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Engg: Various BS Engineerings


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

Various Bachelors’ Engineering Openings:

HGST, Inc. seeks various levels of Engineers: Firmware Performance, Firmware, SW, HW and Development. At least 5 years of exp and Bachelor’s degree required. Exp requirements vary by position level/type and some may require domestic and/or international travel. Must have unrestricted US work auth. Job site: San Jose, CA. Mail resume to HGST, Attn: Staffing – LL-2244, 3403 Yerba Buena Rd, San Jose, CA 95135, with a copy of ad referencing job code LLBS2013. Principals only. EOE.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Engg: Various MS Business Systems Analysts and Engineerings


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

Various MS Openings for Business Systems Analysts and Engineers:

HGST, Inc. seeks various levels of Integration Leads; Business Systems Analysts; and Engineers: Write Head Design & Characterization, Advanced Overcoat Development, Firmware Performance, Manufacturing, HW Development, Firmware and Development. Master’s degree required. Exp requirements vary by position level/type and some may require domestic and/or international travel. Must have unrestricted US work auth. Job site: San Jose, CA. Mail resume to HGST, Attn: Staffing – LL-2244, 3403 Yerba Buena Rd, San Jose, CA 95135, with a copy of ad referencing job code LLMS2013. Principals only. EOE.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Engg: Various PhD Engineerings


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

 Various PhD Engineering Openings:

GST, Inc. seeks various levels of Engineers: Research, HW, HW Development, Spacing and AdTech Write Head Modeling. PhD degree required. Exp requirements vary by position level/type & some may require domestic and/or international travel.  Must have unrestricted US work auth. Job site: San Jose, CA. Mail resume to HGST, Attn: Staffing – LL-2244, 3403 Yerba Buena Rd, San Jose, CA 95135, with a copy of ad referencing job code LLPhD2013. Principals only. EOE.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Facilities: Electrical Power Systems Engineer (Contract) - 5300


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America

Responsibilities

Site Electrical System Engineer's responsibilities are to provide assistance with high voltage power system supplying this high tech manufacturing site and YB Research Center. Provide strategic planning for all electrical system and the 50MW generator. It is part of the engineer's responsibility to support and trouble shoot building systems issues. Suggest and evaluate ideas to conserve energy. Assist end users on project planning and perform engineering feasibility study and cost analysis for assigned projects. Perform design work on small electrical related projects, cost estimating and scheduling.
Interface with utilities companies on utilities issues and energy conservation activities. Design and implement energy management program focused on conservation and expense reduction.
Collect energy usage data and prepare energy summary report on monthly basis.

Qualifications

BS or higher in an accredited engineering school.
Minimum 10 years of experience with facilities rearrangement projects in high tech industrial. Knowledge of high voltage is required. Good written and oral communication skill. Able to design, project cost estimate, and manage construction activities as well as energy conservation.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Facilities: RESO Business Analyst - 6509


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
As a key member of HGST's Real Estate & Site Operations (RESO) global management team, the RESO Business Analyst will provide guidance and expertise related to management of its global corporate initiatives, programs and policies.
The ideal candidate will have five or more years relevant corporate level real estate and site operations management experience supporting global hi-tech industry manufacturing operations, and demonstrate high degrees of functional strategic and tactical awareness competencies in this field. The Business Analyst is expected to act independently to deliver and manage requirements to schedule, budget and scope; and be self-driven and motivated.
Successful applicants will have demonstrated experience in:
• Analysis, review and documentation of business functions and processes
• iIentifying business opportunities and creative solutions to complex problems
• Evaluating and executing key business objectives
• Leading continuous process improvement initiatives that have demonstrated measurable gains on efficiency and performance across a global business unit framework
• Strategy development in collaboration with senior management
• Assessment and implementation of cost savings opportunities
• Financial and lifecycle planning
• Consolidates, tracks and reports department's annual global operating & capital budgets
• Regular, high visibility collaboration with business unit leaders in support of achieving company's strategic objectives
• Creation and management of corporate data analytics programs and procedures
• Development and maintenance of global business platform standards
• Coordination of global facilities space needs analysis & forecasting functions
• Global capital and operating expense tracking and reporting
• Collaborates with Customer, Operations, Security, EHS and IT leadership to ensure proper department alignment
• Builds the foundation for the program/project effort by capturing the business context - problem, current state, desired future state, objectives, business needs and impacted user groups
• Develops requirements (business, user, process and software requirements - functional and non-functional) and establish traceability to the business vision
• Facilitates a critical communications role by interacting with users (business domain), project team members and development personnel (technical domain)
• Ensures the requirements are specified in a manner suitable for the intended audience and are understandable, unambiguous and capable of being implemented and tested
• Ability to navigate the project team, IT personnel and business sponsors through business process change
• Works with functional leaders and business customer(s) to define program requirements
• Understands multiple project management methodologies and software development approaches - and define the appropriate deliverables through project phases (i.e. planning, analysis, specification and validation)
• Responsible for ensuring change control and change management procedures are followed within the project team as they relate to requirements
• Determines, understands and documents program/project scopes and business cases
• Ensures quality business analysis standards are met through the effective implementation or use of approved processes, best practices, methodologies and deliverables
• Diagram and evaluate existing processes
• May organize, lead and/or facilitate cross-functional project teams
• Develops metrics that provide data for process measurement, identifying indicators for future improvement opportunities
• Collects data to identify root cause of problems
• Measures performance against process requirements
• Aligns improvement to performance shortfalls
• Provides consultation on the use of re-engineering techniques to improve process performance and product quality
• Surveys and analyzes best practices for techniques and processes
• Performs cost and benefits analysis

*Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Business Information Systems, Organizational Behavior, Business Management disciplines, or a related field of study, or equivalent combination of education and/or experience plus 5 years experience. MBA desired.

* Knowledge of metric based lean initiatives in a manufacturing environment and Lean continuous improvement tools.
* Expected to work in a cross functional environment supporting multiple departments
• Extensive experience in facilities management field, with emphasis on real estate, engineering, operations, program/project management, environmental health & safety organizations
• Experience in high tech mfg. and business solutions
• Ability to interact with, and influence key business stakeholders
• Ability to plan for, and orchestrate, future development in line with strategic business objectives
• Proven project management and leadership skills, including the ability to manage multiple initiatives at one time
• Advanced data analysis skills and working knowledge of business intelligence tools with emphasis on FM solutions is preferred
• Creating and executing a strategy for developing and aligning our ERP platforms with BU strategies
• Proficiency with Microsoft Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.
* Experience with SAP a plus

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Facilities: San Jose Facilities Site Engineering Manager - 6531


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
As a key member of HGST's Real Estate & Site Operations (RESO) global engineering team, the Manager of RESO Planning & Engineering will provide strong leadership and guidance over its San Jose sites planning & engineering department, and expertise regarding its programs and policies.
The ideal candidate will have ten or more years' relevant department level facilities management experience supporting all aspects of large scale HDD industry manufacturing operations, and demonstrate high degrees of functionally strategic and tactical awareness competencies in this field.

Leadership responsibilities for this position will include, but not be limited to:
* Site Planning & Engineering Department oversight
• Strategic site planning and oversight of day-to-day operations
• Ownership of site departmental annual operating & capital budgets, staffing, and contracts
• Significant participation in RESO's global energy program
• Regular, high visibility collaboration with site business leaders in support of achieving company's strategic objectives
• Creating and executing a strategy for aligning our site engineering platforms with our customers' business strategies
• Management of site planning & engineering policies and procedures
• Implementing process based improvements across site facilities
• Piloting engineering programs for global adoption consideration
• Development and maintenance of site design standards
• Oversight and coordination of site facilities space needs analysis & forecasting functions (H/Q, R&D, and multiple mfg. environments)
• Site Capital Projects & Construction Management oversight collaborating with Customers, Maintenance & Operations, Finance, EHS and IT management to ensure proper department alignment
• Ability to drive site objectives and results, work in a fluid environment, drive culture, and lead area initiatives.

Essential Functions of the Job
• Actively participates in the development and implementation of site department goals and objectives in alignment with corporate strategy
• Manages and supervises the facilities planning & engineering staff
• Oversees all in-house designs and estimates for facility capital projects
• Identifies and reviews facility needs for improvements and upgrades, including estimating for complete project budgets, for facilities engineering, and administrative staff
• Participates in selection of consultants. Writes scopes of work. Evaluates proposals and participates in final selection
• Manages consulting architectural and engineering firms through design and construction of facilities
• Ensures adequate review of architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, HVAC and equipment drawings for conformance to design and operational objectives
• Communicates with internal customers, consultants, contractor and other stakeholders regarding facility design and construction progress
• Works closely with facilities maintenance & operations in developing preventive maintenance programs and procedures for all facility projects that are completed and accepted
• Prepares and tracks budget reports and schedules for all facility projects. Provides input into the capital budgeting process for capital projects
• Supports corporate staff and promotes open, transparent communication
• Ensures compliance with internal QA/QC programs
• Collaborates with EH&S to assure regulatory compliance on all programs, projects and processes.
• Provides interior design services, specifying and coordinating all finishes of a facility including furniture

*Qualifications
• Extensive experience in facilities management
• Successful record of personnel management
• Demonstrated program/project management successes leading multiple large scale projects in HDD business environments
• Demonstrated interpersonal and leadership skills; ability to function within a team-based organization.
• Extensive experience in high tech mfg., CR and office space solutions management
• Ability to interact with, and influence key business stakeholders
• Ability to plan for, and orchestrate, future site development in line with strategic business objectives
• OSHA knowledge and experience
• Strong understanding of procurement and contract management
• Significant project management experience in planning, design, construction and commissioning
• Knowledge of facilities engineering technology and construction terminology
• Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and HVAC/cleanroom systems.
• Working knowledge of construction procurement policies and procedures
• Demonstrated ability to manage and evaluate work carried out by staff and consultants
• Skilled at conceptualizing complex problems and developing appropriate problem solving techniques
• Demonstrated ability to manage cost control and project scheduling for capital construction projects, including ability to track progress of construction activities
• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, at all organizational levels including external agencies
• Ability to make logical decisions using sound judgment
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in and manage a diverse workforce.

Minimally requires Bachelors Degree in relevant engineering or related discipline, preferably with a facilities or project management accreditation. Minimum 10 years directly related experience.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
• Exceptional communication skills
• Strong Customer Service skills
• Strong Financial and Analytical Acumen
• Strong People Management skills

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Facilities: Site Mechanical Systems Engineer - 6536


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
As a key member of HGST's Real Estate & Site Operations (RESO) engineering team, the Site Mechanical Systems Engineer will provide technical leadership and guidance over its San Jose sites mechanical system infrastructure planning/operations for improved efficiency and reliability.

