Wafer Equipment Engineer II

Seagate Technology • Bloomington, MN

8d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an Equipment Engineer to join our Wafer Equipment Engineering Services in our Bloomington, MN location. In this role as a part of the Wafer Equipment Engineering Services, you will be working in team environment. The primary responsibility of the Equipment Engineer will have the opportunity to work in the Photolithography/Electromagnetic Plating or Metrology area. The position requires overall knowledge of the equipment used in Wafer/Semiconductor Manufacturing. You will interact with a range of team members from technicians, operators, engineers, and management. And you will have the opportunity to share your knowledge and to learn from others on the team. Seagate believes this is critical to the growth of our employees, as well as our Company.About the role - you will: Be responsible for development and deployment of Wafer Processing equipment for manufacturing. Use scientific knowledge and formal systems to find practical solutions to daily problems. This consists of working with direct complex operations geared toward gaining efficiency, productivity, and accuracy. Oversee the installation, modification, upgrade, and maintenance of manufacturing equipment. Maintain current records on equipment manufacturers' technical notices, upgrades, and safety issues. Evaluate equipment performance and reliability and take appropriate action. Establish programs and solutions for increasing uptime and for equipment problems that affect the manufacturing process. Provide technical support to the manufacturing equipment repair and process engineering organizations. Develop primary or secondary tool data collection through the implementation of software integration to improve tool performance (SQL / Python / R / .NET / AI) Implement equipment control strategies using factory automation to improve equipment performance metrics. Work on-site at our Bloomington, MN facility.

Requirements

• Strong written and verbal skills; ability to persuade and gain agreement with cross functional teams.
• Willing to work off shift hours on an "as need" basis.
• Demonstrated experience in wafer manufacturing and semiconductor production equipment.
• Experience with statistical analytic tools, Six Sigma, JMP or Minitab or other statistical software
• Demonstrated experience with Photolithography, Electromagnetic Plating, Metrology, or Inspection equipment.
• Experience in computer hardware and/ or programming
• Bachelor's degree in engineering related field (i.e. Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Computer Engineering, Materials, Physics, or Information Technology) and 2+ years of experience or master's degree in the same and 0+ years' experience or PhD and 0+ years' experience or equivalent experience and education.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for development and deployment of Wafer Processing equipment for manufacturing.
• Use scientific knowledge and formal systems to find practical solutions to daily problems.
• Oversee the installation, modification, upgrade, and maintenance of manufacturing equipment.
• Maintain current records on equipment manufacturers' technical notices, upgrades, and safety issues.
• Evaluate equipment performance and reliability and take appropriate action.
• Establish programs and solutions for increasing uptime and for equipment problems that affect the manufacturing process.
• Provide technical support to the manufacturing equipment repair and process engineering organizations.
• Develop primary or secondary tool data collection through the implementation of software integration to improve tool performance (SQL / Python / R / .NET / AI)
• Implement equipment control strategies using factory automation to improve equipment performance metrics.
• Work on-site at our Bloomington, MN facility.

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, and 16 weeks of paid parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees