Wafer Photolithography CAD Sr. Engineer

About our group:

The Photo CAD/Systems Engineering team supports Seagate’s Wafer & Slider Operations to manufacture recording heads used in Seagate’s disk drive products. The team focuses on the creation and development of photolithography masks to support the Wafer Product Engineering and R&D organizations as well as the Slider Advanced Air-Bearing Development teams.

About the role - you will:

• Support Wafer Product & R&D teams by drawing, specifying, inspecting, and ordering photolithography masks.  Photolithography masks support Suss Aligner (9” masks), Nikon (5X/4X reduction), & ASML toolsets.
• Take existing photomask geometries, layers, and apply CAD transformations (sizing, curvature, linear shifts, etc), in addition to taking the photomask requester’s sketch designs to generate a CAD design.
• Work with the engineering teams directly to make sure any additional documentation for a photomask order is complete and meeting SOP standards.
• Work with the Slider Advanced Air-Bearing (AAB) teams to create, order, and inspect their photomasks for drive development.
• Create and maintain large CAD libraries with greater than 150 layers to produce high yielding read-write transducers.
• Need to be detail oriented since there are many facets to the CAD libraries to maintain and ensure they are in place for engineering team usage.
• Communicate with the photomask vendors qualifying new vendor toolsets, revising photomask grade specifications, and investigating non-uniformity sources as well as making sure photomask orders are delivered on-time and meeting the existing photomask specifications
• Learn photo processing engineering techniques to incorporate into photomask designs.
• Document CAD library creation with a high level of details to fully communicate the both the photomasks’ requirements and layout, but also both the wafer metrology and stepper alignment features
• Work with product teams to improve product design, integration, and performance.
• Work cross-functionally and lead teams as needed.

About you:

• A strong desire to deliver.
• Solid communication skills both in written and verbal form.
• Ability to take instruction and show judgment when to suggest changes.
• Initiative-taking and self-directed.
• Ability to work 100% independently if needed.
• Collaborate with the process teams as well as with the other CAD engineers.
• Patience as well when communicating with many engineers of different cultural backgrounds.

Your experience includes:

• Experience in Wafer photolithography operations

• Project(s) experience that includes multi-layer CAD usage and solutions.
• An understanding of CAD software

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering related field (i.e. Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Computer Engineering, Materials, Physics, or Information Technology) and 5+ years of experience or Master’s degree in the same and 3+ years’ experience or PhD and 0+ years’ experience or equivalent experience and education.

You might also have:

• Experience in a wafer manufacturing environment (thin-film-head, semiconductor wafer manufacturing)

• Experience with Photolithography tools; ASML, Nikon, Suss Aligner, TEL, Masks/Reticles
• AutoCAD, DraftSight, Solidworks, Pyxis or other CAD software experience
• SAP purchasing experience for ordering photomasks
• Ability to extract, manipulate and analyze data using SQL & Excel

Location:

Our Normandale campus spans two suburbs, Edina, and Bloomington, and serves as the Recording Head development and manufacturing arm of Seagate. Located in the heart of a bustling community, Seagate offers an on-site café, or if you prefer, you can drive to one of many restaurants just minutes away. Need to grab a gift over lunch time? Shopping is abundant in the area. If working out is your thing, the on-site fully equipped fitness center hosts wellness programs, outdoor activities, tournaments, and group workouts. Looking for something more laid back? Reset in one of our meditation rooms, or simply take a walk around our indoor walking path. On-site cultural festivals, celebrations and community volunteer opportunities also abound.

The estimated base salary range for this position is $92,310.00 - $131,994.00. The individual salary is based on work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

 Seagate offers comprehensive benefits to its eligible employees, including, but not limited to, eligibility to participate in discretionary bonus program, medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, short-and long-term disability, 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, health savings account, dependent care, and healthcare spending accounts. Seagate also offers paid time off, including 12 holidays, flexible time off provided pursuant to Seagate policy, a minimum of 48 hours of paid sick leave, and 16 weeks of paid parental leave. The benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year and may differ depending on work location.

Location: Normandale, United States
Travel: None