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Senior Engineer, Failure Analysis Engineering

Western Digital

Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia full-time July 12, 2026

Found Description

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Conduct and supervise Failure Analysis (FA) activities for Production and New Product Introduction (NPI) samples, including trend analysis, reporting, and defect characterization.
  • Manage and mentor a team of technicians for media FA analysis and defect characterization using first level FA equipment.
  • Coordinate second-level analysis with analytical lab teams.
  • Generate and communicate comprehensive FA findings to stakeholders, including quarterly defect pareto reports
  • Collaborate with Yield/Defect Engineering, Process Teams, QC Teams, and Analytical Teams to drive yield and quality improvements
  • Participate in cross-functional meetings and global FA initiatives to share knowledge and best practices, including FA Database
  • Drive defect unification initiatives and FA methodology improvements
  • Maintain & update defect library when...

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