Staff Engineer, Quality Assurance Engineering

At WD, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, WD is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we've been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, and WD_BLACK™.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world's biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, WD is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Today's exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This job is responsible for delivering the organization's outcome as stated:
• To ensure acceptable quality, reliability, conformance, and performance consistently for all the New Products (NPI/HAMR) manufactured in Head operations that meet all the customer specifications and requirements
• To set up, maintain, and improve the in-process and outgoing quality of the Slider fabrication/ Head Process for Visual, Mechanical specification to meet the customer requirements
• Monitor and improve LAR / DPPM / Cpk for CTF parameters as identified in the control plan
• Monitor & review NPI build performance in each build phase
• Communicate and liaise with cross-functional teams for Quality improvement activities.
• Attend Daily Operations, Core team & NPI build meetings
• Assure that all changes must undergo documented change management systems and be validated before implementation
  
  

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's degree in Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical, Science, or equivalent
• At least 5-6 years in a manufacturing environment with a minimum of 4 years in Quality Function

PREFERRED:

• Experience in the HDD business, especially the slider fabricating process, is an added advantage
• Understanding of Quality tools and perform 8D,FMEA, SPC, and Lesson learned
• Understanding of 4IR and Digital transformation

SKILLS:

• Good command of spoken and written English.
• Computer literacy: Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Power BI and SQL
• Quality Management Systems: ISO 9001, 14001, 45001
  
  

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