Total 11 job vacancies by Western Digital

The Product Design Engineering Technologist develops robust head-media interfaces for magnetic recording media, which will be integrated into Western Digital's hard disk drive products. This critical role involves collaborating with R&D and worldwide teams to innovate and productize recording media designs. This role requires strong technical expertise and the ability to manage complex manufacturing systems while ensuring defect mitigation, quality assurance, and reliability standards.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop head-media interface designs that meet product performance requirements and scale into high-volume manufacturing environments.
• Improve hard disk sputtering processes to reduce defects and enhance manufacturing yield.
• Optimize magnetic areal density by reducing head-media spacing while maintaining reliability specifications and performance standards.
• Conduct comprehensive testing and validation of recording media designs to ensure compliance with product specifications and industry standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including manufacturing, quality assurance, and product engineering to drive innovation and process improvements.
• Analyze manufacturing data and performance metrics to identify optimization opportunities and implement corrective actions.
• Document technical findings, design specifications, and process improvements through detailed reports and presentations.
• Support the transition of new designs from development to production, ensuring manufacturability and cost-effectiveness.

• Plan and purchase precious metal according to precious metal target demand in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery.
• Manage and process PR per guided lead time to support production need and timely settle consumed precious target.
• Provide long-term forecasts to suppliers to ensure continuity of supply.
• Target (precious metal) shipment follows up & supplier delivery monitoring.
• Manage precious metal target turn over, track precious metal movement, monitor pool account and reconciliation activities.
• Manage and control inventory level according to management goal set.
• Manage End of Life (EOL) and inventory aging risk to minimize material exposure.
• Prepare reports and updates as and when required.
• Build, maintain, and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications.
• To comply with Legal requirements (EMS, OHSMS), Regulatory Requirements (RBA, QMS, IMS), purchasing policies and procedures.
• Support SOX/IMS/BCMS activity and audit compliance.
• Coach and train junior staff in all procurement matters.
• Participate in cost saving projects and support Commodity Manager on cost saving analysis.
• Support Commodity Manager on Supplier Performance Review activity and data compilation.
• Participate in alternative or 2nd source development.
• Support NPI purchase requisition.
• Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and mitigation action execution.

As a Staff Equipment Engineer specializing in sputter media, you will be responsible for overseeing the operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of sputtering equipment used in the production of hard disk media. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure optimal equipment performance, minimize downtime, cycle time improvement and contribute to the development of new processes and technologies.
 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee day-to-day equipment maintenance activities, troubleshooting, and line issue management to ensure high equipment availability and minimal production downtime.
• Lead equipment reliability, maintenance, and engineering improvement initiatives to support stable and efficient manufacturing operations.
• Drive preventive and predictive maintenance strategies to improve equipment reliability, reduce failures, and sustain long-term operational performance.
• Lead equipment upgrades, machine conversions, and technology improvements to support next-generation HDD product requirements.
• Manage new equipment installation, commissioning, and acceptance testing to ensure systems meet operational, safety, and process specifications before production release.
• Monitor and analyze equipment performance, reliability, and OEE data to identify improvement opportunities and drive operational excellence.
• Lead root cause analysis for equipment failures, implementing effective corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence.
• Collaborate with Process Engineering and Sputter Yield teams to improve yield performance, reduce defects, and enhance process capability.
• Coordinate closely with Production, Quality, Facilities, and other cross-functional teams to ensure smooth production operations and achieve manufacturing targets.
• Manage engineering projects related to equipment upgrades, modifications, and system improvements, ensuring timely execution within scope and budget.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to junior engineers and technicians to strengthen team capability and technical competency.
• Develop and maintain engineering documentation, including SOPs, maintenance procedures, and best practices for equipment operation and sustainment.
• Ensure all equipment and related systems comply with safety regulations, company policies, and industry standards.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by introducing new technologies, automation solutions, and engineering best practices.
• Strengthen knowledge sharing and technical skill development within the engineering team to build a high-performing equipment engineering organization.
• Maintain strong collaboration with OEM suppliers and technical partners to support equipment upgrades, troubleshooting, and technology development.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.