• Provide Mechanical Engineering systems expertise in areas of boilers, steam and steam condensate systems, condenser, chilled/process/RO/DI water systems, pumps, air compressors, humidification systems, domestic water/IW/HM piping, industrial waste treatment systems, associated instrument controls and pipe corrosion/stress assessment for facility infrastructure at all buildings and central utility plant.
• Perform mechanical design work, investigate customer requirements, prepare preliminary engineering drawings, cost estimates and specifications for site mechanical systems and business unit tool/equipment installations/removals.
• Perform project manager/engineer role on facilities capital projects overseeing all aspects and disciplines of work with full compliance of safety and other codes.
• Plan project scopes, budget and schedules, develop bid packages/RFP for capital projects utilizing engineering firms to prepare design and construction documents. Responsible for the successful integration of the piping, equipment, civil/structural, instrument, and related electrical design activities
• Conduct technical assessments of site equipment efficiency, capacity, reliability and other conditions to identify cost reductions and performance improvements.
• Provide support to site Maintenance/Operations, Business Unit/customer requestors, engineering/architect firms, and management as required.
• Maintains knowledge of technology improvements and communicates their existence to the engineering/operations and manufacturing/customer teams and proposes/coordinates implementation or evaluation of such innovations.
• This position requires that the candidate has the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and have exceptional coordination, communication and people skills.
• Position requires the ability to perform field engineering in all areas of the buildings and plant site (includes climbing stairs, ladders, etc.).

*Qualifications
BS degree in Mechanical Engineering
Fac Mgmt Sys including instrumentation, PE License and/or LEED preferred.
At least ten years experience with manufacturing industrial settings.
Knowledge and experience with AutoCad, MS Office, MS Project is required.
Experience in HDD manufacturing, Project Management and Safety Training a plus.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Finanace: Sr. Financial Analyst - 7286


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Provide financial support for the WW HDD Development functions within HGST. Strengthen the Business Partner relationship with the VP. Meet with the departments monthly to submit a rolling six quarter forecast for spending and headcount. Perform worldwide analysis on forecast to forecast, quarter to quarter, and forecast to actual variances. Highlight spending risks and opportunities by owner and help drive actions to realize spending reductions.

*Qualifications
BS or higher in finance
5 - 7 years experience
Working knowledge of essbase and SAP preferred
Excellent communication (written and verbal) and people skills
Strong analytical skills

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Finance: Accounts Receivable Specialist - 6982


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
-Accounts Receivable and Cash Forecasting for assigned Latin America Distributors
-Analysis, and validation of Distributor's reported Inventory and Point of Sale (POS) data
-Analyze and resolve business issues
-Researching and auditing customer deductions.
-Properly document transactions and adjustments to ensure audit compliance
-Prepare monthly measurement report

*Qualifications
-Must speak Spanish fluently.
-Accounts Receivable experience managing Latin America Distribution accounts.
-Experience with Cash Forecasting
-Experience researching and auditing customer deductions.
-Strong interpersonal and communication skills
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
-Organizational and follow through skills
-Advanced Excel Skills
-SAP experience

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Finance: Global Director R&D Finance - 7029


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities


The Role:

The Global Director of R&D Finance will report directly to the CFO of HGST and will provide Finance support to the HGST CTO. This is a key role in helping to drive improvement in our R&D analytics and program modeling, in addition to providing leadership to the finance community supporting R&D functions.

Key Responsibilities:
• Own the financial integrity of HGST R&D Forecast.
• Evolve the R&D tracking and analysis model.
• Partner with engineering to develop key metrics tied to R&D efficiency.
• Provide month-end, quarter-end close and forecast process leadership to the financial analysts supporting R&D.
• Manage a global team of 8-10 analysts supporting R&D spending (excludes Heads & Media Finance).
• Provide Ad-Hoc business support to the HGST CTO and/or his staff.
• Support new product Business Case analysis on new program decisions.

The Individual:

A natural leader and agent of change who can thrive in an environment with a degree of ambiguity. This individual will have a track record of working well cross-functionally as well as cross finance teams to drive team results.

*Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Business or Accounting, MBA preferred.
• Prior FP&A experience required.
• Prior experiencing in a finance leadership role supporting engineering desired.
• 10+ years of people management experience with a proven track record of recruiting and developing high performance teams.
• 8+ years working within the high tech industry.
• Demonstrated strong leadership skills.
• Strong project management abilities; capable of prioritizing and handling multiple projects simultaneously under tight time constraints and within budget parameters.
• Outstanding written and oral communications skills.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams with demonstrated success initiating change and influencing all levels of the organization.
• Highly collaborative with excellent interpersonal skills

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Finance: Lead Financial Analyst - Product Cost - 5799


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

Responsibilities
The Product Cost Consolidation Lead Analyst position serves as a key interlock point between our manufacturing sites, our BP (Business Planning) group, as well as Corporate FP&A.

Month End Reporting and Forecasting/Budgeting responsibilities:
- Help consolidate cost data from all sites/factories for all business segments.
- Calculate and record all adjustments on top of site inputs.
- Publish HDD forecast unit cost/COGS and cost performance for company wide reporting.
- Provide bridges and explanations for all scenario variances.
- Provide variable cost calculations.

Product Specific Cost Analysis responsibilities:
- Detail product specific comparisons to competitive cost outlooks.
- Provide projected cost convergence points for new products.

Weekly Manufacturing Cost Operations Meeting responsibilities:
- Coordinate/consolidate weekly Cost Operations presentation.
- Track week to week performance vs. stated forecast scenario.
- Help construct quarterly targets for Manufacturing Operations groups.

Ad hoc analysis, as required.

Qualifications
8 years of FP&A experience; with some manufacturing cost experience
Must be very organized and thorough
Fast and eager learner
Strong logical thinker
Excellent analytical skills
Good presentation and communication skills
Experience with complex financial models
Strong Excel background

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Finance: Media R&D financial analyst - 7292


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Responsible for forecast and reporting of budgets. Must complete variance analyses of actual to forecast and forecast to forecast changes. Work with R&D management on key initiatives and ad hoc projects.

Work with managers to control spending and track activity.

*Qualifications
Four years of FP&A experience with spending control experience
Must be very organized and thorough
Fast and eager learner
Good analytic, presentation, and communication skills
Experience with complex financial models
Strong Excel background

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Finance: MFG IT Support Engineer / System Admin - 6805


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Candidate will be responsible for supporting the San Jose Wafer Manufacturing environment. This will be inclusive of, but not limited to:

- installing, configuring, and maintaining a variety of UNIX operating systems (Red Hat & SUSE)
- working with Wafer Manufacturing in understanding their environment, needs and priorities and applying this knowledge to support their 24x7 operational environment and project priorities.
- analyzing and resolving problems associated with the operating system's servers, hardware, applications, and software.
- detecting, diagnosing, and reporting UNIX related problems on servers.
- installing new software releases
- evaluating and installing patches
- performing system upgrades
- performing system backups and recovery
- performing system tuning
- developing and/or documenting Manufacturing IT processes and procedures
- availability to be on rotating pager duty

The candidate should be familiar with standard LINUX concepts, practices, and procedures and will be required to rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals for performing a variety of tasks, and should be able to work under general supervision with IT, Manufacturing, Engineering & SW vendor personnel. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required.

The candidate will also be responsible for ensuring that the implemented solutions are in compliance with company published policies, rules and regulations.

The candidate will report to the data center manager or the IT manufacturing focal.

*Qualifications
- Requires a 2 year college degree and/or the equivalent of a minimum of 5 years of experience in UNIX Systems Administration with "hands on" experience with SUSE & Red Hat
- Proactive Application & System Performance Monitoring
- Proactive management & operational metric reporting
- VMWare – preferably certified, e.g. VCP
- Basic JAVA Programming
- Automated Scripts (Cron & Perl)
- Computer Networking basics (configuration, manage and troubleshooting)
- High Availability Clustering Administration
- HP Blade server hardware build and administration
- Required to work with limited supervision
- Good written & oral communication skills.
- Good organizational skills.
- Collaborative & engaging in group settings, i.e. teamwork
- Equipment Interfaces (SECSI, SECSII, Serial, HSMS) – [experience & knowledge a plus / nice to have]
- Storage Area Networks, backups, disk allocation, partitioning [nice to have]
- Windows Server Administration [nice to have]
- Familiar with agile project management and Kanban work scheduling methodology [nice to have]

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Finance: PMO Analyst and Operations Support - 7172


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
• Support PMO program and enforce project managers to comply to PMO standards/policy
• Develop process and governance training as well as dashboard, roadmap and report development to support PMO activities
• Provide oversight and technical assistance for the PMO and global IT organization. This role has both a functional/ process and technical component along with WW support.
• Drive efforts to provide transparency on IT initiatives to Business
• Collaborate with different key stakeholders to develop strategies for change management, resource management, time management and lead change efforts across the organization.
• Maintain processes to ensure project management documentation, reports and plans are relevant, accurate and complete

Operations Support
• Support shared IT Tools in the Global IT department as a key administrator to HP PPM, QC, QTP, ARIS, RWD, SharePoint, etc.
• Consolidation of dashboard reports for executive review
• Develop automated Excel spread sheets to pull data, calculate KPIs and develop reports.
• Lead and participate in projects to standardize policies, procedures and processes across programs and operational units
• Analyze project and program metrics, create and consolidate status updates and executive reports

*Qualifications
• BS/MS degree required (Computer Science, Information Systems etc) with minimum of 5 years supervisory and/or project management experience
• Experience in SharePoint and PMO tools (HP PPM or similar)
• Strong knowledge of Project and Program Management Institute processes, PMI PMP & ITIL certification a plus
• Excellent organization and time management skills with strong communication and facilitation skills
• Ability to gather, analyze and organize complex data, arrive at reasonable and carefully substantiated conclusions, and to present such data effectively orally and in writing.
• Broad knowledge of business process techniques, models and tools (without a rigid commitment to a single approach) and the ability and willingness to apply them in a strategic and flexible manner.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to function in a matrix-style organization with a strong action-oriented and collaborative culture.
• Ability to work effectively with subject matter experts on program development and problem solving activities
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with business & IT

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Finance: Portfolio Management Intern - 6662


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
  HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world’s high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world.   We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
   
  *Responsibilities
  Assist Sr. Director of Portfolio Management with Enterprise, Cloud, SSD and Client segment pricing, volume planning and sales enablement functions.  The intern opportunity covers world-wide direct and channel customer segments.  Portfolio Management intern will assist with analysis of market, competitive and product dynamics through collaboration with Marketing, Sales & Sales Ops.  Prepares and presents analysis for executive review.
   
  *Qualifications
  MBA program candidate.  Bachelors degree in Business Administration / Finance.  Finance or Marketing experience a plus. 
IT industry experience a plus. 
The successful candidate must have strong analytical skills
At an advanced proficiency level in Microsoft excel and presentation tools with strong written and verbal communication skills.
   
  Equal Employment Opportunity
  It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Finance: QA and Lotus Notes Manager - 6997


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Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Manage Lotus Notes Application Development Team to provide ongoing support to business requests for development of new or enhanced solutions following the Software Development Life Cycle process. Oversee team and escalate as needed any urgent requests or high severity issues.

Manage IT Quality Management Team to provide as needed performance/regression testing using HP automated tools for SAP, SRM, BW, BI, Web, or other global applications. Work with subject matter experts to create designs to efficiently replace manual test scripts with automation. Delegate scripting activities to offshore team and guide offshore team for test executions. Analyze test results and present to application owner.

