Senior Wafer QA Engineer (AI-Driven Quality)

Western Digital Corp.; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Western Digital Corp. is seeking a Senior Engineer for Wafer Quality Assurance in Fremont, CA. This full-time role emphasizes analyzing wafer quality, leading CAPA processes, and integrating AI-enabled quality monitoring to predict and prevent excursions that affect yield.

The candidate will collaborate across process, equipment, and data teams, applying FMEA and statistical methods to strengthen product reliability and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Data Science or related field (Master's preferred).
• 1+ years in quality assurance/quality engineering in semiconductor or wafer manufacturing.
• Strong problem-solving and root-cause-analysis skills.
• Ability to analyze datasets and interpret statistical/model-performance results.
• Experience with AI/ML or generative AI systems is a plus.
• Familiarity with FMEA methodology and its application to IT and manufacturing systems.
• Knowledge of wafer process and SPC concepts is a plus.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with technical and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform wafer paper failure analysis and provide disposition for customer-flagged issues.
• Facilitate wafer manufacturing readiness review and process design readiness reviews.
• Drive 8D closure with CAPA implementations to prevent reoccurrence.
• Lead FMEA activities across wafer fab to identify and mitigate failure modes.
• Partner with process, equipment, manufacturing, and data teams to implement automated quality surveillance and anomaly detection.
• Drive digitalization initiatives to improve CAPA effectiveness, root-cause identification, and risk assessment.
• Evaluate and integrate AI and digital agent technologies to enhance productivity and knowledge management.
• Promote AI-powered quality tools to accelerate defect detection and move toward predictive quality.

Skills

Problem solving

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

AI/ML experience

FMEA familiarity

Cross-functional collaboration

Statistical analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Western Digital Corp. is seeking a Senior Engineer for Wafer Quality Assurance in Fremont, CA. This full-time role emphasizes analyzing wafer quality, leading CAPA processes, and integrating AI-enabled quality monitoring to predict and prevent excursions that affect yield.

The candidate will collaborate across process, equipment, and data teams, applying FMEA and statistical methods to strengthen product reliability and customer satisfaction.