Senior Engineer, Industrial Engineering

Sandisk•Milpitas, CA

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Capacity Planning team is responsible to plan equipment/tools needed at the required target buffer levels at both Captive and Non-Captive sites to support the Flash Business Unit within Western Digital. Capacity Planning team is also responsible for coordinating and finalizing the overall flash backend capex. This Capacity Planning role requires the candidate to work closely with Factory IE teams, CM (Contract Manufacturer) Operations, Manufacturing Product Engineering/Test Engineering & Memory Product Solutions (MPS) to position the required assy/test capacity across all sites (Captive & CM’s) to support the demand outlook. Valuable experience will be gained by working, organizing, and driving overseas factories to meet planned capacity goals. Candidate must be able to quickly understand the current business processes and demonstrate high analytical and modelling skills to solve the problems. Moreover, the candidate must have a demonstrated capability to assess mutually exclusive demands to formulate an optimized solution which will provide the capacity needed to satisfy current and future product demands. Demand changes occur weekly, forcing the candidate to constantly adjust previous plans to meet changing requirements. Flexibility and creative thinking are critical to success in this role and in the Capacity Planning Group.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or related field; Master's degree preferred
2+ years of experience in industrial engineering or related field
Solid foundation in industrial engineering principles, Lean concepts, and process improvement techniques.
Hands-on experience with data analysis using Excel, SQL, Tableau, and basic simulation or statistical tools.
Ability to support projects, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and manage tasks in fast‑paced environments.
Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with exposure to optimization or mathematical modeling concepts.
Effective communicator and motivated team player with growing experience in Python or advanced planning systems.

Responsibilities

Maintaining and updating the advanced planning system i2 with accurate capacity modelling inputs to ensure high confidence output that will be leveraged to make capacity/capex decisions.
Creating, modelling new or understanding and maintaining existing mathematical models (based on excel, Python etc) to support CAPEX (capital expenditure) decision making
Hosting & Coordinating troubleshooting meetings & exercises to resolve capacity constraints
Proposing different ideas to reduce the overall CAPEX (capital expenditure) spend by optimizing on hand equipment while meeting the company’s demand at the required buffer level
Presenting CAPEX requirement analyses and recommendations to senior management on a monthly cadence
Contributing to strategic and operations decisions involving process redesigns, equipment modifications and tooling change
Driving throughput improvements in the factory by performing detailed analyses optimizing production output for various demand scenarios
Work with other Capacity Planning team members to understand the current business procedure and propose improvements/Automations which will help to improve the quality of the analysis and reduce the time taken to do the analysis.
Drive meetings with MPS, Manufacturing PE, CM Operations, POM and factory IEs to drive test time reduction initiatives, test program/PN readiness & optimize overall capex spend
Drive efficiency on the functional processes through Automation

Benefits

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
the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan