Western Digital - San Jose, CA
posted 16 days ago
About the position
Western Digital, the premiere producer of hard disk drives (HDDs), is seeking a scientist with experience performing XRD, XRR, and/or XRF on thin-film materials. Magnetic sensor, writer, and disk development are critical to the advancement of data storage. Magnetic media used to store information in hard drives is composed of stacks of thin films ranging from angstroms to tens of nanometers in thickness. Electromagnetic HDD head technology also relies on thin-film stacks, and are produced in wafer fabs applying the same processing techniques used in the semiconductor industry. The primary purpose of our work is to characterize these thin-films in support of the next generation of HDD technology.
Responsibilities
- Use Rigaku and Panalytical XRD, XRR, and XRF instruments to collect and interpret data to extract parameters from a variety of samples.
- Work closely with head and media development teams to provide expert measurement, data interpretation, and input on technological advancement.
- Join a team of X-ray scientists, electron microscopists, and chemists supporting Western Digital's research, development, and manufacturing efforts worldwide.
Requirements
- Pursuing a PhD in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry or other related engineering discipline.
- Significant experience with XRD data analysis.
- Experience using XRF (Rigaku) and/or EPMA (JEOL) to perform compositional analysis on thin-films and/or bulk materials.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Rietveld refinement.
- Experience with XRR data fitting.
- Interest in troubleshooting X-ray equipment.
Benefits
- Paid vacation time
- Paid sick leave
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- Life, accident and disability insurance
- Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
- Employee assistance program
- Voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
- Tuition reimbursement
- Transit benefits
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan
