Senior Equipment Maintenance Technician

Summary

Join Western Digital and contribute your expertise to the future of data storage. This role involves performing scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on CMP or plating equipment, troubleshooting and repairing equipment, and documenting maintenance activities. You will collaborate with engineers and other teams to improve processes and productivity. The position requires an AA degree in Electronics or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience, along with 8+ years of relevant experience and expert knowledge of wafer fabrication. Western Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, health insurance, retirement plans, and various other perks.

Requirements

• AA Degree Electronics, Computer Engineering. Certificate from a 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

Responsibilities

• Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on assigned CMP or Plating 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 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 be 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 to improve 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 a high degree of initiative to resolve
• Understands implication of work and decisions and makes recommendations for solutions
• Collaborates with others within their department, and in other departments, on solutions that may affect the business

Preferred Qualifications

CMP or Plating is background is preferred

Benefits

• 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
• The Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan
• Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan
• Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program
• Restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents