Senior Wafer Process Analytics Engineer

About the role

At Seagate, our mission is to build the world's best data storage devices. The Advanced Transducer Development group is a global R&D organization developing new recording head technologies to advance areal density and support Seagate's HDD product roadmap. Our process team uses state-of-the-art wafer fabrication tools and cleanroom facilities to develop leading-edge writer and read-sensor technologies. Our team demonstrates the feasibility of new devices, process modules, materials, and integration concepts. If you enjoy wafer process development, hands-on fabrication, and solving complex device-build challenges, this could be an excellent opportunity to advance your R&D career.

Responsibilities

• Develop advanced analyses to understand and improve critical dimension control, process variation, device geometry, and wafer-level performance.
• Build predictive and empirical models connecting process inputs, material properties, and metrology results to key process and device outputs.
• Develop, validate, and deploy AI and machine-learning solutions for process optimization, excursion identification, and downstream prediction.
• Create automated image-analysis workflows for SEM, optical, AFM, and other characterization data, including segmentation, feature extraction, dimensional measurement, and defect classification.
• Develop empirical unit-process models and wafer-process simulations that predict geometry evolution, process interactions, and cumulative variation through integrated device flows.
• Partner with unit process, integration, metrology, and design engineers to translate engineering problems into practical analytical