Western Digital Biosensing Device Physicist 

United States, California, San Jose 

875191496

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

You will work as part of a small research team exploring novel solid-state and magnetic sensors for biological molecules. You will be responsible for driving and executing the strategy for electrical characterization and performance assessment of the sensors. This will include establishing the testing set up, defining testing procedures, & writing test scripts. You will work closely with other team members to drive decisions on sensor design and project directions. The core of your work will be designing experimental splits, carrying out electrical measurements, analyzing data, and determining actionable conclusions from the studies.

Additional responsibilities for the role include generating intellectual property, publishing academic papers, and presenting at conferences.

Required:

• Ph.D. in biology, chemistry, physics, or related field and 4-5+ years of professional experience
• Expertise in electrical measurements in aqueous solutions
• Strong programming and scripting experience
• Proven ability to initiate and complete scientific studies
• History of publications in peer reviewed journals

Skills:

• Strong electrical measurements, data analysis, and device physics skills
• Good collaboration and presentation skills

Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital’s Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including 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, and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.