Senior Engineer, Manufacturing Process Integration (MPI) (HAMR)

Location: On-site at hirify.global's Normandale campus in Bloomington/Edina, United States. Occasional travel to international manufacturing locations, up to 10%.

Salary: $94,140–$134,625 base annually.

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures data storage technologies, including recording heads and Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording products.

What you will do

• Scale new wafer processes and recording-head products from late-stage development into high-volume manufacturing.
• Integrate reader and writer technologies, including HAMR, lasers, plasmonic transducers, electronic and magnetic elements, and thermal-management solutions.
• Improve process manufacturability, throughput, device performance, and production readiness.
• Design and execute experiments, analyze technical results, and present recommendations to cross-functional teams and management.
• Troubleshoot material, manufacturing-process, and product-design issues across disciplines such as lithography, vacuum processing, plating, CMP, and metrology.
• Develop automation solutions using Python, Microsoft Power Automate, and OCAP methodologies while applying AI, machine learning, and data science.

Requirements

• bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, chemistry, materials science, or a related technical discipline with 5+ years of experience; or a master's degree with 3+ years; or a PhD with 0+ years; or equivalent education and experience.
• Experience applying Design of Experiments, statistical analysis, and statistical process control.
• Ability to work in a cleanroom and occasionally support off-shift manufacturing issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for presenting complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Ability to work on-site at the Normandale campus in the United States.

Nice to have

• Semiconductor or wafer-fabrication experience and/or data-storage product-development experience.
• Experience with yield improvement, failure analysis, CAD applications, process integration, or generalist engineering.
• Materials Science background.
• Experience applying AI and machine-learning techniques to engineering challenges.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative engineering environment spanning wafer operations, process development, wafer design, and product engineering.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and 401(k).
• Employee stock purchase plan, health savings account, dependent-care and healthcare spending accounts.
• Paid time off, 12 holidays, paid sick leave, and 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• On-site café, fitness center, wellness programs, meditation rooms, indoor walking path, cultural events, and volunteer opportunities.