As a Senior Equipment Engineer specializing in sputter media, you will be responsible for leading equipment sustaining, reliability, and continuous improvement activities to support high-volume hard disk media manufacturing. You will play a key role in driving equipment performance, improving operational efficiency, and supporting new technology implementation. This role requires strong technical leadership to guide technicians in maintaining stable manufacturing operations, reducing equipment downtime, and enabling next-generation product and process requirements.
 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead day-to-day equipment sustaining activities, including troubleshooting, failure analysis, and resolution of equipment-related production issues.
• Drive equipment reliability improvement initiatives to enhance equipment uptime, reduce chronic failures, and improve overall operational stability.
• Develop, implement, and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance strategies to improve long-term equipment performance.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) for major equipment failures and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Support equipment upgrades, hardware modifications, and machine conversion activities to meet product and technology roadmap requirements.
• Coordinate new equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, and acceptance to ensure systems meet operational and safety standards.
• Monitor and analyze equipment performance indicators such as OEE, MTBF, MTTR, and downtime trends to identify improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate closely with Process Engineering, Yield Engineering, Production, and Quality teams to improve process capability and manufacturing performance.
• Drive engineering projects related to equipment improvements, automation enhancement, and productivity optimization.
• Develop and maintain equipment documentation including SOPs, maintenance procedures, troubleshooting guides, and best practices.
• Work closely with OEM vendors and suppliers to resolve technical issues, implement upgrades, and support equipment technology development.
• Support cost reduction initiatives through engineering optimization, reliability improvements, and maintenance efficiency.
• Ensure all equipment operations comply with company safety policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives, including Lean manufacturing, automation deployment, and digitalization programs.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.

The individual is responsible for managing daily PN & JO freight billing operations, including resolving billing exceptions and disputes with suppliers and internal stakeholders. Key responsibilities include collaborating with external suppliers and the Accounts Payable team to improve billing processes, ensuring billing accuracy, timely freight payment settlement, and preparation of required reports. The role also involves analyzing shipment volumes, transportation costs, and supplier performance to support cost control initiatives. In addition, the individual supports logistics operations execution, including inbound and outbound freight activities, import and export customs compliance, preparation of customs documentation and regulatory reports, and liaison with Trade Compliance teams, Customs authorities, government agencies, and logistics providers while ensuring compliance with FIZ, LMW, and international customs requirements. The position also provides support for inventory management activities, including material receiving, storage, and issuance, and assists with internal and external audits as required.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities  

• Responsible for the verification of the billing invoices from the PN & JO Logistics Service Providers.
• Ensure the accuracy of the freight invoice billing and submit for payment processing with the Finance department.
• Perform auditing and handle exceptions or disputes with relevant suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Support establishing and monitoring WD freight billing processes with external suppliers and the internal accounts payable team.
• Perform correct reporting and timely submission to the management and Finance department.
• Cooperate with the accounts payable team to manage the freight payment with suppliers on time.
• Generate relevant reports to analyze shipment volumes, unit costs, and supplier performance.
• Support operational cost control. Work with Finance on trends and other related queries. 
• Support Logistics operations execution, including import and export customs compliance activities, preparation of customs documentation and regulatory reports, and liaison with Trade Compliance teams, Customs authorities, government agencies, and logistics providers, while ensuring compliance with FIZ, LMW, and international customs requirements.
• Support inventory management activities as needed, including material receiving, storage, and issuance.
• Provide support to inbound & outbound freight execution and monitoring.
• Work with internal teams to identify process improvements, opportunities, and work on improvement projects.
• Support any other ad-hoc projects as assigned.
• Provide support during audits as necessary.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Product Engineer to join our team in George Town, Malaysia. As a Product Engineer, you will play a crucial role in HDD-Media-Head performance characterization.

