Expoint - all jobs in one place

The point where experts and best companies meet

Limitless High-tech career opportunities - Expoint

Western Digital Staff Engineer Product Design Engineering 
Philippines, Baguio 
285538164

27.01.2025
Company Description

Here’s how you can help.

Job Description

Ensure a seamless transfer of processes from GO R&D to Penang by focusing on the development of CE and HAMR programs. Lead manufacturing improvements, qualify product iterations, and implement efficient process controls for high reliability.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Ensure smooth process transfer from GO R&D to Penang
  • Capacity Enterprise CE / HAMR program development in Penang
  • Manufacturing improvement projects
  • Product improvement iteration qualification
  • Ensure new product/process transfer from GO R&D to Penang and develop with efficient process control and good reliability performance
  • CE / HAMR program development to meet the performance requirement from HDD.
  • Closely work with counterpart in R&D to develop new process / materials for performance improvements.
  • Continuous Improvement of Magnetic performance / yields / productivity for product maturity. Establish all necessary unique process controls based on new product requirements in NPI stage.
  • Correspond to process design change iteration for performance improvement, this includes process optimization and tribology qualification.
  • Provide general guidance to sustaining sputter yield/process team on Magnetic & Interface related issue.
  • Work with Test yield team on Failure Analysis, understanding of various defect mechanisms of HAMR media and their relationship with sputter process / materials etc.
  • Work together with Sputter Equipment team on hardware improvement projects for downtime reduction & yield improvements. Ex- sputter magpacks, different type of cathodes, disk holder designs etc
  • Support inter-department projects (Back End, TEST)
  • Support HDD return failure analysis

:

  • Bachelor of Material Science, Physics or any other engineering field with min 5 years experience in Sputter Engineering
  • Master / Ph.D of Material Science, Physics or any other engineering field will be an added advantage

:

  • Project Management Skills
  • Critical Thinking