Manage Sharepoint Implementation Strategy. Coordinate and collaborate with IT Teams and different business groups to gather requirements, design solution, compare and contrast options, and lead in providing a complete package/plan for rolling out Sharepoint globally to executives. Monitor daily tasks to ensure deliverables are met from offshore team.

*Qualifications
BS/MS Degree in Computer Science or related field with 10+ years of professional experience in software development, QA, and operations with knowledge related to test automation, Lotus Notes, and Sharepoint.

Extensive experience on Lotus Notes Development and Support to be focal contact in U.S. and join in weekly IT Infrastructure meetings to discuss and resolve any Notes Domino issues.

Experience with Sharepoint and ability to design and architect solutions at a global level.

5+ years management or team lead experience and experience of technically leading teams of 4-10 people.

Working knowledge of developing test plans, debugging/isolating problems and driving them to resolution.

Working knowledge of the development, test, release and support processes

Excellent problem solving skills and be capable of breaking down complex situations to discover and resolve root causes; this applies to both technical issues and process issues.

Excellent interpersonal skills to create effective working relationship with all stakeholders and experience working with offshore teams.

High level of motivation, service orientation, work ethic and willingness to embrace change.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Finance: Senior Accountant - 6787


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
• Perform month-end close activities specifically related to cash, prepaid expenses, other current and non-current assets, intangibles, various accruals accounts, deferred revenue, stockholders' equity and other GL accounts that may be assigned
• Prepare monthly/quarterly balance sheet analytical review package for management
• Prepare the schedules as required on the Reporting Package Due to WD
• Assist in the development and implementation of accounting policies and operating procedures consistent with GAAP
• Prepare audit schedules that may be requested from US GL for quarterly reviews and year-end audit
• Supports the Accounting Manager in enhancing the Company's existing accounting procedures and controllership initiatives and projects to enhance and automate internal controls.
• Seek opportunities to improve accounting operation efficiency and effectiveness.
• Collaborate with various organizations within the Company including Sales, Finance, Cost Accounting, Purchasing, FP&A, Legal, and corporate accounting team.

*Qualifications
Desired skills and experience:
• Bachelor's degree in Business or Accounting, CPA with industry and public accounting experience preferred
• 4+ years of progressive experience in Accounting in a large global company or combined with public accounting experience, manufacturing exposure preferred
• Technical accounting and SEC reporting experience preferred, but not required
• Self-motivated and results oriented, a problem solver with "can-do" attitude, with strong teamwork skills and strong desire to drive changes
• Hands-on system experience highly desirable (SAP, Oracle or Hyperion)
• Excellent communication (written/verbal), interpersonal, time management, and presentation skills

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Finance: Senior Financial Analyst - 7201


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Provide financial support for the WW IS&T functions within HGST. Strengthen the Business Partner relationship with the VP. Meet with the departments monthly to submit a rolling six quarter forecast for spending and headcount. Perform worldwide analysis on forecast to forecast, quarter to quarter, and forecast to actual variances. Highlight spending risks and opportunities by owner and help drive actions to realize spending reductions.

*Qualifications
BS or higher in finance
5 - 7 years experience
Working knowledge of essbase and SAP preferred
Excellent communication (written and verbal) and people skills
Strong analytical skills

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Finance: Site (U.S.) Accounting Manager - 6771


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Manage general accounting and book close of our U.S. operations. Supervise, direct, and review the work of staff including but not limited to preparation of journal entries and accounts reconciliations related to cash, accounts receivable, prepayments, intangibles, accrued liabilities, deferred revenue, stockholders' equity, etc. Be hands on with account reconciliation, financial reviews and intercompany transactions.
Seek opportunities to improve accounting operation efficiency and effectiveness. Collaborate with various organizations within the Company including Sales, Finance, Cost Accounting, Purchasing, FP&A, Legal, and corporate accounting team. Assist with quarterly and annual audit. Maintain timely and accurate financial records and prepare financial analysis and reporting quarterly. Update and ensure compliance with SOX documentation and requirements.
Develop organizational and individual goals for the staff. Provide support and guidance for the team's professional growth.

*Qualifications
- Bachelor''s degree in Business preferably accounting, CPA preferred
- 5 to 7 years of progressive experience in Accounting in a large global company or combined with public accounting experience, manufacturing exposure preferred
- Technical accounting and SEC reporting experience preferred, but not required
- People management experience and leadership to drive changes, self-motivated and results oriented with strong teamwork skills
- Hands-on system experience highly desirable (SAP, Oracle or Hyperion)
- Strong process and project management skills with outstanding work ethics, a problem solver with "can-do" attitude
- Independent, able to manage time efficiently and project manage effectively
- Excellent communication (written/verbal), interpersonal, time management, and presentation skills

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

HR: Benefits Manager - 7159


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Reporting to the Sr. Director, Compensation & Benefits, the manages the personnel involved in the development, implementation and maintenance of the company's benefits programs including vacation, holiday, time off, sick pay, unemployment, retirement plans, disability, flexible spending, service awards, group health/medical/dental coverage, and life insurance. Develops programs designed to keep employees informed about company benefit plans and any proposed changes. Ensures that programs are current with regard to trends, practices and costs. Interacts with others in areas, such as the risk management or legal departments, to investigate innovative programs (e.g., self-insurance) to determine feasibility in terms of cost, risk to the company, and legal implications. Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

*Qualifications
Ideal candidate will be an excellent people manager who is comfortable interfacing with with a variety of audiences. This position requires up-to-date understanding of U.S. benefits laws, both current and future, with an emphasis on California law.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

HR: Compensation Manager - 6780


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Reporting to the Global head of Compensation & Benefits, the Compensation Manager is responsible for the implementation and ongoing administration of the company's compensation programs in The United States. This position is responsible for the overall implementation, and administration of U.S. strategic compensation programs, along with the processes associated with supporting these programs. The incumbent partners with and advises HR and Business Leaders on compensation philosophies, programs, policies and practices, providing information and tools to effectively meet human capital and financial objectives for the organization and to ensure internal equity, external competitiveness, and compliance with applicable laws, regulations and organizational policies.

Additionally, this position serves as the Global Project Manager for the company's annual and semi-annual compensation processes such as merit & promotions, and short and long term incentive programs. To be successful in this position, the incumbent must possess excellent Project Management & communication skills. As Project Manager for these processes, the Compensation Manager will work across teams globally to develop consensus, meet project deadlines, document processes and testing plans, and ensure all parties remain informed. The incumbent will drive process improvement and refinements at all times.

This individual will serve as the main point of contact on all components of the U.S. Compensation program, and provide assistance to department staff and HGST managers on various compensation related issues. As a member of the Global Compensation & Benefits Team, the position participates in other HR matters within the team's scope of responsibility, including special projects and certain employment-related programs and projects.

• Manages and administers all U.S. compensation related activity including but not limited to merit and incentives, promotions and adjustments, development of U.S. salary ranges, and other compensation projects
• Operates as primary advisor and technical expert on compensation-related matters, including compensation philosophy, policies, programs and approaches, identifying client needs, managing the relationship, brokering development of solutions and delivering solutions to the business
• Contributes to the formulation of compensation and general HR department plans, objectives and strategies. Recommends changes and new proposals for compensation programs based on the assessment of company needs
• Partners with HR, overseeing and improving the annual compensation planning cycle, ensuring effective management of allocated funding and sound decision making
• Ensures that the administration of various compensation programs are in compliance with established guidelines, processes, and procedures
• Generates compensation reports related to salary administration and year-end processing
• Records and reports approved compensation related actions and trending over time
• Employs a proactive approach to the identification and implementation of trends and best practices
• Maintains a current knowledge of internal and external market compensation practices and trends on various topics, including pay and demand trends, organization design approaches, role definition, pay for performance and legal and regulatory requirements
• Assesses the implication of market trends on client groups, to identify compensation issues and opportunities, and to influence the Business Leaders
• Collaborates with Talent Acquisition to develop competitive compensation offers for new hires; collects, analyzes and communicates data on benchmark positions, salary planning budget and incentives
• Leads selection of and participation in salary surveys as well as research for additional sources of quality market data
• Leads and/or participates in compensation and cross-functional HR projects
• Collaborates with third party vendors on various projects as needed. Collaborates with procurement to negotiate contracts, monitors and maintains work plans, and manages vendor relationships.

*Qualifications
• BS/BA degree in Finance, Human Resources, or a related field
• 5 plus years of increasingly responsible experience in broad based compensation
• Extensive knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply Federal and Multi-State laws and regulations relating to compensation including FLSA
• Extensive knowledge of compensation best practices
• Knowledge and experience in Data Storage industry a plus
• Excellent interpersonal skills including strong influencing skills
• Must demonstrate excellent communication skills including written, verbal, and listening and presentation skills
• Strong software skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and HR systems
• Strong analytical, project management and process management skills
• Excellent organizational and follow up skills, with strong attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple, high priority tasks and adjust to shifting priorities, while meeting deadlines
• A preference for and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Must demonstrate a self-starting mindset and ability to work independently while concurrently flourishing in a team-oriented environment
• Must demonstrate excellent and timely customer service
• Maintain current knowledge of HR trends and best practices

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

HR: Global Manager - Employee Development Programs - 6477


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Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The Global Manager, Employee Development Programs role will support, partner, and report to the Global Director, Talent Management and Development.

The key functions of the role is to partner with the Global HRBP Directors and HRBP's and client groups to identify learning and development solutions for employee and individual contributors across HGST. Develop competencies to support the ongoing learning and development curriculum, and look to define sustainability and learning process.

Develop strategic learning programs and initiatives enhancing
performance, productivity, management development and engagement. This
will require the development of learning roadmaps and programs that
focus on the employee, individual contributor's critical capability
needs.

The individual will design, develop, deliver (facilitation), implement and
evaluate the effectiveness of learning solutions ensuring that
programs, processes and tools are both scalable and consumable.

Key Responsibilities:
• Manages the activities involved across the spectrum of program execution from
assisting with conceptual design, preparation and delivery to needs assessment and logistics management of learning and development programs.
• Partners with the Global Directors, HRBPs and stakeholders within the business to
assess and implement learning and development programs, processes
and training/learning initiatives to support business strategies.
Ensures programs developed are business-relevant and consumable.
• Develops and/or identifies best practices for innovative learning solutions - using
instructional design skills; identifying and managing internal and
external partners to develop and deploy learning solutions.
• Ensures delivery to approx. 25K – 40K employees globally
Manages content development, methods, and materials for T3's
• Develops methods and metrics for evaluation of learning and program effectiveness.
• Research, evaluate, and adapt current developments in the L&OD industry, as appropriate, including new learning technologies, methodologies, and concepts.
• Designs, develops, and enhance content for Global Talent Learning and Development programs.
• Manage 3 to 5 core Consultants, Vendors, and Project Teams – on performance, execution, quality, effectiveness and application of learning process

*Qualifications
Graduate degree preferred, Organization Development, Organizational Behavior.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in learning & development.
• Experience working in a technology company preferred, including experience developing and delivering employee development programs and solutions to a technical audience.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with training & development best practices.
• Instructional Design expertise and skills are required.
• Experience developing, managing, and deploying multiple training
modalities including e-learning, mobile learning and managing learning vendors and solutions.
• Able to understand business strategy and translate into relevant training and development programs, processes and tools.
• Creative and innovative with approach and ideas.
• Excellent communication skills—verbal and written.
• Flexible and adaptable to a changing environment
• Willing and able to take a 'roll up the sleeves and dig in' approach doing a broad range of
activities from logistics management to program development to post-program reinforcement with participants.

