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.
Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their 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 "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.
Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.
Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 01/14/2025 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.
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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.
