Western Digital Wet Etch & Electroplating Wafer Engineering Technician Night Shift 

United States, California, Fremont 

720989641

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform daily job duties to provide engineering support in Wet Etch and Electroplating area.
• Basic understanding of different electroplating bath chemistry in order to request necessary bath adjustment if needed.
• Perform basic operation of different wet etch, electroplating, metrology and inspection tools in both manual and automatic mode.
• Perform non-standard process and can create or edit process recipe as well as create or edit wafer level CRMS.
• Good understanding of SPC chart and how to react to different violations according to SPEC/OCAP as well as analyzing the Electroplating process/tool performance using basic knowledge in statistics and data analysis.
• Disposition hold wafer according to SPEC or disposition criteria provided by Process Engineer. Also capable of dispositioning hold wafer with own judgement based on risk assessment, process expertise or related previous experience.
• Basic knowledge of IT-related application and software such as CRMS, APC, MITECS, GS3, TSD report, EDCSPC, SPC chart, Fabtime, etc.
• Notify Process Engineer and Manufacturing team if there's any suspected excursion. Do preliminary investigation, identify and hold all potentially affected wafers to contain the problem and minimize the impact.
• Train wafer fab operators with new process or tool.
• Lead and support team project.

Required:

• Preferred AA Degree.
• 5 or more years wafer manufacturing hands-on experience
• Must have strong computer skills, including knowledge of Windows and proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
• Must be a self-starter and quick learner.
• Must be able to solve problems and troubleshoot minor process and equipment related issues.

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.
• If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.
• 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.