Director, Hardware Development Engineering

Western Digital•Fremont, CA

About The Position

The Director, Hardware Development Engineering serves as a Module Manager and as a leader overseeing 2 -4 1st line managers across Manufacturing Process and Equipment disciplines. The Module Manager must set direction, priority and coordinate between manufacturing, maintenance, logistics/supply chain, process and equipment engineering groups to resolve issues that affect wafer cycletime and quality. Additionally, the Module Manager will provide leadership, coaching, and mentorship to create a cohesive self-sustaining team. Maintain oversight of issues related to process and equipment and drive resolution of problems that arise. Drive systematic and engineering solutions to improve the manufacturing process. Adapt to changes on the fly and pursue alternate paths, when necessary to achieve objectives:

Requirements

BS/MS/PhD in either of the following: Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Magnetics, Chemical Engineering, Data Analysis, Statistics, Chemistry, Physics and/or Business Administration/Management or equivalent experience
Minimum 10+ years in wafer manufacturing and management
Strong knowledge and familiarity of semiconductor wafer manufacturing (thin film etch, deposition, magnetics, photolithography, metrology, plating, chemical mechanical planarization), operations and logistics.
Able to extract, summarize, interpret and present data and apply to decision making
Project management experience
Proficiency in Excel, Powerpoint, data analytics and statistics
History of problem solving; able to drive problems to resolution
Understand manufacturing and factory systems and how they interact with one another
Excellent communication skills, verbal and written

Responsibilities

Manage a cross functional module team of process and equipment engineers to sustain and improve manufacturing output
Identify and drive resolution of problems that could impact output, quality and/or cost
Monitor tool performance as needed and react to out-of-control situations
Approach and drive solutions with cross functional groups
Track employee performance and deliverables to ensure expectations are being met
Provide timely coaching to develop and enhance the performance of your direct reports
Conduct periodic performance reviews and ensure assessments are fair, consistent
Address performance problems in a timely fashion and take appropriate action(s)
Ensure the consistent application of appropriate disciplinary actions, when warranted
Promote and implement “Lean” manufacturing methodologies, sustainability and scalability

Benefits

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
the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan