Senior Lithography Engineer

Seagate Technology • Bloomington, MN

171d • $92,310 - $131,994

About The Position

At Seagate our mission is to build the world's best data storage devices. The Advanced Transducer Development group is a global R D organization that develops new recording head technologies to advance areal density and enable Seagate's HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 4 year+ product roadmap. Our process team uses state-of-the-art wafer fabrication tools and cleanroom facilities to innovate and deliver leading-edge writers and read sensors. With an emphasis on proving feasibility of new devices, processes and materials, we help build Seagate's future time-to-market leadership. If you are excited by innovative technology development, are naturally creative, and passionate about seeing ideas come to life then this could be a perfect fit to your research and development career.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience and in-depth understanding of optical imaging, photoresist formulation and chemistry, mask design, dosing, pattern formation etc.
• Expertise in lithography-related characterization techniques (e.g. inspection, ellipsometry, profilometry, SEM, etc).
• Experience operating and/or maintaining lithography process equipment (coat/develop tools, steppers/scanners/aligners, strippers, etc).
• Modeling or simulation of resist behavior and pattern formation (helpful but not essential).
• Knowledge of standard statistical experimentation methods including hypothesis testing, DOE design and analysis and ANOVA. Familiarity with JMP or R preferred but not essential.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering related field (i.e. Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Computer Engineering, Materials, Physics, or Information Technology) and 5+ years of experience or master's degree in the same and 3+ years' experience or PhD and 0+ years' experience or equivalent experience and education.

Responsibilities

• Develop novel, robust, and manufacturable lithography processes to achieve critical shape and dimension targets in advanced head devices.
• Utilize next-generation scanners with existing or new patterning materials to achieve design requirements.
• Maintain stability of wafer processes, including data analysis for statistical process control and investigation of root causes for process excursions.
• Apply problem-solving techniques to resolve operational issues with wafer processing and development flows to minimize wafer cycle time and scrap.
• Work with design partners to understand requirements for device performance and close gaps between intended and fabricated structures.
• Interface with the wider RD and Product wafer teams (deposition, etch, CMP, wet process and integration) to integrate new lithography process modules into advanced prototype wafer builds.
• Explore techniques with wafer capital equipment suppliers and research partners to advance process capability in resist coating, optical exposure, resist development and litho metrology.
• Manage experiments, projects and wafer tracking to deliver results to the designated schedule.
• Participate in technology transfers to the product development engineering team.
• Contribute to Seagate's IP portfolio in the form of invention disclosures, patents, trade secrets, peer-reviewed journal articles, and/or white papers.

Benefits

• Eligibility to participate in discretionary bonus program.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Short-and long-term disability.
• 401(k).
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Health savings account.
• Dependent care and healthcare spending accounts.
• Paid time off, including 12 holidays.
• Flexible time off provided pursuant to Seagate policy.
• A minimum of 48 hours of paid sick leave.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree