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Senior Engineer, Engineering (Mechanical)

Western Digital.com

Office

Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia

Full Time

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

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Facilities Engineer will be responsible as a system owner for the designated Facility System and equipment for its operation, maintenance, and engineering. He/She will be able to routinely use technical judgment in solving problems, making routine recommendations, and improving existing work processes. He/She will make substantial technical contributions to the success of the department using proven solutions for complex technical problems. He/She will listen to customer feedback, recognize opportunities and provide feedback for technical innovation. The decision could impact the quality and schedule of projects but would generally be contained to the department

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

  • Mechanical Dry System e.g. compressed air, vacuum air, compressed dried air, LEV, nitrogen, and etc.
  • Mechanical Wet System e.g. cooling towers, chillers, AHUs, FCUs, split units, and etc
  • Provide support for operational issues, root cause analysis, corrective action, and preventive action with basic knowledge of the systems.
  • Determine the system mass balance and operate all related systems to optimize.
  • Analyze system capabilities and future requirements during scenario evaluations based on manufacturing capacity and demand.
  • Support design reviews for base build systems in your area of responsibility ensuring specifications are met and cost reduction improvements are identified.
  • Support tool install designs for the systems that connect to those tools, ensuring specifications are met and cost reduction improvements are identified.
  • Review and support capacity analysis for your system,s tracking against actual data from the facility.
  • Identifies and evaluates risk analysis for your systems and proposes possible improvements.
  • Provide solutions to real-time equipment and process problems.
  • Evaluate new or modified equipment based on tools specification requirements and the system capacity study
  • Use, identify, and implement equipment and process control methods
  • Develop and implement long-term improvements in equipment or processes that result in cost reduction, improved reliability, and safety improvements.
  • Identifies root cause from the excursion or abnormal operation and conducts analytical improvement and lessons learnt as part of preventive actions.
  • Identifies and evaluates interactions between equipment and processes and resolves potential problems.

Environmental, Health, Safety, and Security (EHSS)

  • Follow all EHSS procedures to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and company standards
  • Ensure compliance of all facility equipment in accordance to regulations
  • Ensure compliance of daily activity in facility within the regulatory permissible limit.

Cost Reduction

  • He/She is responsible for reducing costs associated within the area. This responsibility may include owning and completing cost reduction projects, identifying cost effective sustaining/manufacturing improvements, minimizing regular expenditures, and helping to promote a cost conscious culture.

Qualifications

Required:

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Electronic or equivalent Engineering study.

Preferred:

  • Minimum 3 - 5 years of experience in the Manufacturing Industry, preferably in Semiconductor
  • Experience in IMS, 8D, AUTOCAD, and Excel, PowerPoint, and Word is an added advantage

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at jobs.accommodations@wdc.com to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Notice To Candidates: Please be aware that Western Digital and its subsidiaries will never request payment as a condition for applying for a position or receiving an offer of employment. Should you encounter any such requests, please report it immediately to Western Digital Ethics Helpline or email compliance@wdc.com.

Senior Engineer, Engineering (Mechanical)

Office

Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia

Full Time

October 2, 2025

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