Senior Failure Analysis Engineer - HDD Failure & Root Cause

Resonac HD Singapore Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 72,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Resonac HD Singapore Pte Ltd seeks an FA Engineer/Senior Engineer to investigate hard disk media and head-related defects, driving root-cause analysis and product/process improvements. You will partner with R&D, Manufacturing, Process Engineering and Quality teams to resolve failures and support qualification activities.

The role requires hands-on analysis using advanced tools, reporting findings, and contributing to continuous improvement in a laboratory environment in Singapore.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• 4+ years of experience in Failure Analysis, Materials Characterisation, Semiconductor, HDD/Data Storage or related industries.
• Experience conducting independent root cause investigations.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, R&D or customer quality issues will be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Conduct failure analysis on media defects affecting product yield, reliability and customer quality.
• Investigate qualification failures, manufacturing excursions and customer returns (RTV).
• Establish root causes and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Correlate defect characteristics with media processes and HDD performance.
• Perform hands-on analysis using advanced characterisation and failure analysis tools.
• Interpret physical, chemical and surface-related defects to determine failure mechanisms.
• Develop and execute appropriate failure analysis methodologies.
• Collaborate with Process, Evaluation, Manufacturing and Quality teams on defect investigations.
• Support new product qualification, technology development and risk assessment activities.
• Present investigation findings and recommendations to technical teams and management.
• Prepare technical reports summarising findings and improvement actions.
• Maintain failure analysis databases and best practices.
• Support laboratory operations, equipment qualification and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Data interpretation

Thin-film materials

Surface characterization

Technical report writing

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline

Tools

SEM/EDX

AFM

Candela OSA

FIB

Zygo Optical Profilers

Job description

Resonac HD Singapore Pte Ltd seeks an FA Engineer/Senior Engineer to investigate hard disk media and head-related defects, driving root-cause analysis and product/process improvements. You will partner with R&D, Manufacturing, Process Engineering and Quality teams to resolve failures and support qualification activities.

The role requires hands-on analysis using advanced tools, reporting findings, and contributing to continuous improvement in a laboratory environment in Singapore.