinate with production, procurement, and logistics teams to ensure timely material availability and on-time delivery
• Prepare and present production reports, forecasts, and performance dashboards to management
• Collaborate with sales and customer service teams to address demand changes and special requests
• Utilize planning software and systems to track production status and generate scheduling reports
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning accuracy and operational efficiency
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams to resolve scheduling conflicts and production issues

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 with process control systems and data analysis, and familiarity with cleanroom operations and safety protocols. The engineer also participates in FMEA activities, risk assessments, and supports change control processes such as PCN and TECN to maintain operational excellence in plating operations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Focal person for plating facilities related issues, ie plating DI water trend monitoring, LPC and  
• contamination 
• Focal person of plating chemical planning and inventory  
• Focal person for plating pretreatment, strip line, filter change and descaling.  
• Monitor and control plating processes to ensure quality and yield targets
• Implement process improvements and optimization initiatives
• Troubleshoot process deviations and implement corrective actions, which include thickness control, anodic protection
• Troubleshoot line to line variation 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
• Identify, define, 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 (e.g., regression, classification, anomaly detection) 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

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and monitor cleanroom environmental surveys, to verify compliance and support area buy-off.                             
• Develop and execute contamination sampling plans for cleanroom environmental, equipment, tools, and process samples to ensure cleanliness and prevent yield-impacting defects.                            
• Perform routine and event-based environmental and equipment sampling to support operational readiness and cleanroom classification.                                
• Manage handling and qualification of cleanroom indirect materials by setting cleanliness criteria, performing inspections, and approving materials for use.                                   
• Define cleanroom protocols, including gowning, behavior, and contamination prevention practices, and provide training to ensure compliance.                                   
• Define and coordinate with laboratories implement test plans, analyse cleanliness data, investigation deviations, and recommending mitigation actions for product & process cleanliness compliance.    
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in production, facilities, quality, and engineering to support contamination control strategies and maintain acceptable cleanliness levels.

Summary of the Role:

As a Technician III, Manufacturing Equipment Engineering (Computer Numerical Control Machinist), you are responsible for operating CNC milling machines to produce precision parts, including selecting tools, setting up machines, and monitoring operations to ensure quality and accuracy. The role also involves interpreting technical drawings and performing minor repairs, including troubleshooting programs and equipment issues.

Key Responsibilities and Role Accountabilities:

• Responsible for operating a CNC milling machine to produce precision parts and components.
• Select the correct cutting tools, adjust the machine settings, and monitor the machine during the process to ensure the parts are being produced in the Machine shop.
• Read and interpret blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work pieces, sequence of operations, and setup requirements.
• Do minor repairs, such as repairing faulty programs and machinery.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform cleanliness monitoring in cleanroom areas by using environmental monitoring instruments such as particle counters, and other contamination measurement tools.
• Support qualification activities related to cleanroom environments, including equipment qualification, process qualification, and cleanliness verification.
• Perform cleanliness testing and experimental measurements to evaluate contamination sources and validate improvement actions.
• Record, analyze, and report monitoring data and measurement results to ensure traceability and support cleanliness control activities.
• List bullet 2Support investigation and troubleshooting when particle levels or contamination results exceed control limits.
• Coordinate with production, engineering, and quality teams to maintain contamination control in the manufacturing process.