Senior Director, R&D Engineering

Company: Western Digital Corporation
Location: Milpitas
Posted on: April 8, 2021

Job Description:

• Lead and drive engineering organization that includes Device Collateral and Big Data groups.
• Execute roadmap on various technology generations to provide design teams with Device Collateral deliverables: Geometrical Design Rules (GDR), Electrical Design Rules (EDR), compact (SPICE) models of all devices used in integrated circuits (transistors, diodes, passive elements, etc.).
• Support design with physical layout lithography compliance simulations (LCC) and OPC checks to ensure product manufacturability form lithography prospective.
• Drive CMOS roadmap and development of peripheral CMOS transistors to meet 3D NAND electrical and geometrical specs and technology targets for performance, power and reliability.
• Drive development of a wide variety of test structures (TEG - Test Element Groups) that would allow to develop, characterize and optimize key aspects of process and device, hence optimize GDR, EDR, CMOS as well as memory cell.
• Drive new device-design architectural solutions that would allow competitive advantage.
• Enhance capabilities and develop new efficient techniques and simulation capabilities in device modeling and LCC/OPC.
• Provide all necessary support from technology, process, device side to enable and assure successful tape-outs (T/O) of designed products, and data base transfer for Mask making.
• Lead and drive Big Data teams, develop Big Data HW and SW infrastructure, develop and achieve a broad use of Big Data techniques, ML and AI applications to enhance efficiency of technology development, as well as improve 3D NAND products on cost, performance and reliability.
• Work closely and enhance collaboration between teams in WDC across geographies (e.g. US and Japan), as well as with the teams of our technology partner KIC. REQUIRED:
  • MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering/Applied Physics/Materials Science or equivalent with focus on semiconductors.
  • Minimum of 15 years' experience in semiconductor technology, device and/or process development, and experience in Big Data methodologies.
  • Track record in leading and driving technology development teams and achieving success.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to run extensive communications and work cross-functionally with R&D teams and development groups in Milpitas, US and Yokkaichi/Yokohama, Japan. The future. It's on you. You & Western Digital. We've been storing the world's data for more than 50 years. Once, it was the most important thing we could do for data. Now we're helping the world capture, preserve, access and transform data in a way only we can. The most game-changing companies, consumers, professionals, and governments come to us for the technologies and solutions they need to capture, preserve, access, and transform their data. But we can't do it alone. Today's exceptional data challenges require your exceptional skills. It's You & Us. Together, we're the next big thing in data. Western Digital-- data-centric solutions are found under the G-Technology---, HGST, SanDisk--, Tegile---, Upthere---, and WD-- brands. Western Digital is an equal opportunity employer. Western Digital does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person's gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law" poster .
    
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