Senior Data Analytics Engineer – Fab Planning Analytics

Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we’re living in and that we have the power to shape.

Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality.

Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.

Sandisk is seeking a senior-level Data Analytics Engineer to drive high-impact analytics in support of our Central Fabrication Planning function. In this role, you will turn complex manufacturing and planning data into influential, actionable recommendations that improve factory outcomes with our manufacturing partner. You will operate as a technical leader—owning analytics problem framing, data exploration, modeling, and stakeholder communication—while innovating new methods to increase planning effectiveness, execution predictability, and operational performance. You will closely collaborate with the Global Operations team, including the Japan team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Partner with Central Fab Planning to define high-value questions, success metrics, and decision workflows; translate ambiguous problems into analytic deliverables and recommendations.
• Deliver actionable insights that influence manufacturing outcomes, such as capacity utilization, WIP/cycle time, bottleneck management, demand-supply alignment, yield impacts to plan, and execution variance.
• Build and maintain analytics solutions using daily hands-on work with:
  • data querying (SQL and related query tools),
  • scripting/programming (Python and/or equivalent),
  • datasets across multiple sources (manufacturing systems, planning systems, operational databases, logs).
• Develop robust data pipelines and data quality practices to ensure analytic outputs are trusted, reproducible, and scalable (e.g., ETL/ELT, validation checks, monitoring).
• Create decision-ready outputs (dashboards, reports, structured analyses, scenario comparisons) that highlight tradeoffs, risks, and next best actions.
• Apply advanced analytics / statistical methods (and where appropriate, ML/optimization) to improve planning accuracy and operational decisions.
• Communicate fluently in English (Japanese as optional), including delivering executive-level summaries, facilitating working sessions, and translating technical/operational nuance across global teams.
• Mentor and influence across functions—helping teams adopt data-driven practices and raising analytic maturity through standards, reusable code, and best practices.
• Occasional international travel to collaborate with global stakeholders and manufacturing partner teams.

Required:

• Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Physics, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of professional experience in data analytics in an engineering/manufacturing/industrial setting.
• Extensive semiconductor industry experience (target: ~10 years), with demonstrated exposure to production operations and decision cycles.
• Daily professional proficiency with:
  • SQL / database querying (complex joins, performance-minded query patterns),
  • programming/scripting (Python preferred; R/Scala/Java acceptable depending on ecosystem),
  • analytics workflows (data wrangling, exploratory analysis, automation, reproducibility).
• Strong ability to convert analysis into clear recommendations that decision makers can act on—under constraints, imperfect data, and competing priorities.

Preferred: 

• Deep experience in semiconductor factory operations, especially fab planning, production execution, and mass production environments (e.g., capacity planning, WIP management, cycle time, tool productivity, constraint/bottleneck analysis).
• Experience with scenario modeling, simulation, or optimization methods (e.g., linear programming, heuristics, queuing, discrete-event simulation).
• Familiarity with data platforms commonly used in enterprise analytics (data lake/warehouse/lakehouse patterns), and tools such as Databricks/Spark, BigQuery, Redshift, etc. (tool choice can vary by environment).
• Strong data visualization and storytelling skills (e.g., Power BI / Tableau / Spotfire or equivalent).
• Comfort working in JV / partner environments where governance, security, and data handling requirements matter.
• Bilingual fluency in English (and Japanese as optional)  (business + technical communication).

Given the close collaboration with Global Operations, this role requires the ability to work at the Milpitas office.

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Sandisk is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 07/13/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York.  This range may be modified in the future.
• You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance.  Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Sandisk's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including 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, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.