Wafer Fab Support Technician at Western Digital — Fremont, CA

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support Manufacturing teams with ad hoc projects and operational initiatives.
• Collect, analyze, and report data to support manufacturing performance, quality improvements, and business decisions.
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and presentations.
• Utilize basic programming, data query, and data analytics skills to improve reporting and process efficiency.
• Support local IT-related projects, equipment deployments, and technology initiatives.
• Manage employee locker assignments, garment hangers and vacuum wands.
• Help with cleanroom garments and supplies inventory, ordering, distribution, and store coordination.
• Serve as backup support for Wafer Fab Quality Auditors by assisting with inspections, audits, documentation reviews, and compliance activities.
• Prepare and maintain operational, quality, and inventory documentation, reports, and records.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities focused on safety, quality, efficiency, and cost reduction.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to support manufacturing operations and site-wide initiatives.
• Adhere to all safety, quality, environmental, and cleanroom standards and procedures.

REQUIRED:

• Ability to learn wafer manufacturing processes and logistics
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Ability to learn SPC, MES and other Manufacturing applications
• Must be able to work in a cleanroom

PREFERRED:

• Expert in Excel and Power Point
• Basic skills in programming, data query, and data analytics

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 10/22/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
• If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.
• You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either WD’s Short Term Incentive Plan (“STI Plan”) or the Sales Incentive Plan (“SIP”) which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance, depending on your role and your performance. You may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to WD'S Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program; employee stock purchase plan; and the WD Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.