Senior Engineer, Product Design Engineering

Job Description

You will support HDD and key component product design validation, characterization, and qualification activities. This role applies engineering analysis and data-driven methodologies to evaluate product and component performance, identify potential design or process-related risks, and support continuous improvement in product quality, reliability, and manufacturability.

The role is suitable for fresh graduates or early-career candidates who have a strong technical foundation, good analytical thinking, and interest in HDD/component product design validation, data analysis, and cross-functional engineering problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Support HDD and key component product design validation, characterization, and qualification activities through engineering analysis and data-driven methodologies.
• Analyze product, component, and manufacturing data to evaluate performance, reliability, quality, and potential design or process-related risks.
• Assist in root cause analysis for product performance, yield, quality, or reliability issues by working with design, process, manufacturing, and engineering teams.
• Provide analytical support for design changes, process changes, and qualification activities, including identifying potential issues prior to production ramp-up.
• Develop dashboards, reports, scripts, or analysis workflows to support product/component validation, data review, issue tracking, and engineering decision-making.
• Contribute to the standardization of product design validation and data analysis methodologies under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Learn HDD products, key components, magnetic recording fundamentals, and related validation processes through on-the-job training and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Automation, Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Fresh graduate or early-career candidate with 0–2 years of relevant experience.
• Solid academic foundation in engineering analysis, data analysis, statistics, product validation, or manufacturing-related problem solving.
• Basic programming or data analysis skills, such as Python, JMP, SAS, Spotfire, SQL, MATLAB, R, or similar tools.
• Good analytical thinking, problem-solving capability, attention to detail, and willingness to learn HDD products and component technologies.
• Good communication and teamwork skills, with English proficiency sufficient for professional working environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Internship, research project, thesis, coursework, or competition experience related to product design validation, component characterization, data analytics, quality improvement, statistical analysis, manufacturing engineering, or industrial automation.
• Exposure to HDD, semiconductor, electronics, precision manufacturing, storage products, or component engineering is a plus.
• Basic understanding of magnetic recording, HDD components, head/media process, head device process, or storage technologies is a plus, but not required.
• Experience using Python, JMP, Spotfire, SAS, SQL, or other tools for data cleaning, visualization, statistical analysis, or automation is preferred.
• Exposure to statistical methods, such as DOE, regression analysis, hypothesis testing, SPC, correlation analysis, or process capability analysis is a plus.
• Strong interest in HDD/component product design validation, engineering problem solving, and continuous improvement.

Additional Information

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