Sr. Factory Automation Engineer

The Equipment Engineering team is helping lead Seagate's transformation to an AI-enabled smart factory and is looking for an Automation Engineer to help drive this transformation. This engineer will develop and integrate automation solutions that improve material flow, equipment connectivity, manufacturing efficiency, and operational reliability across our wafer fabrication site.

As demand for AI continues to grow, so does the need for high-capacity data storage. Our team plays a critical role in enabling that future by modernizing how materials move through the factory and by connecting automated systems with the processes, equipment, and data platforms that support production.

This role will initially focus on the ownership, implementation, and continuous improvement of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and wafer stockers inside the fab. Over time, the scope will expand to include site-wide automation projects involving material handling, robotics, equipment interfaces, control systems, and factory software.

If you enjoy turning complex manufacturing needs into practical automation solutions, working across technical disciplines, and building systems that scale, we'd love to hear from you.

As a Senior Factory Automation Engineer, you will lead the investigation, selection, integration, and lifecycle management of automation solutions within our cleanroom wafer fabrication environment. Your initial focus will include AMRs and wafer stockers that interface with advanced manufacturing equipment and factory operations.

This is a highly visible engineering role that combines technical ownership, systems integration, vendor management, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration. Your work will improve material movement, reduce manual handling, increase system availability, and enable a more connected and scalable factory.

You will work both on the factory floor and at the system-design level, from troubleshooting and commissioning individual AMR and stocker applications to defining requirements and supporting site-wide automation initiatives.

• Own the technical performance, reliability, capacity, and lifecycle roadmap for AMRs and wafer stockers within the fab.
• Lead the evaluation, selection, design, commissioning, qualification, and production handoff of new factory automation solutions.
• Partner with vendors to develop solutions, define acceptance criteria, manage technical deliverables, and maintain productive long-term relationships.
• Develop system requirements and integration strategies across automation equipment, manufacturing tools, control systems, industrial networks, and factory software such as Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
• Lead complex troubleshooting and root cause investigations and implement corrective actions that improve safety, availability, throughput, and recovery time.
• Use system data and performance metrics to identify bottlenecks, improve material flow, increase uptime, and eliminate recurring failures.
• Work closely with Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Equipment Engineering, Facilities, IT, Quality, Safety, and technician teams to deliver automation projects without disrupting factory performance.
• Establish standards for automation design, documentation, change control, preventive maintenance, spare parts, training, and support.
• Build business and technical cases for future automation investments, including project scope, benefits, risks, cost, schedule, and resource requirements.
• Support the site's long-term automation strategy by delivering scalable automation solutions and identifying opportunities for future capability expansion.

• You're an engineer who enjoys solving problems that do not already have a playbook.
• You think in systems, understand how hardware, controls, software, data, and people interact, and can translate manufacturing needs into reliable automation solutions.
• You're comfortable moving between the factory floor, technical design reviews, vendor discussions, data analysis, and project planning.
• You communicate clearly, build trust across organizations, and can align diverse stakeholders around requirements, priorities, and practical implementation plans.

Most importantly, you take ownership from concept through sustained operation. You solve today's issues while helping build the systems, standards, and infrastructure that support tomorrow's factory.

• Bachelor's Degree in…