Hamr Media Tribology Integration Engineer

Summary

Join Western Digital and contribute to the design and development of HAMR media interface for hard drives. You will investigate the impact of media design variables on the hard drive interface, utilizing laser and tribology testing methods. Reliability evaluation of the HDD interface using best practices is crucial. Collaboration with HDD and Head teams to enhance media performance is expected. This role requires a graduate degree in a relevant field and experience in tribology interface design, testing, and material analysis. Problem-solving skills, communication abilities, and project management expertise are essential.

Requirements

• Experience in Tribology interface design, tribology testing, material analysis and instrument
• Knowledge in head/media interface and HAMR technology
• Possess data analytics and statistics skillset
• Capable of quickly learning new test systems, tools, and methodologies
• Excellent problem-solving skills, solutions oriented with a positive, can-do attitude
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including written and verbal communication
• Ability to effectively manage projects and tasks to deliver deadlines and commitments
• Graduate degree in material science, physics, chemistry, EE, mechanical engineering, optical engineering, or equivalent required

Responsibilities

• Design and develop HAMR media interface
• Investigate media design variables impact to hard drive interface, including using laser, tribology test methods working with lube and carbon engineers
• Investigate media thermal, optical, mechanical, and magnetic property impacts to media interface
• Reliability evaluation for HDD interface using best practices and methodologies
• Investigate laser power impact to head/media interface and media variable and design window
• Work with media sputter and process to understand the process impact
• Collaborate with HDD and Head team to improve media performance
• Participate in significant technical investigations from problem statement to conclusions

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge and skill in programming, Python, data structures, algorithms

Benefits

• Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan
• Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program (restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents)
• Paid vacation time
• Paid sick leave
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Life, accident and disability insurance
• Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Employee assistance program
• Other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
• Tuition reimbursement
• Transit
• The Applause Program
• Employee stock purchase plan
• The Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan