Technologist, Hardware Development Engineering

Fremont, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) Process Development is part of the Wafer Wet Process Development. The Technologist Hardware Development Engineering will be responsible to develop new CMP process and technology enable and accelerate technology deployment into head products to meet HDD requirements through product life cycle.

Partner with wafer wet process development engineers and technicians responsible for CMP new process development methodology setup consumables and advance tooling delivery to meet new product launch requirement schedule and manufacturability.
Work with cross functional teams including design integration and other development process modules on designs incorporating CMP or resolving any integration issue.
Lead on trouble-shoot the related issues in development line conduct defect analyses root cause analyses and implement corrective and preventive actions.
Responsible for new process to manufacturing engineering (ME) transferring support ME team on necessary process implementing and manufacturing ramping.
Apply quantitative analysis and novel machine learning technology for wafer wet process module data analysis. Build statistically solutions to provide feedback guidance to improve process development performance.

Qualifications :

REQUIRED

PhD degree in physics chemistry chemical engineering materials science or a related engineering field.
At least 5 year of knowledge / working experience on CMP process development and post cleaning processes.
Understanding other process techniques such as photolithography dry or wet etching electroplating or thin film deposition processes
Experience in wafer-level magnetic recording head fabrication and integration are desirable.
Excellent communication skills both written and oral. Able to work on the resolution of any issue and to interact with various interdepartmental team and support organizations.
Demonstrated leadership and project driving skills capable of managing team and projects with set milestones and timeline and ability to execute.
Experience with statistical analysis tools such as JMP is a plus.

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation & Benefits Details

An employees 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.
If your position is non-exempt you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay depending on the shift to which you are assigned.
You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either Western Digitals Short Term Incentive Plan (STI Plan) or the Sales Incentive Plan (SIP) 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 Western Digitals 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 Western Digital 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 Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.

Notice To Candidates: Please be aware that Western Digital and its subsidiaries will never request payment as a condition for applying for a position or receiving an offer of employment. Should you encounter any such requests please report it immediately to Western Digital Ethics Helpline or email .

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Full-time

Partner with wafer wet process development engineers and technicians responsible for CMP new process development methodology setup consumables and advance tooling delivery to meet new product launch requirement schedule and manufacturability.
Work with cross functional teams including design integration and other development process modules on designs incorporating CMP or resolving any integration issue.
Lead on trouble-shoot the related issues in development line conduct defect analyses root cause analyses and implement corrective and preventive actions.
Responsible for new process to manufacturing engineering (ME) transferring support ME team on necessary process implementing and manufacturing ramping.
Apply quantitative analysis and novel machine learning technology for wafer wet process module data analysis. Build statistically solutions to provide feedback guidance to improve process development performance.

Qualifications :

REQUIRED

PhD degree in physics chemistry chemical engineering materials science or a related engineering field.
At least 5 year of knowledge / working experience on CMP process development and post cleaning processes.
Understanding other process techniques such as photolithography dry or wet etching electroplating or thin film deposition processes
Experience in wafer-level magnetic recording head fabrication and integration are desirable.
Excellent communication skills both written and oral. Able to work on the resolution of any issue and to interact with various interdepartmental team and support organizations.
Demonstrated leadership and project driving skills capable of managing team and projects with set milestones and timeline and ability to execute.
Experience with statistical analysis tools such as JMP is a plus.

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation & Benefits Details

An employees 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.
If your position is non-exempt you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay depending on the shift to which you are assigned.
You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either Western Digitals Short Term Incentive Plan (STI Plan) or the Sales Incentive Plan (SIP) 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 Western Digitals 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 Western Digital 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 Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Full-time

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