• You would guide Media Mfg. Engineering team to optimize process to deliver best Media performance at HDD.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize product specifications and requirements (PM, Development and Process Engineering teams)
• Optimize existing products for improved yield performance, cost-effectiveness, and manufacturability
• Support Media performance optimization from development to high volume production
• Stay updated on industry trends, new technologies, and manufacturing processes
• Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards and regulations
• Drive digitalization initiatives in manufacturing
• Implementing data-driven decision-making using advanced analytics.
• Utilize AI/ML models for predictive analysis of yield, reliability, and performance trends.

Responsible for timely machine installation and ensuring optimal production operations by maintaining equipment and enhancing yield, utilization, and product quality.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform machine installation as per schedule.
• Maintaining the smooth operation of production and optimizing yield, utilization, and product quality through machine sustaining and maintenance.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot equipment malfunctions, identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions.
• Monitor equipment performance indicators and implement corrective actions to address deviations from performance targets.
• Adhere to all safety regulations and protocols while performing maintenance and repair tasks, ensuring a safe working environment for all team members.
• Update machine status from outgoing shift to incoming shift.

Responsibilities related to financial management, including budgeting, preparing financial reports, conducting cost analyses, and improving financial processes. It involves monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs), supporting audits, managing capital tracking, ensuring legal compliance, and maintaining documentation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the company's continued business expansion by providing financial planning, analysis, and business partnering for capacity growth, new initiatives, and increasing operational complexity.
• Full support on automation and digitalization project  
• Participate in FP&A transformation initiative 
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Monitor automated processes, troubleshoot issues, and implement continuous improvements.
• Track, monitor, analyse, and control department budget
• Prepare a monthly financial analysis of actual against budget
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of cost centres and management reports
• Consolidate spending at the divisional level and perform a detailed analysis of costs on the  product level
• Recommends actions by analysing data and making comparative analyses
• Involve and focus heavily on budgetary control, financial analysis, and management reports
• Reconciles transactions by comparing and correcting data, and maintains the database by entering, verifying, and backing up data
• Prepare various reports and charts, and the Operation Review when necessary
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve financial processes and systems
• Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and long-term financial forecasts
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and provide insights to improve financial performance
• Support internal and external audit processes by preparing required documentation and analyses
• Involved in capital tracking and depreciation forecast
• Participate in ad-hoc projects and reports as assigned by the immediate supervisor from time to time
• Ensure meeting company and departmental compliance to applicable legal and IMS requirements
• Responsible for the health and safety of the individual at the workplace
• Ensure departmental compliance with ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001, and ISO22301 standards

Job Description
The Staff Engineer, Process Development & Sustaining will lead the development, optimization, and sustaining of manufacturing processes for WD's HDD storage products. This is a technically deep, cross-functional role requiring strong foundation in chemistry, materials science, or chemical engineering.

You will drive process characterization, chemical/material qualification, and yield improvement initiatives while ensuring manufacturing processes remain stable, compliant, and cost-competitive. You are expected to operate with high technical autonomy, interface with global R&D and process teams, and mentor junior engineers on the Penang floor.

This role is ideal for a PhD's, or Master's graduate in Chemical Engineering or Materials Science who is passionate about translating lab-scale science into high-volume manufacturing solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Process Development

• Design and develop new manufacturing processes or significantly improve existing ones for HDD production
• Conduct Design of Experiments (DOE) to characterize process windows, identify critical process parameters (CPPs), and optimize process outputs
• Evaluate and qualify new chemicals, materials, and process consumables for manufacturing use
• Develop process recipes, control plans, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Translate R&D/lab-scale processes into robust, scalable, high-volume manufacturing processes

