Western Digital Senior Equipment Maintenance Technician 

United States, California, Fremont 

47617971

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on plating and wet etch equipment.
• Consistently conduct highly complex troubleshooting and repair of down equipment to root cause of failure in a timely and efficient manner in accordance with departmental objectives.
• Notify supervisor and equipment engineers of parts requirements, repeated problems and equipment deficiencies. Provide solutions when repeated problems and equipment deficiencies occur and when potential problems may occur.
• Perform complex preventive maintenance in accordance with PM specifications and applicable safety procedures.
• Thoroughly and accurately, document the performance of preventive and corrective maintenance.
• Give accurate and detailed end of shift pass-downs of equipment problems found and repairs performed.
• Work on assignments that may highly complex in nature where judgment and analysis are required in solving problems.
• Initiate continuous improvement activities with equipment engineering, vendors and other cross functional groups in for productivity, cost savings and yield enhancement.
• Provide input to facilitate improvements in equipment maintenance key processes, techniques, and procedures.
• Continuously improve required skill sets through formal training or through resolving issues while on the job.
• Occasionally works on extremely complex assignments.
• Follows established policies, processes, guidelines, methods to accomplish work.
• Consistently works on assignments requiring high degree of initiative to resolve
• Understands implication of work and decisions and makes recommendations for solutions.
• Collaborates with others within their own department and in other departments on solutions that may affect the business.

REQUIRED:

• AA Degree Electronics, Computer Engineering. Certificate from vocational or trade school in computer technology or computer hardware maintenance, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8+ years supporting and repairing related equipment.
• Expert level knowledge of wafer fabrication practices, techniques and equipment. Good technical understanding of hard disk drives and their components.
• Read and understand blue prints, wiring diagrams, schematics and related instructions.
• Apply understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Adapt techniques and practices to situation appropriately.
• Understands implications of work.
• Makes recommendations for solutions.
• Use a wide variety of common bench electronic equipment and specialized equipment.
• Use standard electronic assembly tools and materials.
• Experience with the one or more of the following equipment, Semit-tool, Tosetz, Veeco RSD, Amerimade.

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.