Staff Engineer, Wash Manufacturing Engineering

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As the Staff Engineer at Wash Manufacturing Engineering, role to drive operational excellence in Wash process team especially related to process optimization with quality control. Will work closely with production and cross-functional teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality products in alignment with customer quality target. In this role, need to oversee engineering changes, facilitate continuous improvement projects, and collaborate with related team to enhance product quality and reduce costs. A key part of ME responsibilities to deliver products to customers at committed functionality, reliability, time, volume and cost.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee and sustaining in term of yield and quality from after Polish until finish product NPP.
• Drive real-time collaboration with production and cross-functional teams to ensure timely and efficient delivery of high-quality outputs in alignment with the business plan.
• Lead some improvement initiatives focused on Quality, Cost Optimization, Productivity, and Sustainability, driving measurable results that contribute to business growth and operational excellence.
• Collaborate together with Quality Assurance (QA) team and Media-HDD partners to gather and analyze product performance data, driving continuous improvement and providing actionable insights to internal teams.
• Guide a team of normal/shift technician to align with and achieve department goals and values.
• Response on the in-process quality and more focus on the customer feedback and complaint.
• To monitor, review and trigger Wash key performance Input / output indicator (KPIV/ KPOV).
• Work hand in hand with other department engineers on yield, PPH, quality troubleshooting, utilization and improvement activities.
• Actively work on the second source qualification.
• Involve in IMS audits and in-process control audit.

Required:

• Degree in Engineering or Applied Sciences.

Preferred:

• HDD Substrate manufacturing experience.

Skill:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in manufacturing/ production environment.
• Excellent Project Management skills and yield troubleshooting
• Self-motivated and goal oriented and will have the ability to work equally well in a team environment as well as individually.
• Can work independently and less supervision required.
• Systematic problem-solving methodology Six Sigma, 8D, DMAIC, FMEA, Fish Bone Diagram etc
• Strong in chemical/ electronic/ mechanical fundamental
• Applies FMEA/ Statistical methods to gauge manufacturing requirements and potential risk
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skill with an extremely positive attitude towards working as a team

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