Senior Engineer, Wafer Configuration & Product Support

Seagate Technology; BLOOMINGTON (MN); On-site; USD 94,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site amenities

Job summary

Seagate Technology is seeking a detail-oriented professional to join the Head Analysis and Performance Group (HAPG) at our Normandale/ Bloomington sites. You will coordinate wafer allocation, material flow, and engineering evaluations to support product qualifications and development activities.

You will partner with Wafer Engineering, Production Control, Process Engineering, and Manufacturing Operations to resolve material constraints and schedule-critical tasks, while driving workflow

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related technical discipline with 5+ years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate wafer allocation and material flow to support production, approved engineering trials, product qualifications, technical investigations, and development activities.
• Serve as primary point of contact to coordinate evaluation requests with Wafer Engineering, Production Control, and Manufacturing stakeholders, supporting prioritization, scheduling, tracking, communication, and execution.
• Coordinate approved special engineering wafer requests, including OPTI requests, by supporting wafer selection, tracking, communication, and execution.
• Coordinate the wafer-material activities required to execute approved product, process, and configuration changes, including material identification, status tracking, stakeholder communication, and production-flow coordination.
• Partner with Wafer Product Engineering, Production Control, Process Engineering, and Manufacturing Operations to resolve material constraints and production delays.
• Support production hold and exception-management activities, including applicable SHN workflows, by tracking impacted material, coordinating approved actions, and escalating execution constraints.
• Coordinate engineering wafer swaps, scrap-wafer utilization, and special material requests to support approved engineering work while minimizing disruption to production priorities.
• Maintain visibility of wafer requests, inventory, material status, priorities, execution risks, and required actions. Communicate issues that could affect approved schedules or production needs.
• Support technical investigations and wafer evaluations through data collection, tracking, reporting, and cross-functional coordination.
• Identify and support improvements to wafer-request, material-tracking, and coordination workflows.
• Drive process improvements, automation opportunities, and workflow simplification to improve responsiveness and operational efficiency.
• Develop visibility tools and metrics that improve planning, prioritization, and decision-making across the organization.

Skills

Microsoft 365

Data analysis tools

Power BI

SQL

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Physics/Materials Science/Data Science/Statistics

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Python

Job description

Seagate Technology is seeking a detail-oriented professional to join the Head Analysis and Performance Group (HAPG) at our Normandale/ Bloomington sites. You will coordinate wafer allocation, material flow, and engineering evaluations to support product qualifications and development activities.

You will partner with Wafer Engineering, Production Control, Process Engineering, and Manufacturing Operations to resolve material constraints and schedule-critical tasks, while driving workflow