Staff Wafer Process Development Engineer- CMP

Seagate Technology • Bloomington, MN

70d • $105,664 - $154,005

About The Position

You will have the exciting opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies and help push the areal density of Seagate recording heads beyond that of any other competitor in the world. This is a Development Engineer position in our wafer process development team. Our team's mission is to develop new processes for state of the art recording head technology. Recording head process technology encompasses all disciplines employed in semiconductor wafer processes technology, performed in a clean room environment.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience or knowledge of semiconductor process technologies or similar including chemical mechanical polishing is a plus.
• Bachelors degree in Engineering related field (i.e., Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Computer Engineering, Materials, Physics or Information Technology) and 5 years of experience or masters degree in the same and 3 years of experience or PhD and 0 years experience or equivalent experience and education.

Responsibilities

• Develop novel, robust, and manufacturable chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) processes to achieve critical planarity, roughness, and dimensional targets in nanometer-scale head devices.
• Maintain chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) wafer processes including investigating root cause of process failures, coordinating execution of experiments, and conducting in-depth data analysis.
• Collaborate with the broader R D and Product wafer teams (including lithography, deposition, etch, wet process, and integration) to help integrate new CMP process modules into products.
• Manage experiments/projects and wafer tracking aggressively and deliver results to the designated schedule.
• Participate in hands-on investigation and resolution of process issues with frequent factory-floor presence.
• Participate in the technology transfer to the production engineering teams.
• Interact with design teams to understand design requirements and CTQs for device performance.

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