Competencies:

• Strong training, learning and development skills, demonstrated and developed through experience in a technology company.
• Proven demonstration of effective communication and presentation skills.
• Effective people and project management and development skills required.
• Effective communication skills with business leaders and technical audiences.
• Effective relationship management skills.
• Very strong orientation to managing the details for seamless execution.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

HR: HRBP Global Senior Manager - 6986


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Maintains direct client responsibility and bridges the connection between HR work and business objectives
* Takes a proactive approach with the business/clients on anticipating needs, suggesting improvements and driving the success of the organization
* Leads organizational design/alignment activities with clients
* Partners with OD on succession planning
* Analyzes trends and metrics in partnership with HR group to develop solutions, programs, and policies.
* Works with business leaders on workforce planning (in partnership with Staffing); assists managers with creation of job descriptions for postings
* Delivers HR-related training and takes part in development of employees and managers; guides managers on establishing development plans
* Coaches managers and employees on performance improvement/ corrective action
* Works with clients on employee retention, both proactive and real-time
* Partners with managers on employee engagement; understands and represents the employee viewpoint to strengthen employee engagement
* Facilitates change management
* Implements and administers HR programs and services (Annual Salary Planning, STI planning, performance management process, Talent Review Board process, etc.)
* Assists and educates managers with job scoping process, job descriptions, development of career paths, compensation, and promotion decisions
* Provides conflict management facilitation
* Accurately explains company policies & procedures and suggests changes as needed
* Provides consultation to managers re: employment law, good management practices; ensures compliance with all laws
* Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues. Conducts effective, thorough, and objective investigations; represents the company during employment litigation
* Conducts terminations and exit interviews and implements actions/further steps as needed

*Qualifications

* Minimum of 8-10 years related experience.
* Bachelors degree in Business Administration, I/O Psych, Sociology, or related degree required.
* Experience having supported worldwide Quality organizations preferred.
* Working knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines including compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, employee relations, diversity, performance management, federal and state respective employment laws.
* Experience working effectively in a matrixed, global organization.
* Relevant industry experience a plus.
* Travel percentage 10% or more.
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:
* Excellent consulting skills.
* Excellent client management and business literacy skills.
* Strong employee relations skills.
* Strong conflict management skills.
* Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Able to develop strong trusting relationships in order to gain support and achieve results.
* Effectively envision, develop, and implement new strategies to address competitive, complex business issues.
* Able to manage multiple business unit clients in multiple locations.
* Able to manage multiple conflicting priorities.
* Work in environment with international objectives.
* Able to understand issues and communicate effectively domestically and internationally
* Flexible and available to interact with employees at all levels.
* Team player and ability to function independently as needed.
* Experienced at taking initiative to identify and anticipate client needs and make recommendations for implementation.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

HR: PeopleSoft Data Entry (Contractor) - 6627


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
PeopleSoft data entry responsibilities include timely processing of new hires, terminations, updates to work location, department and other data as required by requests submitted to HelpDesk.

*Qualifications
Previous experience with all aspects of PeopleSoft data entry and reporting.
BS Human Resource Management or equivalent
Minimum ten years HR experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

HR: Senior OD Consultant - Engineering (Contractor) - 6613


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
  HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world’s high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world.   We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
   
  *Responsibilities
  Lead and engage with engineering teams on various change and organizational design initiatives. Work and partner with leadership and management teams to work through workforce strategies and processes. Design and develop solutions and interventions to accelerate the business objectives. Must be able to influence and effectively engage with all levels of management.
   
  *Qualifications
  Experienced OD consultant and practitioner. Must have a solid strong background in HR driving organizational change, developing workforce strategies, and people strategy. Seasoned leader and consultant. Engagement with technologist and engineering teams to drive product development, create efficiencies, and accelerate business objectives.
   
  Equal Employment Opportunity
  It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

HR: Senior OD/OE Consultant - 6927


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Seasoned and experienced OD/OE consultant to lead and engage with engineering teams and various organizations to support change initiatives and organizational effectiveness work. Effectively partners with leadership and management teams to manage the full engagement process. Designs and develops solutions and interventions to accelerate the business objectives.

Must be able to influence and effectively engage with all levels of management. Expert facilitation skills to support individuals and teams to move through issues and barriers. Provides a tremendous toolkit of services and support to help guide momentum and progression.

*Qualifications
Minimum of 10 plus years experience OD/OE consultant and practioner. Must have a solid background in working and effectively driving change initiatives in a heavily matrix organization.

Have worked with cross-functional teams, in a complex organizational environment. Demonstrated expertise in partnering with product development, and other functional teams. Consult and drive large scale change methodology and organizational effectiveness.

Must have a solid strong background in HR driving organizational change, developing workforce strategies, and people strategy. A seasoned leader and consultant. Engagement with technologist and engineering teams to drive product development, create efficiencies, and accelerate business objectives.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

IT: Various Bachelors’ Business Systems Analysts


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

IT:  Various Bachelors’ Business Systems Analysts:

HGST, Inc. seeks various levels of Business Systems Analysts. 5 years of exp and Bachelor’s degree required. Exp requirements vary by position level/type and some may require domestic and/or international travel. Must have unrestricted US work auth. Job site: San Jose, CA. Mail resume to HGST, Attn: Staffing – LL-2244, 3403 Yerba Buena Rd, San Jose, CA 95135, with a copy of ad referencing job code LLBS2013. Principals only. EOE.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

IT: Business Systems Analyst - 5804


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
• Perform business process analysis and recommend best practices.
• Provide day to day operational support global SCM users.
• Conduct requirement study and analysis.
• Assess feasibility analysis of the new requirements against exisitng systems and identify the gaps.
• Document As IS and To Be process flows in the supply chaing management domains.
• Actively participate in solution design sessions.
• Create business functional requirements for the SCM projects.
• Engage with global users and act as single point of contact for users needs.
• Communicate proactively and escalate as needed.
• Identify risks early on and recommned risk mitigation.
• Facilitate the troubleshooting of issues.
• Work within a collaborative team environment consisting of vendors, consultants, colleagues, Supply Chain product focused end-users and management.
• Some travel may be required to support projects.

*Qualifications
• Bachelor's in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
• 7+ years of overall professional working experience with 3 years of Business system analysis / operations Support role.
• Excellent knowledge of Supply Chain IT Systems and Project life cycle process.
• Functional understanding of Supply chain planning, logistics and procurement core business processes.
• Commitment to customer service excellence and teamwork.
• Ability to work in complex business domains.
• Experience supporting global supply chain business users.
• Experience with Data discovery/analysis/ interperation.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

IT: HCM Development Lead - 5841


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
About this Position:
This position in San Jose, California supports the PeopleSoft Global HR system for HGST, a Western Digital company. PeopleSoft 9.0 is the core HR system for HGST and supports over 50k employees in the US and Asia. Key modules used include Core HR, Absence Management, Time and Labor, Payroll Interface, and Employee Self Service/Manager Self Service.

Position Summary:
As the HCM Development Lead, you will be part of the Global HR System leadership team and responsible for all development in the PeopleSoft system. You will manage a team of developers in the US and Asia who are tasked with delivering PeopleSoft projects and enhancements. The successful candidate should possess deep technical expertise in PeopleSoft v9.0 or v9.1, with an emphasis on Payroll Interface or Time and Labor modules. Specific roles and responsibilities include-

*Provide technical and functional leadership to the Development team and the Production Support/Operations team
*Work with the PMO and other members of the Development team to deliver enhancements and small to medium sized projects
*Review and approve break-fixes being done by the Production Support/Operations team
*Translate client user requirements into technical architecture vision and implementation plan
* Oversight and/or coordination of the system testing phase for projects and enhancements
* Problem and issue resolution. Handle escalations.
* Mentoring and developing junior staff
* Participation in proposal development and client presentations

*Qualifications
Experience
* Minimum 8 years IT experience at a Fortune 500 company.
* 5+ years of experience with PeopleSoft Payroll Interface or Time & Labor modules.
*At least three years of experience with PeopleSoft v9.0 or v9.1
*Minimum of 3 years of management or team lead experience
*Experience with a global HR system (one system serving multiple countries in Asia)
* Completed one or more full life cycle implementations or upgrades
* Excellent technical skills in People Tools 8.5, PeopleCode and SQR Oracle DBA experience is a strong plus.
* Ability to write test plans and test cases

Personal skills:
* Strong work ethic, self-starter, creative, high level of energy, enthusiasm
* Excellent analytical skills
* Strong organizational skills and the ability to multi-task
* Excellent documentation skills.
*Strong focus on customer service
* Fluent in English, strong oral and written communication and people skills, team player
* Commitment and appreciation for the application of technology in support of our business.

Minimum Educational Requirements:
* Bachelor degree in computer science, MIS or related discipline
* Graduate degree is a plus

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements

IT: IS&T Infrastructure Project Mgr - 6387


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
As the IT Infrastructure Project Manager, the candidate must be detail oriented, organized and able to be a good mediator/negotiator between the various IT groups and management and will be responsible for working with other WW IT personnel in coordinating, planning and documenting all project plans and technical solutions in the following areas and their supporting components:

• Data Center Services
• Network Services
• Client Services
• Storage Services

The candidate will also be responsible for ensuring that all planned projects are in compliance with company published policies, rules and regulations.

*Qualifications
The position will have particular emphasis on:

• Use of a structured approach, e.g. PMI
• Communicating status of the project(s)
• Use of Hewlett Packard's PPM tool for documenting and capturing active projects and major activities (previous experience is preferred)
• IT Infrastructure and services
• Disaster Recover solutions
• Business Continuity solutions
• Data migration strategies and execution
* Bachelor's degree in IT/Computer Science and a minimum of 10 years experience

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

IT: IS&T Manufacturing Manager - San Jose - 6401


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
• Manage a team of engineers/analysts to support Media/Wafer factory IS&T operations and development/sustaining activities
• Work with multiple stakeholders to ensure meeting operational KPIs and timely and successful delivery of projects.
• Project planning, scheduling, management and coordination of multiple project tasks.
• Actively participate in solution design sessions.
• Ensure that deliverables are met on time and on budget.
• Proactive status communication and escalation as needed.
• Identification and mitigation of risks.
• Facilitate the troubleshooting of issues.
• Some travel may be required to support projects.
• Work within a collaborative team environment consisting of vendors, consultants, colleagues, Manufacturing product focused end-users and management

*Qualifications
• Bachelor's in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
• 15+ years of overall professional working experience with 5+ years of management experience with increasing levels of responsibility
• Excellent knowledge of IT ePLC process and proven experience in process improvements.
• Functional understanding of Manufacturing core business processes
• Commitment to customer service excellence and teamwork.
• Ability to work in complex business domains
• Experience managing IT application deployments and/or enhancements and specific experience with Manufacturing projects.
• Customer support experience is a plus

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

IT: Network Engineer - 5907


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

Responsibilities
Designs, installs, troubleshoots, repairs and maintains data network equipment, inclusive of but not limited to the switches, routers, ACS, IDS/IPS & firewalls. Provides usage & management reports, completes requests for new service, determines methodology for installing data networking service, determines appropriateness of moderate equipment changes or modifications, communication circuit provisioning & changes. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of complicated tasks. May lead and direct the work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Reports to the senior architect of network services.

