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Wafer Metrology Development Engineer

EngineerEngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 10,001+Since 1970H1B SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

California

Posted

52 days ago

Salary

$140.3K - $187K / year

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Provide technical leadership and hands-on metrology support for magnetic recording wafer process development, with a focus on overlay, AFM, and CDSEM measurements for critical dimension (CD), profile, and topography characterization • Partner closely with magnetic recording head process R&D engineers to define, develop, and deploy advanced metrology solutions, including new measurement methodologies and algorithms • Lead metrology strategy for development programs while ensuring robust day-to-day measurement execution across multiple projects • Serve as a core technical contributor within the R&D metrology organization, driving best practices and knowledge transfer while working in close alignment with the manufacturing metrology team to ensure consistency from development through production

Job Requirements

Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. degree in Physics, Materials Science, or a related scientific discipline
5 or more years of relevant metrology experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 2–3 or more years of relevant metrology experience with a Master’s or Ph.D. degree
Deep technical expertise in at least one metrology domain (AFM, CDSEM, or overlay), with working knowledge across all three areas required
Proven experience supporting and leading metrology efforts for R&D and/or manufacturing in a high-technology environment
Strong data analysis skills using industry-standard tools; experience with programming or scripting languages is a plus
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and influence across multidisciplinary engineering teams; proficiency in spoken and written English is required.

Benefits

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
Employee stock purchase plan
Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan