Failure Analysis Manager

Position: Failure Analysis Manager (Job ID: 20438)

• Pioneer • Basic + AWS + VB

Job Description:

Seeking a highly technical and strategic Failure Analysis Manager to lead our diagnostics and rootcause investigations. As the Failure Analysis Manager, you will lead a team of engineers and technicians dedicated to identifying the root causes of media-level failures. You will oversee the transition from "symptom detection" to "physical root cause," bridging the gap between yield losses and field returns. Your insights will directly influence process engineering, R&D, and quality assurance. This role is also pivotal in bridging the gap between media manufacturing processes and Hard Disk Drive (HDD) system performance.

• Manage and mentor a specialized team of FA engineers; oversee lab operations, including equipment maintenance and safety protocols. • Lead deep-dive investigations into media defects such as protrusions, pits, scratches, lubricant migration, and corrosion including their impact on drive-level reliability. • Oversee the use of high-end analytical tools to characterize defects at the atomic and magnetic levels. • Partner with Media Process Development teams to correlate FA findings with process variables. Also act as technical bridge between Media teams and HDD Integration/Customer Quality teams. • Translate complex microscopic and chemical data into actionable executive summaries to drive both media and HDD yield improvement and product roadmap

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