# Thin Film Development Senior Engineer

About our group: Do you want to work on cutting-edge technology that pushes the limits of what an entire industry can do? The HAMR Product Materials Group develops new material and deposition process solutions that support Seagate’s advanced recording head development efforts. As part of the wafer process team, we develop best-in-class thin films using vacuum- and electrochemistry-based deposition methods and partner with integration teams to introduce these films into new recording head designs. Through materials innovation, our team helps advance recording head performance and reliability while supporting Seagate’s technology and time-to-market goals. About the role - you will: Develop novel metal and dielectric thin films and processes for next-generation Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) heads. Develop new process modules using deposition techniques including Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD), Ion Beam Deposition (IBD), and evaporation, and optimize process performance using statistically based experimental methods. Conduct detailed studies of material properties using microstructural, chemical, electrical, thermal, and mechanical characterization methods. Collaborate with

- **Id**: 4004354
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/seagate-technology-thin-film-development-senior-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T06:13:46Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T00:21:41Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6189
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible time off, Life insurance, Parental leave, Wellness
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Enterprise Storage Systems, Digital Storage

## Company

- **Id**: 1756651
- **Name**: Seagate Technology
- **Domain**: seagate.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/seagate-com>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 13
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 94140
- **Max**: 134625
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 134625

## Technologies

- **Design of Experiments** — Optional: no
- **PVD** — Optional: no
- **Statistical Process Control** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T06:13:46Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 13
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 134625
- **Is top pay**: no

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