Nanoscale Wafer Process Engineer (R&D)

Seagate Technology; BLOOMINGTON (MN); On-site; USD 94,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site café

Fitness center

Meditation rooms

Paid time off

Holidays and leave

Job summary

Seagate Technology seeks a Senior Development Engineer for the Advanced Transducer Development group in Bloomington, MN. You will drive wafer-level fabrication process development from concept to prototype, collaborating with lithography, deposition, etch, CMP, and metrology teams to deliver integrated device flows.

You will analyze metrology data, establish process windows, and execute structured experiments to improve yield and reliability, while documenting results and contributing to IP and

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with semiconductor, MEMS, magnetic-device, photonic-device, or other wafer-level fabrication in R&D/pilot-line/cleanroom/manufacturing.
• Experience developing or integrating process modules with multiple wafer-fabrication steps.
• Broad knowledge of semiconductor unit processes: photolithography, deposition, plasma etch, wet etch, cleans, CMP, thermal processing, wafer bonding, metrology.
• Experience creating and executing wafer process flows, build plans, experiments, or process qualifications.
• Using characterization data to assess process performance, geometry, materials, interfaces, defects, or device functionality.
• Troubleshooting process interactions, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Experience applying DOE, regression, ANOVA, SPC, or process-capability analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate wafer-level fabrication processes from concept to prototype demonstration.
• Translate device concepts into practical wafer process flows and experimental plans.
• Plan and execute prototype wafer builds, sequencing, and wafer tracking.
• Collaborate with lithography, deposition, etch, CMP, cleans, and metrology engineers to ensure process readiness.
• Use inline and device-level characterization to assess geometry, materials, defects, and reliability.
• Analyze data to identify yield loss, variation, and gaps between design and fabrication.
• Develop process windows and control strategies to improve repeatability and manufacturability.
• Design structured experiments using statistics to optimize processes.
• Document results, participate in technology transfer, and contribute to IP.

Skills

Semiconductor fabrication

Wafer-level process integration

DOE / statistics

Metrology data analysis

Programming for data analysis

Education

PhD in Materials Science / Physics / EEE / Chemistry / Chemical Engineering

Tools

JMP

Python

R

MATLAB

Job description

Seagate Technology seeks a Senior Development Engineer for the Advanced Transducer Development group in Bloomington, MN. You will drive wafer-level fabrication process development from concept to prototype, collaborating with lithography, deposition, etch, CMP, and metrology teams to deliver integrated device flows.

You will analyze metrology data, establish process windows, and execute structured experiments to improve yield and reliability, while documenting results and contributing to IP and