Qualifications
Previous experience in designing, implementing & maintaining large scale Cisco data networking environments and reporting systems.
- Excellent organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills, i.e. written and verbal
- Certifications – either CCNP or CCIE preferred
- Thorough knowledge of IP routing and switching
- Thorough knowledge of QoS
- Good understanding of other protocols, i.e. NetBIOS, etc.
- Good understanding of Networking Security principles & practices, i.e. ACLs, firewall rules, etc.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

IT: PeopleSoft Technical Leader -5842


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
About this Position:
This position in San Jose, California supports the PeopleSoft Global HR system for HGST, a Western Digital company. PeopleSoft 9.0 is the core HR system for HGST and supports over 50k employees in the US and Asia. Key modules used include Core HR, Absence Management, Time and Labor, Payroll Interface, and Employee Self Service/Manager Self Service.

Position Summary:
As a PeopleSoft Technical Lead, you will be part of the global Development team located in the US and Asia. The Development team is responsible for delivering PeopleSoft projects and enhancements. The successful candidate should possess deep technical expertise in PeopleSoft v9.0 or v9.1, with an emphasis on Payroll Interface or Time and Labor modules. Specific roles and responsibilities include-

*Provide technical and functional leadership to the Production Support/Operations team
*Work with the PMO and other members of the Development team to deliver enhancements and small to medium sized projects
*Review and approve break-fixes being done by the Production Support/Operations team
*Translate client user requirements into technical architecture vision and implementation plan
* Oversight and/or coordination of the system testing phase for projects and enhancements
* Problem and issue resolution.
* Business systems analyst

*Qualifications
Experience
* Minimum 6 years IT experience at a Fortune 500 company.
* 5+ years of experience with PeopleSoft Payroll Interface or Time & Labor modules.
*At least three years of experience with PeopleSoft v9.0 or v9.1
*Experience with a global HR system (one system serving multiple countries in Asia)
* Completed one or more full life cycle implementations or upgrades
* Excellent technical skills in People Tools 8.5, PeopleCode and SQR Oracle DBA experience is a strong plus.
*Ability to write test plans and test cases

Personal skills:
* Strong work ethic, self-starter, creative, high level of energy, enthusiasm
* Excellent analytical skills
* Strong organizational skills and the ability to multi-task
* Excellent documentation skills.
*Strong focus on customer service
* Fluent in English, strong oral and written communication and people skills, team player
* Commitment and appreciation for the application of technology in support of our business.

Minimum Educational Requirements:
* Bachelor degree in computer science, MIS or related discipline
* Graduate degree is a plus

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements

IT: Project Manager - 6226


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
• Lead complex, cross functional projects with a global scope.
• Work with multiple stakeholders to ensure the timely and successful delivery of projects.
• Project planning, scheduling, management and coordination of multiple project tasks.
• Manage day-to-day project tasks and resources.
• Actively participate in solution design sessions.
• Ensure that deliverables are met on time and on budget.
• Proactive status communication and escalation as needed.
• Identification and mitigation of risks.
• Facilitate the troubleshooting of issues.
• Some travel may be required to support projects.
• Work within a collaborative team environment consisting of vendors, consultants, colleagues, Manufacturing /Supply Chain product focused end-users and management

*Qualifications
• Bachelor's in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
• 10+ years of overall professional working experience with 4 years of Project Management experience with increasing levels of responsibility
• Excellent knowledge of IT ePLC process and proven experience in process improvements.
• Functional understanding of MFG/SCM core business processes
• Commitment to customer service excellence and teamwork.
• Ability to work in complex business domains
• Experience managing IT application deployments and/or enhancements and specific experience with Manufacturing / Supply Chain projects.
• Experience with ETL tool such as Informatica is a plus
• Experience with capacity planing / supply chain planning tools is a plus

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

IT: Salesforce Program Manager - 6776


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Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
• Lead and govern our Salesforce program with focus on the Sales Cloud with planned expansion into Services
• Manage complex projects to major milestones and post implementation transition
• Set and manage external client expectations specific to the project
• Conduct regular alignment meetings with cross-functional, management, and business teams throughout project discovery and lifecycle
• Provide timely updates, published status reports and elevate critical risks to project to the management and senior executive teams
• Work closely with Sales, Operations, and Services business units to anticipate and roadmap client needs and propose appropriate options and solutions
• Clearly understand project roles and communicate proactively to encourage teamwork and cooperation between cross-functional teams; mediate conflicts when necessary
• Measure and track results, achieve business value and results

Candidate will manage the Salesforce program at HGST. The role requires CRM and Salesforce skills to influence decisions and facilitate change management through collaboration and leadership. Candidate must have a background and or experience working with the Sales, Sales Operations and Service business units. Candidate will bridge business and technology groups to ensure business requirements are adequately met with technology solutions. A critical key to success is the ability to gain alignment between the technology and business strategy, leveraging Salesforce services.

The ideal candidate will be self-directed, motivated and comfortable working in a fluid and fast paced environment with strong analytical, project management and coordination skills to handle a variety of activities and complexities spanning the organization. Candidates must be willing to work at a detailed level while still being able to abstract ideas for communication to team and senior management.

*Qualifications
• Demonstrated track record of delivering medium and large, CRM and or Salesforce projects
• Salesforce.com Certified Sales Cloud Consultant or Administrator a plus
• Proficiency in both Agile and Waterfall project development methods
• Experience using Salesforce Sales and or Service Cloud solutions
• Makes a habit of using data and analysis to make decisions and influence others
• Thinks of the Customer Experience first, then aligns technology as an enabler
• Exceptional communication (verbal and written) and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate agreements with multiple dependent stakeholders
• Strong team player with a high degree of flexibility
• Strong computer application skills including Microsoft Project, Power Point, Excel, Visio

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

IT: Senior DB2 DBA with 9.7 experiance - 5943


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

Responsibilities
• Research, install, create, administer, monitor, troubleshoot, document, and maintain enterprise databases to ensure maximum availability of mission critical systems and applications.
• Plan, build and execute multiple detailed database projects/tasks simultaneously.
• Implement DB2 9.5 and 9.7 new features and present benefits of features implemented.
• Work with customer and unix/windows administrators/storage architects to optimize data mapping across centralized enterprise storage management architectures.
• Maintain and support internal and customer databases in a 7 x 24 production environment.
• Document all aspects of the database administration function including but not limited to best practices, job related white papers, and database standards/architecture .
• Interface with other central IT organizations to improve and implement process, procedures and automation.
• Provide technical recommendations and mentoring.

Qualifications
• 8+ years of DB2 LUW DBA experience.
• Experience in database administration working with a global team.
• Proficiency with IBM DB2 (certification a plus).
• Experience in Linux, UNIX, Windows.
• Experience with DB2 LUW V8 & V9.5, 9.7 and above.
• Experience with DB2 upgrades from V8 to V9.x.
• Hands-on experience with new V9.7 features and implementation.
• SQL Tuning (Dynamic and Static) using Explain.
• Must have demonstrated ability to adapt technical solutions to complex business situations and strategies.
• Ability to investigate problems, analyze information, and reach logical conclusions.
• Must be able to work independently and with little supervision.
• Excellent organizational and follow-up skills.
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, with good people skills.
• Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle.
• DB2 Database production/development support.
• Availability of database servers, Data Protection and Recoverability, Security of Data and Database System Performance management, Database Designing, Data Integrity, Analysis /debug day to day issues and resolve.
• Support project activities in areas of application supported.
• Database refreshes/upgrades/patching/monitoring.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

IT: Senior Orcale DBA - 5942


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
• Research, install, create, administer, monitor, troubleshoot, document, and maintain enterprise databases to ensure maximum availability of mission critical systems and applications.
• Review Database performance by collecting required information using scripts/ tools, analyze data and make recommendations of tuning at database layer and guide. application/infrastructure teams on suggestions with possible required changes from their aspect.
• Plan, build and execute multiple detailed database projects/tasks simultaneously.
• Work with customer and unix/windows administrators/storage architects to optimize data mapping across centralized enterprise storage management architectures.
• Maintain and support internal and customer databases in a 7 x 24 production environment.
• Document all aspects of the database administration function including but not limited to best practices, job related white papers, and database standards/architecture.
• Interface with other central IT organizations to improve and implement process, procedures and automation.
• Provide technical recommendations and mentoring.

*Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical experience.
• Oracle DBA 11g ( OCP ) certification.
• Thorough knowledge of Oracle RDBMS 10g and 11g environments.
• Strong troubleshooting skills within and outside database environment.
• 8+ years in Database Administration/support in Oracle RDBMS 9i/10g and 11g in 24x7 production environment.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle Database Tuning and using statspack/AWR/ADDM, Enterprise Manager grid control, Oracle Diagnostics pack, Oracle Tuning Pack.
• Demonstrated, in-depth knowledge of database internals and data structures.
• Strong knowledge of SQL/SQL*Plus and strong understanding of PL/SQL and stored procedures/pkgs.
• Minimum 2 years of parallel experience in setting up and maintaining production Oracle RAC Environments 10g/11g.
• Strong Database and RAC implementations experience and troubleshooting skills in mission critical Environment.
• Setting up and maintaining DataGuard on 10g/11g environments with MAA.
• Setting up and maintaining Oracle table partitioning.
• Strong Knowledge of Database Backup and recovery using RMAN and logical backups.
• Strong knowledge of Unix shell or Perl scripting languages.
• Expert technical design, performance tuning and troubleshooting skills.
• Advanced communications skills, including listening, written, spoken, presentation and influencing.
• Advanced time management and organizational skills.
• Expert ability to exercise independent judgment and critical thinking.
• Knowledge of and experience with the ITIL Framework.
• Work with customer and Unix/windows/storage admins to optimize data mapping across centralized enterprise storage management architectures.
• Experience with other database technologies like MS SQL server , DB2 and experience is a plus.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

IT: Solutions Architect - 5805


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
• Architect and devise IT solutions for the global supply chain business functions considering the performance requirements, preferred technology and form of desired results.
• Perform business process analysis, identify gaps and recommend best practices.
• Lead complex, cross functional projects with a global scope.
• Ensure timely and successful delivery of projects meeting customer requirements.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders about project schedules, activities, and issues.
• Identify solution risks and draft early risk mitigation strategies.
• Responsible for creating, modifying and maintaining conceptual solution design docuemnts.
• Work within a collaborative team environment consisting of vendors, consultants, colleagues, Supply Chain product focused end-users and management.
• Provide detailed reviews of programming specification documents, identify technical limitations, and propose various solutions as well as analyze and revise existing system logic and improve on design where applicable.
• Design appropriate timley IT solutions, therefore, must have the ability to manage multiple development initiatives concurrently, learn new technologies, and provide accurate estimates of completion dates.
• Produce and present architectural and development guidelines and best practices
• Collect and present data for technical analysis, strategic direction, and capacity planning purposes.
• Perform detailed source-system analysis, source-to-target data analysis, and transformation analysis
• Some travel may be required to support projects.

