Total 3 job vacancies by Western Digital

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.

The IT Commodity Manager is responsible for developing the sourcing strategies for the IT category. The person in this position would be recognized as a sourcing expert for Technology-related categories, would liaise with legal, act as a procurement ambassador to the business, and integrate into the business to ensure complete alignment and a deep understanding of business goals, and would partner in developing sourcing strategies. The goal is to be a value-added sourcing partners to the business. 

Additional responsibilities include negotiating information technology contracts for software licensing, telecom, data center, and computer hardware and server products, and related maintenance and support services that may be site-specific or have global reach. The position involves developing negotiation strategies, advising requestors on contract terms and conditions, monitoring cost and scope of assigned contracts to assure compliance, best value, and validating/improving pricing. The IT Commodity Manager may recommend cost-saving proposals, including alternative sourcing, and will exercise independent judgment within defined practices and procedures to determine appropriate action

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Sourcing

• Develop, manage, and execute strategies for the IT Category  
• Conduct RFP and lead cross-functional teams through the selection process of preferred suppliers with effective scoring criteria to critically evaluate supplier proposals in accordance with company policies
• Collaborate with  IT/Legal stakeholders to assess, understand, and prioritize business needs to optimize value with WD’s supply base
• Conduct spend/contract/proposal analysis for the supply of software licensing, computer hardware, servers, data center, and telecom services, and present recommendations to Procurement and IT leadership team
• Lead negotiations on commercial procurement agreements, including, but not limited to, Master Agreements (MSA’s), Statements of Work (SOWs), Change Orders (COs), balancing business deliverables, legal interests, and pricing
• Analyze total costs, assist business functions with ROI analysis, price and rate benchmarking, and negotiate favorable business terms to leverage Western Digital's purchasing power
• Research market intelligence to understand cost drivers and market trends

Category Management

• Develop, refine, and implement category strategies and tactics that enable the procurement of technology products and services at the highest value benefit to the company
• Cultivate, enhance, and deepen cross-functional stakeholder relationships  at all levels, serving as the  subject matter expert on behalf of the  procurement organization
• Actively monitor  internal/external trends,  synthesize and distill the business intelligence into actionable opportunities and pipeline projects that can and will be delivered to Western Digital’s  bottom line on an ongoing basis

Supplier Management

• Manage supplier relationships with a focus on supply/contract and cost management

• Lead supplier performance business reviews  on a quarterly basis to enhance performance delivery from strategic partners
• Mediate supplier issues and resolve supplier contract disputes as needed
• Develop supplier rationalization entitlements for each category

Contract Management

• Evaluate processes and recommend improvements to standardize lifecycle contract and sourcing processes and systems
• Ensure pricing & deliverables as negotiated are included in the contract; coordinate comparison of proposals and final contract terms
• Act as a liaison between Legal and the business

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate in defining AI-driven Software Architecture and System Architecture for Automated HDD Assembly systems, including AI-enabled decision support and autonomous operations.
• Design, develop, and maintain AI/ML and GenAI solutions for manufacturing use cases such as:

  • Machine diagnostics and predictive maintenance

  • Process optimization and yield improvement

  • Anomaly detection and root cause analysis

  • Intelligent automation and autonomous operation support

• Develop and integrate GenAI applications (e.g. LLM-based agents, AI assistants, knowledge retrieval systems) to support:

  • Engineering troubleshooting

  • Manufacturing analytics

  • Technical documentation generation

  • Operational decision-making

• Build and maintain Data Engineering pipelines including data collection, cleansing, transformation, and storage from:

  • HDD Assembly Machines

  • Robotics, Vision Systems, Sensors, and Logs

  • Manufacturing execution and control systems

• Collaborate with Software, Process, and Equipment teams to enable data-driven manufacturing improvements, focusing on yield, downtime, scrap reduction, and process stability.

• Develop and maintain AI models lifecycle including data preparation, model training, validation, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

• Integrate AI solutions with existing Machine Control Software, Automation Frameworks, and Manufacturing Systems.

• Execute experiments, analyze large-scale manufacturing data, and translate insights into actionable engineering recommendations.

• Generate and maintain technical documentation including:

  • AI model design and performance reports

  • Data pipeline architecture

  • Software and AI release notes

  • System specifications and user guidelines

• Validate and test AI-enabled software releases to ensure robustness, reliability, and manufacturing readiness.

• Serve as a technical AI resource and mentor for junior engineers, providing guidance on AI, data, and software best practices.

• Maintain effective communication with cross-functional technical teams and stakeholders, including presenting AI insights and recommendations.

• Comply with 6S activities to ensure good housekeeping and disciplined engineering practices.

• Comply with EH&S policies to ensure workforce safety and a sustainable working environment.

This position is part of our Early Career program at WD. Our Early Career program is designed to support individuals beginning their professional career by providing the foundational training through a structured onboarding, mentorship, and development curriculum.