Technician 4, Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance
Job Description
Western Digital
The next big thing in data is you!As a Lead Equipment Maintenance Technician, you will play a key technical leadership role in sustaining sputter equipment reliability and performance. You will lead equipment troubleshooting activities, support engineering improvement initiatives, and provide technical guidance to technicians to ensure high equipment uptime and manufacturing stability.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Lead equipment sustaining activities to ensure high equipment uptime and operational stability.
• Support engineers in monitoring and improving equipment performance metrics such as OEE, MTBF, MTTR, and downtime reduction.
• Lead complex troubleshooting and root cause analysis for recurring equipment issues.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior technicians.
• Coordinate technician support during machine conversions, upgrades, and engineering projects.
• Perform advanced maintenance and repair on mechanical, electrical, vacuum, and control systems.
• Review equipment failure trends and provide recommendations for reliability improvement.
• Participate in spare parts planning, critical spare management, and maintenance optimization.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with safety regulations, cleanroom procedures, and operational standards.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to improve equipment reliability and maintenance efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, supervisors, and production teams to maintain stable manufacturing operations.
Requirements
Function: Manufacturing
Experience Level: Associate