Wafer Manufacturing Process Technician

Company: Western Digital
Location: San Jose
Posted on: March 28, 2020

Job Description:

Western Digital

The next big thing in data is you!

As Process Technician you will function as the primary interface between the manufacturing, maintenance, and process and equipment engineering teams to ensure the consistent production of high quality wafers.

ESSENTIAL DUTEIS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

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• Responsible for monitoring the performance of tooling used in the manufacturing process and for helping to identify processing issues affecting output or product quality.
• Responsible for the cycle-time within their area and must resolve any WIP that is delayed or on hold.
• Often directly involved in the resolution of tooling or processing issues and may recommend, document and implement changes at the direction of the appropriate engineering group.
• Play a vital role in the training and certification of lower level operators.
  
  Preferred Education Background or Equivalent Experience
  
  Bachelors of Science in either the following:
  
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  • Engineering- Industrial Engineering
  • Materials Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Data Analysis or Statistics
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
    
    Position an AWS (Alternative Work Schedule)
    
    PREFERRED:
    
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    • Knowledge and familiarity of semiconductor wafer manufacturing processes (thin film deposition, ion mill, reactive ion etch, electroplating, photolithography, metrology, sputter etch, sputter deposition) and logistics
    • Knowledge of Statistical Process Control systems, applications and rules
    • Knowledge of MESA or similar Shop floor Control Systems
    • Able to extract, summarize, interpret and present process data
    • Able to apply process data to decision making
    • Knowledge and familiarity of Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing Principles and DMAIC processes
    • Proficiency or experience with SQL or similar query languages
    • Proficiency or experience with VBA, Excel, and PowerPoint
    • Experience with Project Management appl
      
      ABOUT WESTERN DIGITAL--
      
      The future. It's on you. You & Western Digital.
      
      We've been storing the world's data for more than 50 years. Once, storage was the most important thing we could do for data. Now, we're helping the world capture, preserve, access and transform data in a way only we can.
      
      The most game-changing companies, consumers, professionals, and government organizations come to us for the technologies and solutions needed to bring meaning and value to their ever-increasing diversity of data.
      
      But we can't do it alone. Today's exceptional data challenges require your unique skills. You can be the next big thing in data.
      
      Western Digital-- data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital, G-Technology---, SanDisk-- and WD-- brands.
      
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      Western Digital is an equal opportunity employer.
      Western Digital does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person's gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law" poster.
      
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