Reliability Lab Lead — Data Storage Systems

WD; Bayan Lepas; On-site; MYR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Western Digital in Malaysia's Bayan Lepas is seeking a senior leader to oversee the reliability test lab operations, equipment, staffing and scheduling. You will manage calibration, budgeting and resource planning while guiding a team of reliability engineers and lab technicians to deliver quality data for NPI and design improvements.

If you have 8–12+ years in reliability/quality within data storage or semiconductor environments and 3–5+ years in leadership, you will find a dynamic environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Mechanical, Electrical/Electronic, Chemical or Physics Engineering.
• 8-12+ years in reliability, quality or product engineering in HDD, semiconductor, data storage or similar high-volume precision manufacturing.
• 3-5+ years leading engineers and/or technicians, ideally managing a test lab or a reliability function.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations of the reliability test lab, including equipment, staffing, and scheduling.
• Ensure lab infrastructure (testers, environmental chambers, etc.) is maintained and calibrated.
• Manage lab budget, capital equipment procurement, and resource planning.
• Plan and execute reliability qualification tests.
• Support new product introduction (NPI) by providing reliability data and insights.
• Provide reliability test results to drive design/process improvements.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of reliability engineers and lab technicians.
• Ensure lab activities comply with WD quality standards, ISO requirements.
• Maintain test documentation, records, and audit readiness.
• Identify and implement improvements to test methods, lab efficiency, and turnaround time.
• Support automation and digitalization of lab processes.

Skills

Lab management

Reliability engineering

Budget management

People leadership

Data analysis

Test automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Materials Science/Mechanical/Electrical/Electronic/Physics Engineering

Tools

JMP

Minitab

Python

SQL

Power BI

ISO quality standards

Job description

Western Digital in Malaysia's Bayan Lepas is seeking a senior leader to oversee the reliability test lab operations, equipment, staffing and scheduling. You will manage calibration, budgeting and resource planning while guiding a team of reliability engineers and lab technicians to deliver quality data for NPI and design improvements.

If you have 8–12+ years in reliability/quality within data storage or semiconductor environments and 3–5+ years in leadership, you will find a dynamic environment