Senior Technologist

Western Digital is seeking a highly skilled Senior Technologist to join our team. As a key member of our technology development team, you will be responsible for leading the development of new wafer processes and integrating them into our magnetic recording head technology.

• Design and architect integrated wafer processes/flow for next generation magnetic read head by utilizing material/wafer fabrication, characterization, and data analysis knowledge.
• Work closely with module engineering teams to develop processes in critical building blocks and validate process scheme to ensure it satisfying both design and manufacturing robustness needs.
• Interface with Design/Program teams to understand device performance requirements; and define physical metrics in wafer processes that fulfill such requirements.
• Pull and analyze data from inline wafer and backend database; establish inline processes to backend performance correlation and build prediction model; identify the process optimization opportunities and set up DOE to drive the improvement activities.
• Troubleshoot the defect and performance failure related to wafer process/integration and provide process solutions in timely manner.

• 15+ years of experience in wafer processing for magnetic recording or related industry.
• Minimum 12 years direct experience in wafer process integration and NPI.
• Hands on experience with multiple wafer processes, such as photolithography, ion mill, thin film deposition, plating/etching, CVD, RIE, CMP, and metrology.
• Magnetic material background is preferred.
• Track record in professional publications or patents on wafer process integration.
• Excellent statistical analysis skill, proficient in SPC and JMP.
• Excellent communication skill.
• Flexible in working schedule.
• MS or PhD in Physics, EE, ChemE, ME, Materials Science or related disciplines.

Western Digital offers 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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from diverse candidates. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate 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.