Process Sustaining

• Own sustaining engineering for assigned process modules — ensure processes remain stable, in control, and within specification
• Monitor Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts; respond to out-of-control signals with structured problem-solving
• Lead Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) for process changes, chemical substitutions, and material updates
• Manage process deviation requests and ensure timely resolution
• Maintain process documentation, control plans, and work instructions per WD QMS

Chemical & Material Engineering

• Lead chemical/material qualification activities including incoming material testing, process compatibility studies, and shelf-life evaluations
• Evaluate alternative chemistries and materials for cost reduction, sustainability, or supply chain risk mitigation
• Work with EHS team to ensure safe handling, storage, and disposal of process chemicals per regulatory requirements
• Support RoHS, REACH, and PFAS compliance reviews for process chemicals and materials

Yield & Quality Improvement

• Lead yield loss analysis and drive structured RCCA (Root Cause and Corrective Action) for process-related defects
• Apply Six Sigma / SPC / Lean methodologies to reduce process variation and improve Cpk
• Partner with Quality Engineering to resolve customer escapes and field returns linked to process issues
• Drive continuous improvement projects with measurable cost and quality impact

NPI & Technology Transfer

• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) process readiness — from process concept to mass production release
• Lead or support technology transfer of new processes from R&D/HQ to Penang manufacturing
• Develop process qualification protocols (PQ), installation qualification (IQ), and operational qualification (OQ) plans

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Interface with R&D, Product Engineering, Quality, EHS, Supply Chain, and Equipment Engineering teams globally
• Present process data, findings, and recommendations to senior management and global stakeholders
• Collaborate with equipment engineers on process-equipment interactions and optimization

People & Mentorship

• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level process engineers
• Lead technical reviews, knowledge-sharing sessions, and engineering forums
• Support capability building within the Penang process engineering team

Responsible for timely machine installation and ensuring optimal production operations by maintaining equipment and enhancing yield, utilization, and product quality.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform machine installation as per schedule.
• Maintaining the smooth operation of production and optimizing yield, utilization, and product quality through machine sustaining and maintenance.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot equipment malfunctions, identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions.
• Monitor equipment performance indicators and implement corrective actions to address deviations from performance targets.
• Adhere to all safety regulations and protocols while performing maintenance and repair tasks, ensuring a safe working environment for all team members.
• Update machine status from outgoing shift to incoming shift.

As a Senior Equipment Engineer specializing in sputter media, you will be responsible for leading equipment sustaining, reliability, and continuous improvement activities to support high-volume hard disk media manufacturing. You will play a key role in driving equipment performance, improving operational efficiency, and supporting new technology implementation. This role requires strong technical leadership to guide technicians in maintaining stable manufacturing operations, reducing equipment downtime, and enabling next-generation product and process requirements.
 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead day-to-day equipment sustaining activities, including troubleshooting, failure analysis, and resolution of equipment-related production issues.
• Drive equipment reliability improvement initiatives to enhance equipment uptime, reduce chronic failures, and improve overall operational stability.
• Develop, implement, and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance strategies to improve long-term equipment performance.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) for major equipment failures and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Support equipment upgrades, hardware modifications, and machine conversion activities to meet product and technology roadmap requirements.
• Coordinate new equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, and acceptance to ensure systems meet operational and safety standards.
• Monitor and analyze equipment performance indicators such as OEE, MTBF, MTTR, and downtime trends to identify improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate closely with Process Engineering, Yield Engineering, Production, and Quality teams to improve process capability and manufacturing performance.
• Drive engineering projects related to equipment improvements, automation enhancement, and productivity optimization.
• Develop and maintain equipment documentation including SOPs, maintenance procedures, troubleshooting guides, and best practices.
• Work closely with OEM vendors and suppliers to resolve technical issues, implement upgrades, and support equipment technology development.
• Support cost reduction initiatives through engineering optimization, reliability improvements, and maintenance efficiency.
• Ensure all equipment operations comply with company safety policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives, including Lean manufacturing, automation deployment, and digitalization programs.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.