Staff Engineer, Contamination Control

About the role

Western Digital is looking for a Staff Engineer, Contamination Control to lead its Contamination Control Engineering team and ensure world-class contamination prevention and cleanliness performance across manufacturing operations. The role covers cleanroom optimization, process and equipment qualification, and continuous improvement of yield and reliability.

Key responsibilities

• Improve RTPM machine cleanliness, reduce triggers and false alarms, shorten investigation turnaround and strengthen proactive contamination control.
• Develop, implement and continuously improve contamination control strategies, standards, procedures and best practices.
• Drive root cause investigations for contamination excursions, customer complaints, yield losses and reliability issues using methods such as 8D, FMEA, Fishbone and SPC.
• Establish contamination monitoring programs, cleanliness specifications and control plans.
• Lead projects including cleanroom optimization, process and equipment qualification, filtration systems, chemical contamination controls and particle reduction.
• Analyze contamination data, benchmark best practices across sites and present technical reports and business cases to management.
• Mentor engineers and technicians and ensure compliance with company standards, customer requirements, industry regulations and EHS requirements.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, materials science, chemistry, physics, environmental or mechanical/chemical engineering or a related discipline; Master's degree advantageous.
• Minimum 5+ years of engineering experience in semiconductor, HDD, electronics manufacturing, cleanroom operations, medical devices or advanced manufacturing.
• 3-5 years of supervisory, team leadership or people management experience.
• PREFERRED: proven experience in contamination control, cleanliness engineering, yield improvement, process or quality engineering, and experience leading cross-functional projects.

Required skills

• Contamination control engineering, cleanliness verification and monitoring, root cause analysis (8D, RCA).
• Process control and statistical analysis (SPC, DOE, Minitab), failure analysis, risk assessment (FMEA).
• Cleanroom operations and standards, project management, strong English communication and presentation skills.