Senior Engineer, Equipment Engineering

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day equipment sustaining activities, including troubleshooting, failure analysis, and resolution of production issues.
• Drive equipment reliability improvement initiatives to enhance uptime and reduce chronic failures.
• Develop and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance strategies to improve long-term performance.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) for major equipment failures and implement corrective actions.
• Support equipment upgrades, hardware modifications, and machine conversion activities.
• Coordinate new equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, and acceptance.
• Monitor and analyze performance indicators such as OEE, MTBF, and MTTR to identify improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with Process, Yield, Production, and Quality teams to improve manufacturing performance.
• Work with OEM vendors to resolve technical issues and support technology development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Materials Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5–8 years of experience in equipment engineering within semiconductor, sputter media, vacuum coating, or advanced manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of vacuum systems, sputtering equipment, and manufacturing equipment control systems.
• Proven experience in equipment troubleshooting, reliability improvement, and manufacturing support.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to perform technical investigations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience specifically in a sputter media or semiconductor manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of high-vacuum technology, plasma processes, or thin-film deposition systems.
• Experience with equipment automation, PLC systems, and equipment control interfaces.

About the Company

WD is building the infrastructure behind the AI-driven data economy. We combine deep engineering expertise with global-scale manufacturing to deliver the storage systems that make AI possible, powering hyperscale data centers, cloud platforms, and enterprise infrastructure worldwide.