Failure Analysis Engineer: HDD RCA & Materials

Pasona Singapore Pte. Ltd.; Pioneer (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Pasona Singapore Pte. Ltd. is seeking an experienced engineer to perform failure analysis on media defects and lead root-cause investigations. You will correlate defect characteristics with media processes, apply hands-on analytical tools, and develop FA methodologies.

The role requires collaboration across Process, Evaluation, Manufacturing, and Quality teams, support for new product qualification, and clear reporting of findings and corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in a related science or engineering field.
• 4+ years of experience in Failure Analysis, Materials Characterization, or HDD/Data Storage.
• Hands-on with SEM/EDX, AFM, FIB or related tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct failure analysis on media defects affecting yield and reliability.
• Perform root-cause investigations on qualification failures and customer returns.
• Correlate defect characteristics with media processes and HDD performance.
• Use characterization tools to determine failure mechanisms and develop FA methodologies.
• Work with Process, Evaluation, Manufacturing, and Quality teams on CAPA.
• Support new product qualification and technology development via defect characterization.
• Present results to technical teams and management and prepare technical reports.

Skills

Failure analysis

Materials characterization

Root cause investigation

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical reporting

Education

Bachelor of Degree in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related disciplines

Tools

SEM/EDX

AFM

Candela OSA

FIB

Zygo Optical Profilers

Job description

Pasona Singapore Pte. Ltd. is seeking an experienced engineer to perform failure analysis on media defects and lead root-cause investigations. You will correlate defect characteristics with media processes, apply hands-on analytical tools, and develop FA methodologies.

The role requires collaboration across Process, Evaluation, Manufacturing, and Quality teams, support for new product qualification, and clear reporting of findings and corrective actions.