Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and own challenging applications in support of Development and Manufacturing as an Applications Engineer in the Metrology group.
• Set up, document and sustain control systems to ensure metrology capability.
• Work with other Metrology team members to gather complementary measurements for base lining and qualifying application solutions.
• Cross-train across Metrology as needed to maintain support continuity.
• Partner with process-engineering owners to improve process-control and yields.
• Identify equipment issues and lead equipment engineering team and tool vendors to assure optimal tool-fleet performance.
• Summarize, document, and present results.
• Communicate effectively with both management and shop floor.
• Display comfort and skill in presenting issues/findings.

As a metrology engineer, you will be responsible for developing and implementing precise, robust, and high‐throughput metrology solutions to control high volume manufacturing of complex, three dimensional thin film magnetic read/write head structures.  Specifically, you will work on film thickness, critical dimension, and profile metrology using automated reflectometry, ellipsometry, and scatterometry equipment.  To accomplish this objective, you will need to work closely with process engineering in support of wafer manufacturing.

Qualifications

IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• BS degree in physics, engineering (mechanical, chemical, electrical)
• Basic programming experience 
• Practical understanding of electronics and mechatronics as applied to modern industrial measurement tools. 
• Excellent skills in problem solving, data analysis, statistics, and both written and oral communications.
• Strong detail-oriented work habits.
• Experience in optics and optical properties of thin films preferred
• Demonstrated expertise and depth in the areas of ellipsometry and reflectometry preferred
• Engineers are required to be hands on (equipment, wafers) so clean room and wafer fabrication/processing experience is preferred

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

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