Job Description

• Lead the efforts to advance HAMR tribology design to meet product development milestones.
• Investigate media interface under various laser heating conditions to optimize the media design and provide improved tribology performance, thermal performance, chemical and particle robustness of the interface
• Work with technical partners and to identify enablers to meet HAMR tribology and reliability goals.
• Determine the tribology design limits, variables, and specifications
• Drive enables for internal test validation and drive builds validation
• Organize projects to meet overall media tribology goal for HAMR
• Provide technical supports by working with the cross-functional teams to improve production consistency, manufacturing efficiency, and product quality
• Conduct experiments and develop new test methodologies to understand media tribology issues
• Identify fundamental tribology failure mechanisms and propose effective modifications to improve robustness.

Qualifications

• Ph.D degree in Material Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Tribology, or equivalent required.
• MUST HAVE 10+ years of experience in HDD tribology and media tribology, with a strong background in Head/media integration.
• Prefer candidates who have some Technical  Leadership/people management experience 
• Ability to effectively manage projects and tasks to deliver deadlines and commitments. 
• Capable of quickly learning new systems, tools, and methodologies
• Ability to approach problem solving in an organized manner, data analytics/statistics skills driven by details.
• Strong organization skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks effectively
• Great interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills