Senior Engineer, Tooling & Automation

WD is building the infrastructure behind the AI-driven data economy.

As AI scales, so does data. Every interaction, every model, every system generates data that must be stored, managed, and made accessible over time. That’s where we come in.

We combine deep engineering expertise with global-scale manufacturing to deliver the storage systems that make AI possible, powering hyperscale data centers, cloud platforms, and enterprise infrastructure worldwide.

This isn’t theoretical work. It’s real systems, at real scale, people solving some of the hardest challenges in technology today.

We’re looking for people who want to build, solve, and operate at that level.

Join us and let’s shape the future of data.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide technical support and troubleshooting services for tooling/fixture maintenance and to continue into containment action and long-term solutions.
• Maintain a working knowledge or process flows, fixtures piece part configuration and any other assigned technical area.
• Responsible for the operations using key indices tool as Cpk’s, MTBF, MTTR, and to react to any abnormalities displayed by those indices.
• Participate in product and technology transfer between work sites.
• To provide upgrading and modification capability for jigs and fixtures.
• Provide technical training on the specified technical areas to technicians and manufacturing personnel.
• Provide supervision and guidance to technical crew.
• To adequately train and control the action of their employees so as to minimize accidents and incidents causing injury and damage.
• To liaise with vendor supplying tooling/fixtures spares and fixtures components.
• Other job assignment from supervisor and management.
• Ensure commonality/standardization among same process/system within related manufacturing sites.
• To analyze the work of the responsible unit to primarily find risks or HIRAC in collaboration with EHS officers and manager to mitigate risk.
• Participate company activities such as ISO, 7S, EHS, RBA, BCM, ZDM, etc
• Comply 7S activity to ensure working area is good housekeeping.
• Comply with EH&S policy to ensure all workforce safety and sustain good environment.
• Consult to Engineer level and Technician.
• Provide OCAP flow to support triggering system and sustaining.
• Authorization to create, review and revise Tooling setup and any tooling procedure relate.
• Authorization to set up and revise trigger limit and Tools down time OCAP flow.

REQUIRED:

• Degree in Engineering (Mechatronics/Mechanical / Electrical / Electronics), Science Degree or related field.
• Bachelor's degree with 2+ yrs experience
• Knowledge in SPC, Lean manufacturing, 6 Sigma, FMEA+, 8D will be an added advantage

PREFERRED:

• HDD manufacturing, ESD, and contamination control knowledge
• IMS, BCM, safety, fire prevention, RBA, and sustainability awareness
• Continuous improvement and problem-solving tools: Kaizen, Lean, QCC, FMEA, 8D, and basic statistics
• PLC, automation, robotics, machine vision, sensors, pneumatics, and microcontrollers
• Mechanical drawings and GD&T knowledge
• Industry 5.0 awareness

SKILLS:

• Computer literate i.e., Microsoft office (Excel, Power point, Word), Minitab, Spotfire, etc.
• Communication skill, Presentation skill.
• Well communication in English written, listening and verbal.
• Tooling, jig, fixture, and automated-equipment troubleshooting
• PLC programming, HMI development, and control-system troubleshooting
• Python programming for automation, data analysis, equipment monitoring, and dashboard development
• AI and machine-learning applications for predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, and fault diagnosis

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