*Qualifications
• Bachelor's in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
• 12+ years of overall professional working experience with 5 to 7 years of Solution architect experience with increasing levels of responsibility.
• Experience managing IT application deployments and/or enhancements and specific experience with deploying solutions for Sales Operations, Logistics, and Supply and Demand planning areas.
• Excellent knowledge of IT ePLC process and proven experience in process improvements.
• Excellent oral communication and writing skills. Experience with cross cultural communications.
• Must have experience managing both small and large project teams.
• Ability to facilitate complex solution discussions.
• Functional understanding of SCM/ERP core business processes
• Commitment to customer service excellence and teamwork.
• Ability to lead and deliver results meeting and exceeding SLAs
• Ability to operate with minimal supervision
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills, teamwork skills and ability to work across functional teams, across geographies and across cultures
• Experience in Kinaxis or similar rapid response planning tools sets is highly desirable

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

IT: Technical Architect - 6318


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
• Recommend, design and implement TIBCO based integration solutions for corporate B2B and EDI framework.
• Assess existing integration infrastructure,solution set and applications platform and make technical solution recommendations
• Work closely with business domain experts to define requirements for systems and process integrations.
• Architect, Design, Develop and maintain HGST's SOA integration methodology and frame work using TIBCO software.
• Lead SOA and B2B Integration design sessions and participate in architecture reviews across the enterprise.
• Document, maintain as-Is and To-Be Data and technical process flow diagrams.
• Produce and present architectural and development guidelines and best practices for Business to Business Integration using TIBOC Business Connect, Business Work and Enterprise Messaging Services.
• Work with global support and development teams to troubleshoot complex production issues.
• Work with the Systems, Networking and Database Administrators and Application Analysts to ensure that TIBCO integration solutions meet performance criteria using best practices, methods and performance tools.
• Collect and present data for technical analysis, strategic direction, and capacity planning purposes.
• Play critical and technical leadership role in future TIBCO Middleware upgrades.
• Work with TIBCO product vendor and other middleware support vendors in devising future Integration architecture roadmap.
• Some travel may be required to support projects.

*Qualifications
• Bachelor's in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
•12+ years of overall professional working experience with 5 to 7 years of TIBCO Technical architect experience with increasing levels of responsibility.
• Experience managing TIBCO Integration platform consists of Business Connect, Business Works, Enterpise Messaging Services, Enterprise Service Bus, Trading Partner management etc.
• Exposure to industry standard web architectures, including server setup, load balancing, clustering, reverse proxy, networking, deployment, security including authentication and authorization (LDAP, Site minder) and common change and migration processes.
• Knowledge of various EDI standards and communication protocols.
• Excellent oral communication and writing skills. Experience with cross cultural communications.
• Ability to facilitate complex solution discussions.
• Commitment to customer service excellence and teamwork.
• Ability to lead and deliver results meeting and exceeding SLAs.
• Ability to operate with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills, teamwork skills and ability to work across functional teams, across geographies and across cultures.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

IT: VMWare Tier III Engineer / Architect - 6375


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Candidate will be required to work with corporate IS&T management, the various global IS&T functions and business functions in gathering requirements, designing, developing, implementing, monitoring and optimizing the company's existing WW VMWare infrastructure.
Additionally, the candidate will be responsible for leveraging the standard IS&T toolsets for producing trending reports for future capacity and architectural designs / roadmaps.

The candidate will also be responsible for ensuring that the implemented solutions are in compliance with company published policies, rules and regulations.

*Qualifications
Position will have particular emphasis on the VMWare, Microsoft and Hewlett Packard product suites and associated toolsets and commands. The ideal applicant should have a minimum of 5 years of experience working with the following platforms:

- VMWare ESX - design, solutioning and providing tier III support
- Microsoft Server Operating System 2003 and 2008 (Standard, Enterprise and Data Center editions) – design, solutioning and providing tier III support
- HP Blade Server Technology (BL465 and BL685)

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Legal: Commercial Contract Administrator - Contractor - 6657


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The commercial contracts sales administrator role requires commercial OEM contract amendment, LOI, extension and CDA drafting and review, requiring drafting skills, independent judgment and decision making capabilities. The position also includes client and legal administrative and system support.

The position includes database administrator responsibilities, in addition to document preparation, drafting responsibilities and independence.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:
• Serve as point of contact and project manager for assigned commercial contracts.
• Plan, execute, and complete projects according to timeframes and within budget.
• Timely completion of all contract deliverables all reporting requirements of assigned contracts/projects.
• Assist with contract development, processing, administration, tracking, reconciliation and analysis as assigned.
• Assist in preparation of all contracts and subcontracts.
• Maintain all contract related documents in a method that ensures accessibility of said documents for all appropriate staff
• Participate in the coordination and development of contract policy and process improvement initiatives.
• Create boilerplate contract language to fit unique situations and use expertise and experience to evaluate and negotiate non-standard situations.
• Assesses the business risks associated with assigned proposals and contracts and communicates with management, as appropriate.

*Qualifications
Bachelor's degree is preferred, but equivalent experience would be acceptable
Excellent administrative, organizational, written and oral communication skills. Responsive and service-oriented attitude.
Ability to organize, prioritize and manage deadlines in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented and demanding work environment.
Ability to maintain strong working relationships with demanding internal clients.
Basic knowledge of corporate and contractual law.
Familiarity with, or willingness to learn, technical and legal concepts.
A flexible team player attitude and a willingness to work on a variety of legal-related administrative matters.
Excellent knowledge of MS Office Suite, including Word and Excel.
Enthusiasm and sense of humor are a must!

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Legal: Junior Transactional Attorney - 7188


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
1. Responsible for the timely preparation, review, negotiation, and execution of a high volume and diverse range of non-disclosure agreements, amendments, and renewals across company's global sites.
2. Communicate with diverse range of company employees to clarify NDA needs.
3. Resolve routine issues and consult with senior attorneys when complex legal questions arise.
4. Identify, summarize and document material terms and key dates of executed agreements.
5. Administer and manage processes to: (i) ensure consistent use of best practice terms and conditions; (ii) ensure proposed changes receive appropriate review and approval; (iii) encourage use of standard legal forms; (iv) standardize approval, execution and archiving processes; and (v) track and report all key deadlines.
6. Tailor form agreements for use in specific transactions.
7. Perform other duties as assigned by senior attorneys.

*Qualifications
a) J.D. from ABA-accredited school required.
b) California state bar membership strongly preferred
c) 1-3 years of corporate transactional experience preferred.
d) Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product.
e) Excellent oral and written communications and negotiations skills.
f) Excellent analytical skills and ability to draft and review legal documents.
g) Strong organizational, problem-solving and analytical skills.
h) Must exercise excellent judgment with the ability to make timely and sound decisions and handle sensitive and confidential data in a trustworthy and discreet manner.
i) Must be a team player but also able to work independently and proactively in a professional and courteous demeanor.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Legal: Legal Secretary / Executive Assistant - 7326


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Provide legal assistance and administrative support to VP-level Executive and various members of the Legal Team. Handles details of a highly confidential and time-sensitive nature. Exercises judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Maintain awareness of activity within attorneys scope of operation and on own initiative, resolve problems and keep attorneys aware of status. Act as a liaison between staff, counsel and clients, following up on pending items, arranging appointments and relaying information. Included in this is the timely coordination of complex rules/regulations with internal needs and commitments.

*Qualifications
5+ years of related experience as a Legal Secretary / Executive Assistant to VP level or above
BA/BS degree preferred with a strong academic record
Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
Excellent computer skills and familiarity with both standard MS Office tools and specialized e-discovery tools
Strong attention to detail, accuracy and professionalism
Ability to adapt to change, flexibility
Ability to work during high-stress situations, while multi-tasking
Able to maintain strict confidentiality with all communications, information and/or documents
Experience or familiarity with legal documentation

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Legal: Senior Commercial Lawyer/Part-time - 6571


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Provide a broad range of day to day legal support for the procurement function internal and external supply network and organization,

Advise on legal implications of procurement business strategies,

Support procurement function, including the preparation, negotiation and execution of large volume third party and intercompany procurement, manufacturing and supply, contract manufacturing and tolling agreements,

Support the manufacturing aspects of a range of business development transactions,

Help establish and maintain an effective contract management (including the development of enterprise-wide templates, contract management and execution practices and a centralized repository system) and records retention system,

Provide strategic legal advice for consumer products division and support the broad range and high volume of the functions preparation, negotiation and execution of agreements with third-party vendors and contractors for supply of goods and services,

Educate colleagues on commercial policies and procedures and use of appropriate procurement systems and agreements,

*Qualifications
Requirements are 8+ years in-house commercial counsel experience preferred, with a background in high technology or computer hardware and storage manufacturing. Membership to the California bar is required.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing : Product Marketing Manager- 7300


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The Product Marketing Manager will create and manage new storage solutions
that cater to the creative professional market. Primary responsibilities include
launching new products, developing go-to-market strategies, managing the
product portfolio, owning the complete product lifecycle, and being the product
expert within the Branded Products Group of HGST. This position will develop
product positioning, conduct detailed market analysis, manage complex projects
that span multiple departments/disciplines, create market requirements
documents, assist in the development product collateral and support the sales
force.
This position requires an individual with a demonstrated passion for technology
and an eagerness to learn about new hardware and software innovations in the
storage industry. They should be a self-starter and a highly motivated person
able to work in a fast-paced environment. They must be able to travel
internationally and domestically, up to 30% of the time, if needed.
Responsibilities
• Conceive, develop, and launch new products and provide necessary sales
support. Manage the entire product lifecycle from cradle to grave.
• Develop go-to-market plans for new products and work in concert with the
sales organization to facilitate market penetration, major account
penetration and sales to realize revenue and margin targets.
• Develop sales collateral, training materials, and presentations for customer and
industry related activities.
• Act as advisor to the sales force and be the key resource in interacting with
engineering, product management, and marketing groups within HGST.
Develop sales forecasts. Recommend pricing strategies by evaluating
market conditions and sales channel inputs.
• Coordinate with groups within HGST to ensure product requirements are met
and products are launched on time.
• Conduct primary market research and analyze secondary research in order to
develop customer insights and develop clear value propositions.
• Drive and improve business processes to provide advanced visibility to product
development and delivery schedules.
• Manage product line performance in regards to sales volume, margin, and mix.
• Actively participate in the product roadmap process, as well as understand and
communicate the impact of product release schedules on customers.
• Conduct on-going analysis of the competitive landscape including pricing,
product offering, market segmentation and industry trends. Educate
management and the sales force to competitive movements and industry
trends.
• Identify new product and channel opportunities that will drive revenue and
margin growth for the Branded Products Group.

