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

Location: Normandale campus, United States, serving Bloomington and Edina; on-site work required. Occasional travel to international manufacturing sites, up to 10%.

Salary: $109,470–$159,542 base salary annually.

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures data storage products, including recording-head technologies supported by wafer process engineering.

What you will do

• Scale new wafer processes and reader/writer technologies, including Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR), into volume production.
• Improve process manufacturability, throughput, and recording-head device performance.
• Design experiments, analyze results, and present documented technical conclusions to audiences from technicians to directors.
• Troubleshoot material, manufacturing-process, and product-design issues and provide tactical direction on critical problems.
• Lead projects or own process modules across a complex build route while collaborating with wafer operations, process development, design, and product engineering.
• Support automation and training using Microsoft Power Automate, Python, and OCAPs while developing skills in machine learning, generative AI, and data science.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field with 8+ years of experience, or a master’s degree with 6+ years, or a PhD with 3+ years.
• Experience applying design of experiments and statistical process control techniques.
• Ability to work in a clean-room environment and provide occasional on-call support for off-shift issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for presenting complex technical information.
• Ability to work on site at the Normandale campus in the United States.
• Ability to travel occasionally to international manufacturing sites.

Nice to have

• Semiconductor or wafer fabrication and data storage product development experience.
• Experience with yield, failure analysis, CAD, process integration, or generalist process engineering.
• Materials science background.
• Experience applying AI and machine learning.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment supporting state-of-the-art storage products and complex engineering work.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and 401(k).
• Employee stock purchase plan, health savings and dependent-care 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, and community activities.