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Job Description
The position is needed for equipment engineering group in Photo area responsible for manufacturing equipment. Equipment failure analysis and characterization, with the emphasize on the following areas:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Assist Equipment Engineering – Optimizing, improving and providing solutions/feedback for equipment.
Learn and maintain obsolescence tools
PM trainer/assistant) that could work a hybrid shift.
Train and assist, as needed, with PMs. Since we have a lot of PAS tools that might be a good place to start.
This would really help upskill shifts that need more help and alleviate some of the shift specific PMs.
This individual would help keep data together, highlight potential problems and provide feedback on all shifts need more resources.
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Work with maintenance team to trouble-shoot, provide long term solutions and training.
Lead and drive the corrective actions associated with equipment issue.
Assist in transitioning FR/GO Wiki
Monitor equipment performance, identify issues and fix tool.
Certify and train maintenance, chemical technicians and equipment tool owners.
Establish written procedures and specs for maintenance tech.
Work with process engineering team to provide resolution/reduction of rework and scrap issues.
Work with EE on investigations for equipment related excursion and provide a solution.
Assiste EE in 8D summary to maint/prod/process and various department stake holders.
Provide safety recommendations on equipment in addition ensuring tools meet QA site requirements.
REQUIRED
AS/BS degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or computer science is preferred.
Analytical, logical, and data-driven, and demonstrated ability in fixing and providing equipment resolutions.
Demonstrated ability to manage projects with set milestone and timeline, and ability to execute under minimal supervision.
A responsible and team player. Detail-oriented and willingness to learn and thrive in a cross-functional manufacturing environment.
SKILLS
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral. Able to work and interact with various interdepartmental engineering and other support organizations.
Ability to understand electrical schematics and trouble-shoot equipment.
Understand Photo equipment process, optics, electrical, mechanical and robotics knowledge.
Provide equipment training to maintenance team.
Utilize Micro-computer applications for equipment optimization, trouble-shooting and analysis of tool performance.
Assist EE provide solutions equipment performance reports, 8D resolutions and follow thru on action items.
Assist EE parts inventory, research second source options and engineer parts if necessary to support equipment.
Work with equipment vendors to ensure tool performance and support as well as escalation of line down situations.
AS/BS degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or computer science is preferred.
Analytical, logical, and data-driven, and demonstrated ability in fixing and providing equipment resolutions.
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral. Able to work and interact with various interdepartmental engineering and other support organizations.
Demonstrated ability to manage projects with set milestone and timeline, and ability to execute under minimal supervision.
A responsible and team player. Detail-oriented and willingness to learn and thrive in a cross-functional manufacturing environment.
Additional Information
WD 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.
WD 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.
WD 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 jobs.accommodations@wdc.com 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 10/16/2026 (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.
If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.
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