*Qualifications
• an undergraduate degree in engineering (or similarly technical field of
study)
• an MBA
• a minimum of 3 years of working experience in a technical field gained
after earning their undergraduate degree or MBA
• the proven ability to influence cross-functional teams
• exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• excellent presentation skills
Preferred Qualifications
• the ideal candidate will have working experience in the consumer
electronics industry or storage industry

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing : Electrical and Firmware Development Engineer - 7284


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Owns all aspects of Electrical and Interface product design
Major component selection
Optimize PCBA design for lowest product cost
Material selection to meet regulatory and design requirements
PCBA Test design and validation
Interface test design and validation
FW design and validation
Optimize design for manufacturing
Approves final design through
EVT electrical and interface testing and results
Works with QA to determine appropriate product test requirements
Supports Software team through development of HW and FW test platforms
Represents Electrical and Interface Design in all team and project meetings
Owns key milestone deliverables and the management of the ODMs to those deliverables
Clear communication of issues, ownership, and status
Validates ODM's and CM's ability to design, tool, produce, and ship products that meet or exceeds Hitachi GST standards
Works with ME, NPI, QA and Ops in determining supplier capabilities
Requires on site inspections
Defines critical to function and critical to design criteria
Works with QA and NPI to ensure new products meet or exceed Production requirements
Owns Electrical product design from cradle to grave
Provides support on all technical issues related to electrical product and interface designs

*Qualifications
5 + years experience with BS or MS Electrical Engineer or Computer Science. Thorough knowledge of External Storage interfaces and hardware.
RAID based system architecture.
Ability to optimize PCBA design for lowest product cost and best function.
Ability to use all usual Lab equipment such as scopes, ICE, PCs, soldering stations.
Knowledge of FW design and validation
Ability to optimize design for manufacturing
Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
Support with QA.
Good knowledge of Software for MACs and PCs.
Ability to represent the group at team meetings.
Ability to validate ODM's and CM's design, tool, production.
Perform on-site inspections as needed.
Ability to provide support on all technical issues related to electrical product and interface designs

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Branded Product Electrical Engineer - 6503


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Work with ODMs, especially on issues related to Electrical, Firmware or Test during prodcut development and production.
Collaborate with OEMs, ODMs and Customers on product development and introductions.
Ensure new HDD quals in Branded Products.
Arrange and participate in design reviews.

*Qualifications
Abilty to design and understand schematics of complex Electronic assemblies.
Ability to documents and communicate issues and test results.
Able to perform debug on devices incorporating , USB2.0/3.0, Firewire (1394) 400/800, SAS, SATA and Thunderbolt as well as wireless 802.11 N/G/B devices.
Must have good understaning of embedded designs including firmware.
Ability to undertand and program on the MAC and Windows platforms with various Operating Systems would be very beneficial
Minimum 8 years experience
Bachelor's degree required

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Client/Mobile Sales Enablement - Senior - 6763


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
As the Client/Mobile Sales Enablement leader your role will be to partner with Sales, Product Management and Marketing to create compelling messages targeted specifically for our global customer facing teams to support all phases of the sales/deal cycle. Responsibilities include working with Product Marketing to develop positioning statement and collateral specific to individual customer, region or Channel for Client/Mobile Storage segments. This position is responsible for creating content and is accountable for Sales adoption and readiness. The role includes training of Direct and Channel Sales teams via periodic face-to-face, webinar, newsletter and flash reports. The Sales Enablement leader also contributes to conferences, demos and partner enablement events as required.

*Qualifications
Sales Enablement's mission is to prepare market tactics and communication that delivers value to customers and builds competitive advantage for HGST Sales and Business Management. The Sales Enablement leader's goal is to enable all customer-facing people to have meaningful conversations that are valuable for customers to solve their problems and drive their desired outcome. The Client/ Mobile Storage Sales Enablement leader will cooperate with product marketing and Sales to create specific and relevant collateral and tools including presentations, white papers, case studies and Sales/Channel training to empower the sales team with the right information at the right time to support all phases of the sales/deal cycle. The Sales Enablement leader will evangelize and train HGST customer facing teams on HGST Sales strategy and plans. The Sales enablement leader must learn and know the ins and outs of the Client/Mobile storage segment dynamics and be the primary influencer of how our global sales teams thinks of and positions our products to customers.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Customer Support Web Design Intern - 6661


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
  HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world’s high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world.   We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
   
  *Responsibilities
  The Customer Support Web Design Intern will work with the Web Master and Customer Support Web Developer to ensure that the HGST brand, products, processes, tools and support content are correctly displayed in a highly usable format. The overall goal is to enable customer to be success in the support sections on HGST’s web sites. The Customer Support Web Design Intern will leverage HGST’s existing web sites to create a better experience for our global audience. In addition, the Customer Support Web Design Intern will develop a best practices benchmark and an overall support site audit, focusing on design, content, navigation and usability; test our web site functionality;
and make improvement recommendations. The Intern will also benchmark competitor’s web sites and best-in-class customer support web sites against our own; work with the Customer Support team to better understand missing support content; and assist in managing HGST’s customer forum and social media support strategy.
   
  *Qualifications
  Candidate must be working toward a web design or web development degree.
Experience implementing and managing web programs and utilities.
Experience with web knowledge bases and content management systems.
Experience in setting up customer forms, social media support, flash, etc.
Strong interpersonal, organizational, presentation, and problem solving skills required. Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
3+ years front end web development experience and the ability to create functional pages from design mockup.
Knowledge of cross-browser issues and a strong understanding the web usability.
Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Deadline-oriented, multi-tasker capable of working in a demanding and fast-paced environment.
   
  Equal Employment Opportunity
  It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Customer Volume Planner - 6630


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
- Customer and sales interface on demand and supply
- Analyze customer forecasted demand and inventory levels for global locations. Results should meet HGST's quarterly financial revenue plans, while minimizing finished goods and material liability. Evaluate risks, plan and implement contingency plans to mitigate.
- Analyze product order backlog, and billings on a daily basis. Identify problem areas, and drive appropriate functional groups to correct.

*Qualifications
- Good with numbers
- Excellent Excel Skills
- Strong communication skills

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Customer Volume Planner - 6631


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
- Customer and sales interface on demand and supply
- Analyze customer forecasted demand and inventory levels for global locations. Results should meet HGST's quarterly financial revenue plans, while minimizing finished goods and material liability. Evaluate risks, plan and implement contingency plans to mitigate.
- Analyze product order backlog, and billings on a daily basis. Identify problem areas, and drive appropriate functional groups to correct.

*Qualifications
- Excellent Excel skills
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to multi task

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Customer Volume Planner/Account Specialist - 6656


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
-Customer and sales interface on demand and supply
-Analyze customer forecasted demand and inventory levels for global locations. Results should meet HGST's quarterly financial revenue plans, while minimizing finished goods and material liability. Evaluate risks, plan and implement contingency plans to mitigate.
-Manage product order backlog, and billings on a daily basis. Identify problem areas, and drive appropriate functional groups to correct.

*Qualifications
Advanced MS Excel skills
Strong analytical skills, able to work with numbers and
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
5 years experience
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Demand Planner - 6769


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
• Analyze customer demand and direct factories on builds to meet customer requirements and HGST quarterly financial revenue plans

• Manage supply to meet inventory profile targets

• Collaborate with Sales and Account teams on demand forecast and supply positioning

• Collaborate with Factory teams and Product Managers for EOL planning and new product transitions

• Publish daily demand supply reports for customer commits

• Monitor forecasted demand vs, actual consumption and provide input to prioritize factory schedules

*Qualifications
Candidate sought will have training/experience/education in quantitative analysis. The candidate should have strong excel skills with emphasis on modeling, solving, creating pivot tables, and working with different data sources to generate reports for management. Knowledge of Essbase and SAP and other web-based systems will be a plus.

The position requires the individual to be self-motivated and have a proven track record of accuracy and timeliness under pressure. The position requires strong oral and written communication skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of management. The candidate will be a team player and work well in a group environment.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Director of Marketing – Capacity Enterprise HDD - 6512


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The Director of Marketing – Capacity Enterprise HDD is responsible for planning and executing all aspects of Product Line Management and Technical Marketing for HGST's Capacity Enterprise HDD business (Capacity Enterprise HDDs are HDDs with 7,200 or 5,400 RPM that are used in Enterprise applications). The successful candidate will analyze emerging data center trends and cloud architectures, utilize market analysis, competitive analysis, and customer research to develop deep market insights and drive the larger organization to deliver highly successful products with strong, market-driven value propositions. The Director of Marketing is responsible for shaping the product and business strategy, and as the 'business champion' for the Capacity Enterprise HDD business, the Director of Marketing ensures that the overall business objectives for the Capacity Enterprise HDD product line are met. The Director of Marketing and his team of product marketing professionals represent the full set of business needs in the cross-functional teams that take the Capacity Enterprise HDD products through their respective life cycles – from concept through development and launch into high-volume shipments.

Responsibilities
• Shape HGST's Capacity Enterprise HDD product strategy
• Identify key market trends and opportunities for Capacity Enterprise HDDs; align product strategies, development priorities and all marketing activities with these market opportunities
• Provide "voice of customer" leadership within the Product Life Cycle management process
• Execute market and customer research
• Establish and maintain product and business priorities and plans, including market share position and business profitability
• Define and execute all technical marketing aspects related to the Capacity Enterprise HDD product line, including sales training, product positioning & collateral, and customer communications
• Prepare business reviews and communicate the state and direction of the Capacity Enterprise HDD business to executive management

*Qualifications
• 10+ years experience in a combination of Product Marketing, Product Management, Product Development or Customer Technical Support roles in the technology industry
• 3+ years of people management experience; proven track record of recruiting and developing high-performance teams
• BA or BS in technical discipline preferred. MBA is desirable.
• Solid understanding of datacenter, server and storage architectures and applicable technologies
• Experience in HDDs is highly desirable
• Strong analytical skill
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence the larger organization
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills, including demonstrated proficiency with MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Director of Marketing – Enterprise SSD - 6513


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The Director of Marketing – Enterprise SSD is responsible for planning and executing all aspects of Product Line Management and Technical Marketing for HGST's Enterprise SSD business. The successful candidate will understand emerging data center and cloud architecture trends, utilize market analysis, competitive analysis, and customer research to develop deep market insights and drive the larger organization to deliver highly successful products with strong, market-driven value propositions. The Director of Marketing is responsible for shaping the product and business strategy, and as the 'business champion' for the Enterprise SSD business, the Director of Marketing ensures that the overall business objectives for the Enterprise SSD product line are met. The Director of Marketing and his team of product marketing professionals represent the full set of business needs in the cross-functional teams that take the Enterprise SSD products through their respective life cycles – from concept through development and launch into high-volume shipments.
• Shape HGST's Enterprise SSD product strategy
• Identify key market trends and opportunities for Enterprise SSDs; align product strategies, development priorities and all marketing activities with these market opportunities
• Provide "voice of customer" leadership within the Product Life Cycle management process
• Execute market and customer research
• Establish and maintain product and business priorities and plans, including market share position and business profitability
• Define and execute all technical marketing aspects related to the Enterprise SSD product line, including sales training, product positioning & collateral, and customer communications
• Prepare business reviews and communicate the state and direction of the Enterprise SSD business to executive management

*Qualifications
• 10+ years experience in a combination of Product Marketing, Product Management, Product Development or Customer Technical Support roles in the technology industry
• 3+ years of people management experience; proven track record of recruiting and developing high-performance teams
• BA or BS in technical discipline preferred. MBA is desirable.
• Solid understanding of datacenter, server and storage architectures and applicable technologies
• Experience in Enterprise SSDs is highly desirable
• Strong analytical skill
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence the larger organization
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills, including demonstrated proficiency with MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Enterprise Cloud Sales Enablement - Senior - 6762


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
As the Enterprise Sales Enablement leader your role will be to partner with Sales, Product Management and Marketing to create compelling messages targeted specifically for our global customer facing teams to support all phases of the sales/deal cycle. Responsibilities include working with Product Marketing to develop positioning statement and collateral specific to individual customer, region or Channel for Enterprise SSD, Mission Critical and Cloud Storage segments. This position is responsible for creating content and is accountable for Sales adoption and readiness. The role includes training of Direct and Channel Sales teams via periodic face-to-face, webinar, newsletter and flash reports. The Sales Enablement leader also contributes to conferences, demos and partner enablement events as required.

