Engineer, Program Management Engineering

Company Description
At Western Digital, 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, Western Digital 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, WD_BLACK, and SanDisk Professional brands.

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, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

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

Job Description
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor and report product yield and key parameters, and manage the associated KPI improvement roadmap.
• Responsible as primary lead working through the engineering core team in yield & quality issue root cause finding.
• Manage implementation and maintain product configuration Matrix of Manufacturing Test and Featuring Codes changes.
• Bring to product/swimlane SCT L2-L3 changes for approval and prioritization of engineering change and customer qualification.
• Provide technical leadership on supply, quality, customer qualifications, and engineering changes.
• Represent RSS/SME to resolutions of Head/Media/Servo/Mechanical/Electronic processes/components to meet engineering KPI, quality KPI & cost.
• Liaise with RSS/SME on deployment strategy of Head/Media/Servo/Mechanical/Electronic processes/components prior to HVM.
• Work with Procurement/SQE team to facilitate Head/Media/Servo/Mechanical/Electronic processes/components issue resolution to supply issues that threaten supply continuity.
• Communicate Mfg-related design and/or lesson learn issues to sustaining core team.
• Ensure sPM drives lesson learnt to implement into other sustaining and development programs
• In event of quality stop order, execute SSO process and lead core team to define containment, disposition, drives root cause and corrective actions that meet optimized business objectives (accountable for D4 through D8 of 8D process).
• Participate in new product MRR reviews and approve product release to assume product ownership in VPR.
• Participate in new product KPI underpinning strategy and ensure all KPI and cost roadmaps are aligned to execution capability in HVM
• Coordinate with Development EPM on remaining Development efforts required for completion of pre-VPR ECs, such as MFG Test code and design changes(By exception).
• Liaise with Development EPM to prioritize changes, project manage and implement IP Firmware and Customer-related requirements and requests and ensure common implementation of improvements and/or CA to IP Firmware and Customer-related issues across sites and products.

Qualifications
REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering or related field.
• Fluent in English communication.

Preferred

• HDD Fundamental Knowledge
• HDD Process & Technology
• HDD Quality Management
• Operational Management
• Previous experience as a Engineering Program Manager / Product Engineering

Skills

• People Management & Development
• Strategic Planning
• Risk/Crisis Management
• Problem solving and Decision making
• Good Interpersonal Skill , Pro-active ,Accountable , Dynamic

Additional Information
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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