Manufacturing Engineer (Mechanical Equipment Design)

• Regular employment

• Job Type (exemption status): Exempt position - Please see related compensation & benefits details below
• Business Function: Manufacturing Engineering
• Work Location: Fujisawa Office--LOCHGSTFUJ

Company Overview

Our vision is to drive global innovation, push the boundaries of technology, and make what was once thought impossible, possible.

We offer a broad portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for businesses, creative professionals, and general consumers under the Western Digital®, WD®, and WD_BLACK™ brands.

We contribute to a brighter, smarter future, from enabling safer and more connected cities to powering data centers for many of the world's largest corporations and hyperscale cloud providers, and addressing the vast and growing data storage needs of the AI era.

Today's outstanding challenges require your unique skills.

Job Content

Position

Manufacturing Engineer (Mechanical Equipment Design Engineer)

Job Responsibilities

We are looking for highly skilled and innovative manufacturing engineering engineers. In this position, you will be responsible for developing and implementing cutting-edge manufacturing engineering solutions, focusing on automation, software integration, and process optimization.

• Discuss concept designs with the team
• Conduct basic experiments to solidify concepts
• Create specifications and estimates for manufacturing equipment
• Place orders with external suppliers (manufacturing equipment manufacturers)
• Evaluate and check functions of equipment prototypes
• Transfer lines to overseas mass production sites (Thailand) and launch mass production lines
• After launching mass production lines, perform in-house maintenance for troubles and improvement proposals
• Tool design for new products, discussions with the development department, and ordering from external suppliers
• Evaluate and check functions of prototype tools for new products

Qualifications

Required Experience, Qualifications, Skills

• Associate's degree or Bachelor's degree or higher
• Mechanical design experience (within the last 1 year)
• Experience in developing production equipment
• No resistance to using English (目安: TOEIC score of 500 or higher)
• Practical experience is not required, but reading and writing (specifications/emails) are essential for work, and participation in English meetings is also required, so business-level skills are more desirable.
• Business level Japanese or higher

Desirable Skills

• Experience in equipment design, setup, and improvement
• Mechanical design experience using Solid Works CAD
• Experience using PLC (Mitsubishi)

Other Information

Job Summary

• Estimated Annual Income: 6,000,000 JPY to 8,000,000 JPY
• Monthly salary: 290,000 JPY or more (determined based on experience and skills)
• Fixed bonus by qualification (twice a year), incentive (twice a year)
• If discretionary labor system is chosen, discretionary work allowance will be paid.

• Employment Company: Western Digital Technologies G.K.

• Work Location Details: 1 Kirihara-cho, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa (10 minutes by bus from Shonandai Station)

• Working Hours: 8:45 - 17:15 (1 hour break) * 7 hours 30 minutes/day actual work
• For flexible work system: Standard working hours 7 hours 30 minutes / Core time 11:00-15:00
• For discretionary labor system: Professional work type / Deemed working hours: 7 hours 30 minutes/day
• Determined individually based on the content and manner of duties performed.

Allowances

• Commuting allowance (up to 150,000 JPY/month)
• Commuting by train, bus, or private car is allowed (gasoline expenses paid)
• Allowance for those who need to relocate for employment * According to company regulations
• Relocation allowance (Single/Individual: 450,000 JPY, Family accompanied: 750,000 JPY)
• Rent subsidy (up to 6 years from joining)

Salary Increase

Yes

Bonuses

4 times a year (Fixed bonus by qualification twice a year / Incentive bonus system twice a year)

Holidays and Vacations

• Complete two-day weekend system (Saturdays and Sundays), public holidays, New Year holidays, Summer vacation, Golden Week holidays
• Annual holidays: 126 days (2025 actual)
• Leave system (Paid leave, sick leave, congratulatory/condolence leave, refresh leave, nursing care leave, maternity leave, etc.)
• Paid leave: 2-24 days granted in the first year depending on the joining month (24 days granted from January of the following year)
• Sick leave: Can be used for colds, illnesses, or injuries, 5 days granted annually

Various Insurances

Health insurance (Health Insurance Association), Employees' Pension, Employment Insurance, Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance

Welfare Benefits

Retirement allowance/pension system (lump-sum retirement payment, defined benefit corporate pension, defined contribution pension: 401K), property savings system, company stock purchase plan, condolence/celebration/solatium payments, system insurance (group life, group medical insurance)

Probationary Period

Yes (3 months after joining)

• During the probationary period, flexible and discretionary labor systems are not applicable.

Selection Process

Document screening (resume, work history) -> 1-2 interviews (online/in-house)

• Japanese resume and work history required.