Principal Process Engineer - Thin Film

Western Digital • Fremont, CA

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About The Position

We are seeking a highly motivated candidate to join our thin film process group. In this role, the candidate will work as a Thin Film Process Engineer at WD's wafer fab in Fremont, CA. The candidate will support the thin film deposition processes in manufacture lines in order to meet manufacturing objectives with high quality, high productive and low-cost products, as well as support the development of future generation products.

Requirements

• Academic background in Material Science, Physics, Chemistry, or related engineering fields.
• Experience of wafer fab operations/processes in Data Storage and/or Semiconductor technology industries.
• Familiar with thin film deposition processes (PVD, CVD, IBD, etc), and equipment.
• Solid background on correlation of process and equipment hardware.
• Deep understanding of material characterization techniques.
• Knowledge of DOE and data analysis using JMP.
• Understanding of SPC.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Magnetic material process and characterization is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support thin film processes of fab production line to deliver wafers with good quality and meet the demand.
• Develop and optimize process control methods and procedures to guarantee the quality and prevent damage excursion.
• Improve processes to achieve lower variation, less cycle time, higher throughput, minimal defects, lower cost of ownership and overall higher yield.
• Perform wafer failure analysis, troubleshooting, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to transfer new products to production.
• Lead project execution to deliver the results on schedule.
• Set up and improve automation systems, and working instruction documents.
• Provide the training instruction to the operators.
• Support fab production 24/7, including taking immediate action with fab issues.

Benefits

• 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
• Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree