New College Grad – Failure Analysis Engineering
| Company | Western Digital |
|---|---|
| Location | San Jose, CA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad |
Requirements
- Proven problem-solving skills
- Good interpersonal and teamwork skills
- Leadership skills
- Effective at multi-tasking, organization and time management
- Self-motivated
- Demonstrates patience, confidence, and composure
- Knowledge and experience with Python, C++, and/or SQL is a plus
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Education: BS/MS in Engineering or equivalent
- Experience: Prior industry experience a plus
Responsibilities
- Manage overall FA activities and priorities, and identify causes of failures and related drive problems on customer drives.
- Perform and manage Electrical FA tests and create reports onsite in the lab.
- Collaborate closely with other FA lab analysts.
- Summarize overall FA results and Electrical FA results based on Electrical tests and key other labs findings and cause of failure.
- Pro-actively engage with subject matter experts in Customer Technical Support and Customer Quality Management, PCBA, Firmware, Reliability, Data Analytics, Factory FA and Quality teams on customer issues.
- Follow department/work group processes.
- Develop, improve, and document failure analysis procedures, processes, and requirements.
- Participate in selected Program/Product/Customer issue resolution meetings and act as an integral part of the issue resolution team.
- Effectively present information, ideas, and your perspective to peers, team members and managers.
- Create and meet schedules for high priority process improvements.
- Brainstorm, be open to inputs and recommend team improvements and team process improvements.
- Interact with Development teams to understand new technology, failure modes, develop associated failure analysis tools, processes, and documentation.
- Define and work on tool improvements related to Electrical FA.
- Effectively communicate results and status with management and team members and participate in resolving product and customer issues by providing electrical analysis and meaningful insights.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge and experience with Python, C++, and/or SQL is a plus
- Prior industry experience a plus