Western Digital Technologist Dry Etch Engineering 

Philippines, Quezon City 

160598805

Here’s how you can help.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Process development and manufacturing implementation of new Dry Etch (Ion mill, RIE, Ash) processes and technologies for magnetic recording head wafer manufacturing in a clean room environment.
• Responsible for process sustaining, improvement, and production line support.
• Document processes and procedures, train and certify technicians/operators, and conduct audit periodically.
• Troublesshoot line issues. Conduct defect analysis, root cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions to improve yield, cycle time and cost.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects with set milestone and timeline.
• Present project plan and summary and execute it under minimal supervision.
• Work with development, integration, and other modules to transfer/implement new products/processes/tooling/methodology into production.

• PhD degree in Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or related engineering field. 3+ years of professional experience is preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of vacuum process, equipment, metrologies, and thin film dry etch fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience in vacuum process development in a clean room environment.
• Experience with DOE, SPC, APC, and JMP/JSL is preferred.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills and the ability to find correlations and patterns among large amount of available data. Be able to make decisions and execute them on a timely manner.
• Be able to work with cross-function teams and people from different background and from other departments and organizations. Strong quality mindset and the ability to accepting different opinions.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be

Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s 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 Digital’s Short-Term 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 Long-Term 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 Digital’s 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; tax-advantaged 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 Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.