Principal Engineer, MES Applications

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Key Development role as part of a MFG Execution System (MES) design, development, test and deployment team that will deliver exceptional IT solutions for Wafer Manufacturing.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders on business problems that require leading edge IT solutions, and document all requirements in Confluence.
• Perform preliminary sizing and engage supporting teams where required to deliver optimized sizing and design simulations. 
• Decompose design into manageable work packages for development and implementation, and provide effort estimations on work packages.
• Guide the choice of development tools, methodologies, and open-source software for crafting customer-facing applications and automation solutions.
• Drive development of new functionalities, algorithms, prototypes, and reports, and deploy them in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Support MES issues and provide guidance on a 24x7 basis for 2 wafer factories.
• Integrate with other IT groups including Automation, Factory Systems, and Infrastructure to assure seamless communications between teams.
• Operate according to Agile principles

REQUIRED

• Education: Minimum of a BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline is required. MS is a plus.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience
• Strong experience in Microsoft Visual Studio development suite, specifically C#.Net. Also, familiar with the web application development.
• Knowledge in front end development using Angular or React framework or any web framework, TypeScript, JavaScript and jQuery.
• Strong understanding of core Manufacturing Execution System Concepts and highly available MES solutions
• Programming experience with Oracle DB or MS SQL, including database schema design and writing stored procedures/functions. 
• Experience with Semiconductor MFG processes and concepts
• Familiarity with microservices,  and AI Concepts

SKILLS

• Written communication skills: The successful candidate must be able to write clear requirement documents, design documents, test plans and user documents.
• Verbal communication skills: The successful candidate must be able to present requirements, designs, test plans and status to peers and management team.
• Team Skills: The successful candidate must have demonstrated successes in operating in a collaborative team development environment.

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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.
• 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.