HAMR Process Development Technician
3 days ago
We are seeking a highly skilled HAMR Process Development Technician to join our team at Western Digital's wafer fab cleanroom in Fremont, CA.
As a key member of our team, you will work closely with HAMR wafer process/integration engineers to collaborate with operation and manufacturing teams to move, process, inspect, measure, and disposition experimental wafers.
You will also be responsible for making technical decisions under pre-defined procedures, creating recipes for vacuum tools, and calibrating, monitoring, and troubleshooting development tools.
This is a challenging and rewarding role that requires a strong background in wafer fab engineering/manufacturing process, preferably in magnetic heads, MEMS, or semi-conductor industries.
Key Responsibilities- Collaborate with operation and manufacturing teams to move, process, inspect, measure, and disposition experimental wafers.
- Make technical decisions under pre-defined procedures.
- Create recipes for vacuum tools.
- Calibrate, monitor, and troubleshoot development tools.
- High school diploma or equivalent required; AA/AS degree or equivalent of 2-year college in science or engineering preferred.
- Minimum of two years' experience in wafer fab engineering/manufacturing process, preferably in magnetic heads, MEMS, or semi-conductor industries.
- Familiar with MS office software (e.g. Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, etc).
- Detail-oriented and good communication skills.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and be highly self-directed.
- Experience in Western Digital Fremont wafer fab.
- Experience in Excel VBA script or other coding language.
- Experience in JMP software or any data analysis software.
- Experience in data analysis.
- Exposure to any wafer process, such as lithography, wet etching, ion milling, reactive etching, thin films and CMP.
- Exposure to wafer-level characterization such as SEM, FIB, TEM, AFM and ellipsometry.
Western Digital 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: Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision (dol.gov)
Western Digital 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.
Western Digital 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 jobs.accommodations@wdc.com 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 11/15/2024 (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.
- 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 participate in Western Digital'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 Western Digital'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 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 Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
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