Wafer Metrology Development Engineer

Western Digital • Fremont, CA

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About The Position

Provide technical leadership and hands-on metrology support for magnetic recording wafer process development, with a focus on overlay, AFM, and CDSEM measurements for critical dimension (CD), profile, and topography characterization. Partner closely with magnetic recording head process R&D engineers to define, develop, and deploy advanced metrology solutions, including new measurement methodologies and algorithms. Lead metrology strategy for development programs while ensuring robust day-to-day measurement execution across multiple projects. Serve as a core technical contributor within the R&D metrology organization, driving best practices and knowledge transfer while working in close alignment with the manufacturing metrology team to ensure consistency from development through production.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. degree in Physics, Materials Science, or a related scientific discipline.
• 5 or more years of relevant metrology experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 2–3 or more years of relevant metrology experience with a Master’s or Ph.D. degree.
• Deep technical expertise in at least one metrology domain (AFM, CDSEM, or overlay), with working knowledge across all three areas required.
• Proven experience supporting and leading metrology efforts for R&D and/or manufacturing in a high-technology environment.
• Strong data analysis skills using industry-standard tools; experience with programming or scripting languages is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and influence across multidisciplinary engineering teams; proficiency in spoken and written English is required.

Nice To Haves

• experience with programming or scripting languages is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and hands-on metrology support for magnetic recording wafer process development
• Partner closely with magnetic recording head process R&D engineers to define, develop, and deploy advanced metrology solutions
• Lead metrology strategy for development programs while ensuring robust day-to-day measurement execution across multiple projects
• Serve as a core technical contributor within the R&D metrology organization, driving best practices and knowledge transfer while working in close alignment with the manufacturing metrology team to ensure consistency from development through production.

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
• the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees