Manufacturing Engineer – Data Science

Western Digital
📍 Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia 💼 full-time 🕒 Posted June 20, 2026

Job Description

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

  • Identify, develop, and deploy AI use cases within AlMg Substrate manufacturing, targeting yield improvement, defect reduction, and equipment downtime minimization across Plate, Wash, and Polish processes.  
  • Build predictive and prescriptive models using available internal AI tools on manufacturing process data extracted from MES, ERP, and IoT/sensor sources.  
  • Apply statistical analysis techniques including SPC, DOE, Cpk analysis, hypothesis testing, and multivariate analysis to uncover KPIV-KPOV relationships in substrate manufacturing processes.  
  • Develop and maintain end-to-end(Substrate-Media-HDD) analytics pipelines - from data extraction and preparation through model training, validation, and production deployment.  
  • Create self-serve data dashboards and automated reports using Sp...

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Job Details

  • Location Pasir Gudang, Johor
  • Job Type full-time
  • Category Computer Occupations
  • Posted Date June 20, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 30, 2026