Staff Engineer, Failure Analysis Engineering

1 week ago


Shanghai, China Western Digital Full time
Job Description

 

Join our dynamic and collaborative team to help with WD customer failure analysis in support of requests from our customers and qualification teams. As Staff Engineer in Failure Analysis Team, you will be supporting customer return HDDs. You will collaborate with worldwide FA teams and subject matter experts to decide on best course of action for identifying underlying causes of failures and drive problems. You will be responsible for the entire FA summary, including key findings and their corresponding  images or data. These summaries are used to communicate key lab data and causes of failure to the customers, field application engineers, quality managers, manufacturing, or development teams. You will have multiple opportunities to help improve FA processes and tools based on learnings from FA work. 
Over time, you will gain expertise allowing you to be one of few HDD FA experts in the world
 

  • Complete FA work assigned by Manager within the corresponding priority time frame.
  • Summarize FA results based on key lab findings and causes of failure.
  • Provide on-site technical support to customers as needed.
  • Co-work with cross team like PCBA, WW FA,  FW, RWI, Servo, ME for issue dig out.
  • Follow department/work group processes.
  • Document failure analysis procedures, processes, and requirements.
  • Effectively present information, ideas, and your perspective to peers, team members and managers.
  • Brainstorm, be open to inputs and recommend team improvements and team process improvements.
  • Provide effective information on tool improvements related to FA.
  • Learn about product failures from development teams.

 

 


Qualifications

 

  • Hard disk drive failure analysis experience
  • Proven problem-solving skills
  • Effective at multi-tasking, organization and time management
  • Self-motivated
  • Demonstrates patience, confidence, and composure
  • Detailed knowledge of Hard Drives and knowledge of factory processes and storage applications
  • Knowledge and experience with TCL, Python, C++, and/or SQL is a plus.
  • Knowledge and experience with Data Analytics and Reliability is a plus.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal and teamworking skills
  • Candidates must demonstrate relevant experience, interest and aptitude in both analytical and practical aspects of the above topics.
  • Education: BS/MS in EE, ME, IE, or equivalent
  • Experience: 3+ years of failure analysis experience with enterprise or client hard drives highly desired


Additional Information

Because Western Digital thrives on the power of diversity and is committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect, and contribution, we are committed to giving every qualified applicant and employee an equal opportunity.  Western Digital does not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their protected class status and complies with all federal and state laws against discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, as well as the laws and regulations set forth in the "Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law" poster.

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.

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