Jobs

Headway offers competitive salaries, an outstanding benefits package and significant opportunities for professional growth.

We currently have the following openings:

Headway is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, sex, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, medical condition, sexual orientation, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era.

Equipment Engineer

  • General Summary


      • This position will be responsible for the evaluation, selection, order installation, modification, upgrade and maintenance of manufacturing equipment under the direction of the Equipment Engineering Manager.

  • Principle Duties and Responsibilities


    • Collect data, chart, and analyses of information for equipment.
    • Oversee and manage the installation, modification, upgrade and maintenance of manufacturing equipment.
    • Keep current on equipment manufacturer’s technical notices, upgrades and safety issues.
    • Study equipment performance and reliability.
    • Develop production tool recovery planning during emergency tool down situations.
    • Schedule and manage equipment and manufacturing and improvement projects.
    • Provide technical support to equipment maintenance and other manufacturing organizations.
    • Define preventive maintenance procedures and schedules.
    • Serve as the principle contact for equipment vendors and services.

  • Job Specification and Requirements*


    • Vacuum Equipment Engineer:
      • Advanced knowledge of thin films deposition and etch tools such as RF Diode, RF Mag, DC Mag, PECVD, RIE, ICP and Ion Mill.
      • Possess basic knowledge of chemistry and plasma physics.
      • Have a basic understanding of digital and analog electronics, machine design, fluid dynamics and thermo dynamics.
    • Photo Equipment Engineer:
      • Advanced knowledge of the photolithography process, including experience with Scanners, Steppers, Track Coat and Bake systems.
      • Have a basic understanding of digital and analog electronics, machine design, fluid dynamics and thermo dynamics.
    • Plating Equipment Engineer:
      • Advanced experience on Plating and Etch equipment maintenance such as Plating Stations, Resist Strippers, Etch Wet benches, and SRD equipment.
      • Have an in depth understanding of electronics, electro-mechanical, and pneumatic principles.
      • Be proficient on the use of profilometers, XRF tools and SEM tools.
      • Knowledge of CMP, wafer polish and wafer clean equipment helpful.
    • Common Equipment Engineering requirements:
      • Have excellent written and oral communication.
      • Be proficient with MS Window software (Excel), CAD or similar software knowledge.
      • For Vacuum & Photo, hands on experience with metrology tools for parametric film measurement and defect inspection.
      • Experience in (TFH) Thin Film Head fabrication strongly preferred for vacuum and photo.
      • Must interact well with interdepartmental engineering, internal support organizations and vendors.
      • Focus on quality and service when dealing with suppliers of equipment parts and material.
      • Ability to multitask projects and handle responsibilities that will affect the productivity and utilization of his/her equipment tool set with emphasis on material costs, quality and service from provider.
      • Must be able to make determinations/decisions on critical equipment situations, with consideration to all data, study, experience, etc.
      • Requires occasional travel to perform source acceptance at OEM site or perform technology transfer.
      • Prefer 15+ years as an equipment engineer or similar field.
      • Minimum AA degree, BS preferred or equivalent experience and/or military electronics training.

  • Work Schedule, Conditions and Physical Requirements ***


      • Work schedule is from Monday through Friday. Regular work schedule may periodically be adjusted to meet company needs. Majority of the time for this position will be in an office/cube environment. A significant amount of time will be in the wafer fab requiring adherence to the safety and dress standard, including but not limited to bunnysuits, safety shoes, glasses, latex gloves, etc. Physical requirements include manual dexterity, lifting, bending, reaching and standing to work on equipment. Occasional lifting of up to 50 lbs may be required. Some areas will have high noise levels. Contact with hazardous chemicals, fumes or airborne particles may occur. Certain aspects of this job require the use of a respirator, therefore; individuals must shave facial hair in accordance with OSHA requirements and must pass a physical exam that certifies that they are physically fit to wear a respirator.

* Related duties as required are duties that may not be specifically listed in the classification specification or position description.

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Head Test Engineer

  • General Summary


      • This position will be responsible for understanding the performance issues related to PMR heads and the various tests that can be used to characterize them. This position is expected to do hands on work with the testers and solving various issues.

  • Principle Duties and Responsibilities


    • Understand our head design features and work on plans for testing them.
    • Work with others to perform the tests and verify the validity of the data.
    • Careful and thorough data analysis to understand the testing data.
    • Summarize the testing data and prepare reports with recommendations.

  • Job Specification and Requirements*


    • Strong analytical skills and good interpersonal skills is essential for this position.
    • Previous product design and test experience is of great help for this position.
    • Hands-on skills and familiarity with basic electrical lab equipments.
    • Minimum BS in Physics/EE or other related technical field. MS preferred.

