Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage key Photo tooling projects - new tool installs, support existing tools
• Monitor both Photolithography process and equipment performance, identify issues and work with vendor, maintenance, or engineers to fix tool.
• Certify and train maintenance, chemical technicians, and equipment tool owners.
• Help to establish written procedures and specs for maintenance technicians.
• Provide resolution/reduction of tool and process related rework and scrap issues.
• Lead investigations for equipment related excursions with tool vendor in order provide viable solutions.
• Responsible for the transition of new technology to production as well as sustainment of existing high volume processes.
• Develop and implement lithography solutions to facilitate new designs, increase process margin and improve wafer yield.
• Own coat, expose and develop processes related to wafer manufacturing - with focus on the apply and develop track.
• Develop control strategies (SPC, APC) for improving and sustaining manufacturing processes (CD, OLY control, shape).
• Work with cross-functional teams to deliver leading edge technology solutions for product, yield and cycle time optimization.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

• Hands-on wafer lithography process and equipment experience using FSI Polaris, TEL ACT8/ProZ , or ASML ArF/KrF scanner toolsets.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, implement, and improve lithography processes.
• Data analysis proficiency and statistics (i.e. JMP, SAS, SQL etc.).
• Team oriented, good verbal and written communication skills, high integrity.
• Work independently with minimum supervision and follow up issues to closure.
• 5 years + of semiconductor/data storage wafer process/equipment experience preferred
• Mechanical Engineering degree preferred

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate 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 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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