Staff Engineer, Hardware Development Engineering

Staff Engineer, Hardware Development Engineering

Job Type: Full-time

Business Function:
Hardware Development Engineering

Work Location:

Fremont Office

As a Wafer Photolithography Manufacturing engineer for the Western Digital SVWO, you will lead monitoring and improvement activities to drive yields to mature product levels. This includes introduction of new technologies as well as sustainment of existing high volume processes.

• Develop and implement lithography solutions to facilitate new designs
• Increase process margin
• Improve yields
• Own photolithography coat, expose, and develop processes related to wafer manufacturing
• Develop control strategies (SPC, APC, etc.) for improving and sustaining manufacturing processes and work with cross‑functional teams to deliver leading‑edge technology solutions for product, yield, and cycle‑time optimization

• Master minimum +0–4 years experience or PhD in physical science or engineering (0–3 years preferred)
• Semiconductor/data storage wafer process experience is a plus
• Hands‑on experience with ASML scanners, NSR, Canon, DNSC & TEL tracks

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• Salary range: $ – $ (pay position within the range may consider education, experience, performance, location, shift, equity, and business needs)
• Potential bonus eligibility under the Short‑Term Incentive Plan (STI Plan) or Sales Incentive Plan (SIP) and possible participation in the Long‑Term Incentive (LTI) program (RSUs or cash equivalents, subject to eligibility and company discretion)
• Benefits include paid vacation, paid sick leave, medical/dental/vision insurance, life, accident and disability insurance, tax‑advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts, employee assistance program, supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity, tuition reimbursement, transit benefits, the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the WD Savings 401(k) Plan

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