Engineering Process Development Manager

Job Description

• Manage and lead FTP process and equipment development team to develop hard disk media burnish processes for next generation of ePMR and HAMR products.
• Provide leadership in designing, carrying  out, and analyzing DOE’s to investigate and optimize process variables and materials for hard disk yield and reliability.
• Provide leadership in equipment upgrades, material vendor qualifications
• Collaborate across multiple functional teams, including process engineering, product engineering, manufacturing, failure analysis, and material analysis groups.
• Work with overseas manufacturing sites to transfer new process implementation, and to ensure the success of the process in the factories for high yield, low defects, and good performance
• Investigate and find root causes of FTP-related failures.
• Develop process materials through close collaboration with material vendors.
• Develop metrology for FTP process, and friction measurements
• Lead equipment engineers to improve existing process tools for next generation media processes.
• Explore opportunities for new technologies to improve process performance.
• Be able to work in cleaning room environment

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, Chemical Engineering, or related fields
• 5+ years’ experience of leadership role in Semiconductor or Hard Disk Media Industries in Process Development, 5+ years’ people management experience
• Strong experience and knowledge in device fabrication such as polishing, grinding and lapping is desirable,
• Strong experience in equipment upgrades, materials qualification
• Capable of solving complex process issuesData analysis skills in process development and improvement
• Demonstrated project management skills to meet deadlines
• Hand-on experience and advanced knowledge in process standardization and statistical process control
• Experience with running and analyzing DOE’s, proficiency with JMP is helpful
• Understanding of surface characterization techniques such as laser scanning, AFM, SEM, etc.
• Great communication skills, both in verbal and written