Staff Process Engineer, Thin Film

Western Digital Corp•Fremont, CA

43d

About The Position

Provide engineering support to 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
Ph.D 1-2 year or MS with 4+ year of experience in wafer fab processes.
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.
Good trouble shooting and problem solving skill.
Leadership and communication skill, and good team player.
Being self-motivation, and good project management skill

Nice To Haves

Experience in thin film magnetic head is a plus.
Knowledge of Magnetic material process and characterization is a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead thin-film deposition manufacture process team, to sustain the production line, monitor processes and equipment to ensure minimal deviations, meeting quality and quantity specifications.
Develop and optimize process control methods and procedures to guarantee the quality, and prevent damage excursion.
Improve processes in sigma, cycle time, throughput, defects, and cost of ownership.
Performing wafer failure analysis, troubleshooting, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
Collaborate with cross-function team on the projects to improve overall product yield and element yield.
Collaborate with integration, research and development plus other modules on new products development and transfer into production lines.
Evaluate novel equipment to meet process requirement in future generation products
Driving project planning, execution, summary, presentation, and delivery on time.
Set up and improve automation systems, and working instruction documents. Provide the training instruction to the operators.
Working with Characterization, Reliability and Failure Analysis teams to develop test methodologies, understand failure modes and identify improvement opportunities.
Working with the Program, Modeling Process and Characterization teams to understand product requirements, defining development targets and plans.