  • Work Schedule, Conditions and Physical Requirements ***


      • This is a day shift position, Monday through Friday. Regular work schedule may periodically be adjusted to meet company needs. A significant amount of time will require the individual to work in a class 100 ESD sensitive wafer fab manufacturing facility requiring adherence to safety and dress standard, including but not limited to bunnysuits, safety shoes, glasses, nitrile gloves, etc.

* Related duties as required are duties that may not be specifically listed in the classification specification or position description.

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Integration Engineer

  • General Summary


      • This position will be responsible for manufacturing integration. This position reports directly to the Manager, Manufacturing Quality.

  • Principle Duties and Responsibilities


    • Maintain manufacturing product configuration and specifications.
    • Responsible for introducing new product into manufacturing line.
    • Support new design experiment in manufacturing line.
    • Help PMC to define product line configuration and conversion.
    • Interact with F/A engineer to trouble shoot root cause and work with design group to improve wafer quality.

  • Job Specification and Requirements*


    • Experience in wafer fab manufacturing, preferred background in Head industry.
    • Must be able to interact and work effectively with individuals and interdepartmental groups.
    • Able to make decisions on disposition of wafers.
    • Familiar with statistical process control.
    • Minimum B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science preferred or an equivalent combination of experience.

  • Work Schedule, Conditions and Physical Requirements ***


      • This is a day shift position, Monday through Friday. Regular work schedule may occasionally be adjusted to meet company needs. A significant amount of time will require the individual to be on their feet within a class 100 ESD sensitive wafer fab manufacturing facility requiring strict adherence to safety and dress standard, including but not limited to smocks, hairnets, safety shoes, glasses, latex gloves, etc.

* Related duties as required are duties that may not be specifically listed in the classification specification or position description.

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Material Scientist

  • General Summary


      • This position is responsible for material and physical characterization of development and product devices reporting to the Director of Wafer Characterization.

  • Principle Duties and Responsibilities


    • Perform materials and physical characterization of development and product devices using various materials characterization techniques.
    • Competence with TEM, STEM and Dual Beam techniques for solving materials science problems as related to industry.
    • Hands-on operation and some routine maintenance of such systems.
    • Interpret results as it impacts processes and material development for recording heads, MRAM, MEMS, and other related programs.
    • Write and present clear and concise findings and summaries.

  • Job Specification and Requirements*


    • Must be able to communicate and facilitate professional interactions within own group, interdepartmental engineering and other organizations.
    • Understand the concept of "customer driven" and "cooperation".
    • Working knowledge and expertise in EDS and EELS analysis.
    • Additional knowledge and expertise in XRD, XRR preferred.
    • Proficiency in mechanical trouble shooting of equipment preferred.
    • Proficiency in sample preparation techniques for microscopy.
    • Able to work independently.
    • Minimum of a M.S. degree in Material Science, Physics or related field.

  • Work Schedule, Conditions and Physical Requirements ***


      • The majority of the time for this position will be in a lab environment, requiring significant amount of work on analytical equipment. This will require adherence to dress and safety standards. This will include but not limited to a lab smock, booties, hairnet, gloves, etc. The candidate for this position must be flexible in order to accommodate the need for work on weekends and evenings.

* Related duties as required are duties that may not be specifically listed in the classification specification or position description.

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Plating Manufacturing Engineer

  • General Summary


      • This position will support the plating manufacturing process under the direction of the Plating Engineering Manager.

  • Principle Duties and Responsibilities


    • Monitor and sustain yield/throughput improvement on manufacturing processes.
    • Provide technical support to the plating area. Emphasis will be quality control on plating solutions and etching solution preparation.
    • Resolve line down situations and use failure analysis to investigate root causes of problems.
    • Provide technical support to special engineering projects and assignments.
    • Improve and optimize existing plating processes.

  • Job Specification and Requirements*


    • Must be able to interact with interdepartmental engineering and other support groups.
    • Proven training/college course work on analytical chemistry is required.
    • Must be able to work and support a demanding manufacturing environment.
    • Should be self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
    • Minimum M.S. degree in Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Material Science. Ph.D. preferred.

  • Work Schedule, Conditions and Physical Requirements ***


      • This is a day shift position, Monday through Friday. Regular work schedule may periodically be adjusted to meet company needs. A significant amount of time will require the individual to work in a class 100 ESD sensitive wafer fab manufacturing facility requiring adherence to safety and dress standard, including but not limited to bunnysuits, safety shoes, glasses, latex gloves, etc.

* Related duties as required are duties that may not be specifically listed in the classification specification or position description.

