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Staff Engineer, Contamination Control

Western Digital
full-time lead Amphoe Si Maha Phot, Prachin Buri, Thailand
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Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the Contamination Control Engineering team to ensure world-class contamination prevention and cleanliness performance across manufacturing operations.
• RTPM machine cleanliness improvement, and reduce the number of triggers and false alarms, shorten investigation turnaround time, and strengthen proactive contamination control.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve contamination control strategies, standards, procedures, and best practices for products, processes, equipment, and manufacturing environments.
• Drive root cause investigations for contamination-related excursions, customer complaints, yield losses, and reliability issues using structured problem-solving methodologies (8D, FMEA, Fishbone, SPC, etc.).
• Establish contamination monitoring programs, cleanliness specifications, and control plans to support product quality and customer requirements.
• Lead contamination control projects, including cleanroom optimization, process qualification, equipment qualification, filtration systems, chemical contamination controls, and particle reduction initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve yield, reliability, process capability, and operational efficiency.
• Develop contamination control roadmaps aligned with technology, factory, and business objectives.
• Analyze contamination data, trend performance metrics, and provide technical recommendations to senior leadership.
• Ensure compliance with company standards, customer requirements, industry regulations, and environmental, health, and safety (EHS) requirements.
• Mentor and develop engineers and technicians through coaching, technical guidance, training, and career development planning.
• Collaborate with global and cross-functional teams to benchmark and deploy best practices across sites.
• Prepare and present technical reports, business cases, and strategic recommendations to management and executive leadership.

Requirements

Function: Other
Experience Level: Not Applicable

Required Skills

Location

Amphoe Si Maha Phot, Prachin Buri, Thailand

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