Early Career Talent - Media Tribology Design Engineer
About The Position
As a Media Tribology idesign engineer, you will be part of the tribology team responsible for improving the head-media interface reliability. This role requires: This role is part of WD's early career development program. WD's early career development program is ideal for individuals at the early stages of their professional career. Participants receive foundational training through structured onboarding, mentorship, and a curated development curriculum. The responsibilities of this role are typically aligned with candidates who have approximately 0–2+ years of relevant professional experience, though candidates of all experience levels are encouraged to apply.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing or recently completed Ph.D. in material science, physics, chemistry, EE, mechanical engineering, optical engineering, or equivalent required.
- Knowledge or Experience in Tribology, interface design, tribology testing, material analysis and instrument
- Knowledge in head/media interface and ePMR and HAMR technology
- Possess data analytics and statistics skillset
- Excellent problem-solving skills, solutions oriented with a positive, can-do attitude.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including written and verbal communication.
Responsibilities
- Investigate media thermal, optical, mechanical, and magnetic property impacts to media interface.
- Set up evaluation systems to investigate media surface properties and tribology performance
- Work with lube design engineer, COC design engineer to provide interface enablers for new product interface designs, including ePMR and HAMR.
- Work with HDD tribology integration team to qualify the tribo designs
- Provide analysis support to understand the failure.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