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Quality Control Manufacturing Engineer

  • General Summary


      • This position will support the Quality Control Manufacturing Engineering under the direction of the Quality Control Manufacturing Engineering Manager.

  • Principle Duties and Responsibilities


    • Monitor and sustain yield improvement on manufacturing processes.
    • Provide statistical analysis, failure analysis to concerned area. Emphasis will be application of SPC to achieve prescribed Cp, Cpk objectives.
    • Improve and optimize existing processes through SPC methodology.
    • Provide technical support to special engineering projects and assignments.

  • Job Specification and Requirements*


    • Must be able to interact with interdepartmental engineering and other support groups.
    • Proven training/college course work or industrial experiences on SPC, FA skills like able to run FIB are required.
    • Proficiency on Microsoft Office or other statistical applications is preferred.
    • Must be able to work and support a demanding manufacturing environment.
    • Should be self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
    • Minimum B.S. degree in physical sciences/engineering disciplines.

  • Work Schedule, Conditions and Physical Requirements ***


      • This is a day shift position, Monday through Friday. Regular work schedule may periodically be adjusted to meet company needs. A significant amount of time will require the individual to work in a class 100 ESD sensitive wafer fab manufacturing facility requiring adherence to safety and dress standard, including but not limited to bunnysuits, safety shoes, glasses, latex gloves, etc.

* Related duties as required are duties that may not be specifically listed in the classification specification or position description.

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Safety Engineer

  • General Summary


      • This position will perform day-to-day compliance duties in accordance with corporate health and safety programs reporting to the EH&S manager.

  • Principle Duties and Responsibilities


    • Review and prepare written corporate safety policies and procedures.
    • Assess safety of Headway’s work areas and job assignments.
    • Promote safety awareness within Headway’s employee population.
    • Prepare all required safety reports and necessary data for permit updates.
    • Manage injury prevention program & (optional) Safety Committee.
    • Manage Hazard Communication Program.
    • Coordinate and provide day-to-day training activities as required for all shifts.
    • Investigate and record injuries, coordinate with Human Resources and comp carrier.
    • Manage, investigate and recommend improvements for the Ergonomics Program.
    • Supervise industrial hygiene surveys.
    • Provide health and safety type training and maintain training records.
    • Supervise and maintain inventory of safety equipment.
    • Participate in emergency response drills, training, and ability to perform detailed safety inspections.
    • Coordinate activities and PO agreements with required vendors.

  • Job Specification and Requirements*


    • Work cooperatively with others.
    • Effectively communicate with individuals and interdepartmental groups.
    • Wear cell phone at all times, including off duty hours. Must be able to respond within 30 minutes, if possible.
    • Must be able to maintain certification in Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response.
    • Manage and/or participate on Spill Response Team, in accordance with OSHA requirements.
    • Minimum of 5 years experience in corporate safety compliance programs.
    • AA/BA/BS in Safety, Chemistry, Physical Science or Environment Science or related field is preferred, or equivalent college courses and experience.
    • Must have excellent computer skills. (MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint)
    • Experience with ISO (14001, 18001) program implementation/management/operations preferred.

  • Work Schedule, Conditions and Physical Requirements ***


      • Regular work hours will be days from Monday through Friday. Regular work schedule may periodically be adjusted to meet company needs. Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 lbs. And be capable of entering all Headway work spaces. Must adhere to all safety and cleanroom requirements. May be required to use a respirator, therefore, the individual must be clean shaven in accordance with OSHA requirements and medically approved to wear a respirator.

* Related duties as required are duties that may not be specifically listed in the classification specification or position description.

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Sr. Thin Film Process Development Engineer

  • General Summary


      • This position will be responsible for CVD/ALD/PVD metal and dielectric film process development for reader/writer application under the direction of the Engineering Manager.

  • Principle Duties and Responsibilities


    • Develop advanced CVD/ALD/PVD metal/dielectric film process.
    • Conduct experiments to improve the thin film properties and processes robustness/consistency.
    • Sustain, improve and transfer processes for future products.
    • Responsible for the selection and qualification of new tools.
    • Interact with vendor and maintenance personnel on hardware issues.

  • Job Specification and Requirements*


    • 3 yrs experience in CVD/ALD, sputter deposition, thin film characterization is required.
    • Strong background in materials and magnetism is desired.
    • PhD Degree in Physics, Materials Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.
    • Excellent communication skills to convey engineering issues to other groups.
    • Experience in thin film head, magnetic recording or semiconductor wafer processing helpful.

  • Work Schedule, Conditions and Physical Requirements ***


      • This is a day shift position, Monday through Friday. Regular work schedule may p