*Qualifications
Sales Enablement's mission is to prepare market tactics and communication that delivers value to customers and builds competitive advantage for HGST Sales and Business Management. The Sales Enablement leader's goal is to enable all customer-facing people to have meaningful conversations that are valuable for customers to solve their problems and drive their desired outcome. The Enterprise and Cloud Storage Sales Enablement leader will cooperate with product marketing and Sales to create specific and relevant collateral and tools including presentations, white papers, case studies and Sales/Channel training to empower the sales team with the right information at the right time to support all phases of the sales/deal cycle. The Sales Enablement leader will evangelize and train HGST customer facing teams on HGST Sales strategy and plans. The Sales enablement leader must learn and know the ins and outs of the Enterprise and Cloud HDD/SSD storage segment dynamics and be the primary influencer of how our global sales teams thinks of and positions our products to customers.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Enterprise Sales Enablement - Principal- 6590


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
As the Enterprise Sales Enablement leader your role will be to partner with Sales, Product Management and Marketing to create compelling messages targeted specifically for our global customer facing teams to support all phases of the sales/deal cycle. Responsibilities include working with Product Marketing to develop positioning statement and collateral specific to individual customer, region or Channel for Enterprise SSD, Mission Critical and Cloud Storage segments. This position is responsible for creating content and is accountable for Sales adoption and readiness. The role includes training of Direct and Channel Sales teams via periodic face-to-face, webinar, newsletter and flash reports. The Sales Enablement leader also contributes to conferences, demos and partner enablement events as required.

*Qualifications
Sales Enablement's mission is to prepare market tactics and communication that delivers value to customers and builds competitive advantage for HGST Sales and Business Management. The Sales Enablement leader's goal is to enable all customer-facing people to have meaningful conversations that are valuable for customers to solve their problems and drive their desired outcome. The Enterprise and Cloud Storage Sales Enablement leader will cooperate with product marketing and Sales to create specific and relevant collateral and tools including presentations, white papers, case studies and Sales/Channel training to empower the sales team with the right information at the right time to support all phases of the sales/deal cycle. The Sales Enablement leader will evangelize and train HGST customer facing teams on HGST Sales strategy and plans. The Sales enablement leader must learn and know the ins and outs of the Enterprise and Cloud HDD/SSD storage segment dynamics and be the primary influencer of how our global sales teams thinks of and positions our products to customers.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Executive Assistant - 6835


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Executive assistant to the VP and GM of the HGST Personal Storage Group Consisting of the G Technology and Touro Product Brands along with providing departmental support to VP's Senior Staff.

Primary Duties:

Provide administrative support by conducting research, preparing statistical reports, handling information requests, and performing clerical functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings.

• prepare and edit correspondence, communications, presentations and other documents
• file and retrieve documents and reference materials
• conduct research, assemble and analyse data to prepare reports and documents
• design and maintain databases
• manage and maintain executives schedules, appointments and travel arrangements
• arrange and coordinate meetings and events
• record, transcribe and distribute minutes of meetings
• monitor, respond to and distribute incoming communications
• answer and manage incoming calls
• receive and interact with incoming visitors
• liaise with internal staff at all levels
• interact with external clients
• co-ordinate project-based work
• review operating practices and implement improvements where necessary
• Complete and submit expense reports
• Handle administrative items for the department
• Track PO's and contract payments

*Qualifications
Part of a core team in the HGST Personal Storage Business. A high growth segment of the storage industry over the next 5 years with > 15 % CAGR and a highly dynamic and shifting market place and solution set.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Global Sales Compensation Program Administrator - 7281


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Primary Function of Position:
• Hands-on design and administration of HGSTs global sales compensation process end to end
• Design powerful incentive plans through effective business partnership, research and modeling.
• Coordinate standard planning processes for the design and approval of compensation plans
• Create, route, and track worldwide sales compensation plans and payments
• Partner with Finance to manage worldwide field sales accrual expense
• Process quarterly commission payments for worldwide sales organization
• Manage compensation escalation issues and plan exceptions
• Respond to inquiries from the sales team in a timely, professional and accurate manner
• Deliver standardized reports to measure plan performance and timely business reviews with management
• Establish and maintain policies, procedures and governance models that ensure the smooth operation of all sales compensation programs
• Partner with HR, HR Compensation, HR Staffing to ensure alignment and internal equity is maintained for new hires, promotions, re-assignments, etc.

*Qualifications
• BA/BS, CCP desirable
• 10+ years of related Sales Operations, Organization Design, Incentive Management experience including 3+ years managing a worldwide commissions department
• Independent, self-starter, ability to partner with all business levels and make decisions/deliver solutions
• Excellent excel skills and hands on direct experience with commission modeling
• Experience with sales crediting and quota setting methodologies to support multiple go to market strategies
• Track record for sound strategic business partnering with Sales Executives in a globally matrixed regional organization

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Global Support Web Manager - Contractor - 5952


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Responsible for the overall customer success on HGST's support web sites. Managing, creating, editing and the navigation of the content for consumer support.
Will administers the on-line knowledgebase, maintaining: articles, manuals, FAQs, troubleshooting steps, warranty documents, etc. Responsible for weekly and monthly web support reporting.
Gathers benchmark information and customer satisfaction surveys. Identify gaps in support offerings. Crates actions plans with associated budget and technology roadmap to close gaps. Publishes content for global support sites , including new and revised content for all languages.
Will work with warranty, product engineering, marketing, contact centers, project managers and other functions within the company to ensure a successful and rewarding web experience for HGST customers.
Develops business requirements for new web projects and manages on-going projects for website improvements.
Manages vendor contracts and applications
Identifying new social media outlets as a means of enhancing Hitachi GST's support offerings
Responsible for overall web support readiness for new product launches.

*Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in business, technical web content management other relevant discipline preferred.
Previous experience implementing and managing web programs and utilities.
Experience with web knowledge bases, content relationship management systems (CRM), search engines optimization, software downloads, customer forms, flash, etc.
Skilled at using web metrics to enhance the customer experience. Responsible for web customer satisfaction collection, actions and improvements.
Proven ability to tie the web and contact center experience together.
Strong interpersonal skills, organizational skills, presentation skills, problem solving skills required.
Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required.
3+ years front end web development experience and the ability to create functional pages from design mockup.
Able to hand-code HTML and JavaScript, ColdFusion, Perl and Expert proficiency in CSS.
Knowledge of cross-browser issues and a strong understanding the web usability.
Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Deadline oriented and multi-tasking in a fast paced environment.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

 

Marketing: HDD Sales Ops Intern - 6650


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Support Director in HDD Sales Ops

*Qualifications
Willing to support HDD Sales Operations

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: HDD Sales Ops Intern - 6651


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Support HDD Sales Operations

*Qualifications
Willing to support HDD Sales Operations pricing in a corporate setting

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Jr Pricing Analyst - 7315


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Pricing analyst for HGST's Innovative Solutions Group business, optimizing profitable growth through effective pricing strategies. Develops pricing strategy with detailed analysis of market, competitive and product dynamics. Manage price points to enable an acceptable business return to HGST. Collaborates with Sales & Sales Ops to understand competitive pricing activity and demand/supply environment. Communicates pricing decisions to Sales. Prepares and presents price forecast and revenue plan for corporate and executive review. Maintains price lists for distribution partners and direct customers. Responds to tactical 'deal' pricing on a daily basis. Works with the HGST finance team to make appropriate financial accruals at month end and quarter end relating to but not limited to customer incentives, lower of cost or market, price protection. Works with HGST IT teams to improve the pricing processes and the communication of pricing to our partners and customers.

*Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Business Admin/Finance mandatory. The successful candidate has strong analytical skills; is at an advanced proficiency level in Microsoft Excel; and will be comfortable using system-level data analytics tools such as ESSBASE. Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: New Products Introduction Manager - 6616


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The New Products Introduction manager (NPI) is responsibile for the transition of products from engineering validation to full scale production. In process phase terms from "product development" through "launch" to "production". In the Branded Products Group that requires close, day to day work with Product Engineering, Product Marketing, Quality, Operations, and the assigned Supplier. In addition to directing the movement of the product out of development and into our selected ODM, it requires tracking of Supplier status, packaging materials, entering and maintaining production BOMs, Supplier process readiness, and determining overall launch readiness status. Support will be provided by specialist(s) for project tracking. Travel to Asia is required and must be free to travel to Japan, Taiwan, and China.

*Qualifications
2 year degree in a technical or operations specialty, 5+ years product management or supplier management experience, Asian supplier management experience. Agile and SAP experience a plus, Mandarin language skills a plus. Must be able to travel to Japan, Taiwan, and China. Strong multi-tasking skills, works well in small groups, and is a self starter.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Online Marketing Manager - 6468


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities

HGST is a market leader in the development and manufacturing of innovative, high quality storage drives. HGST is looking for an Online Marketing Manager to join the marketing group in support of the company's external communications strategy for the enterprise and mobile products, thought leadership and HR recruitment.. This is an exciting time to be in the storage industry as cloud computing, enterprise datacenters, virtualization, Big Data analytics, social networking, Internet content and services and HD video are creating an avalanche of content that must be stored and managed securely.

The Online Marketing Manager will report to HGST's Senior Director of Communications , and will be responsible for the HGST global public website (www.hgst.com) offering the most up-to-date content available on HGST, its products/offerings and career opportunities. This compelling content and its presentation will be consistent with corporate branding and messaging, serving to educate our stakeholders (distributors, resellers, OEMs, and influencers such as press and analysts) regarding HGST's competitive differentiators and market leadership , promote/facilitate sales, and recruit a talented workforce. In addition, this position will be responsible for leading/managing a global website redesign, SEO, extranet hooks into Social Media, and site consolidations to achieve a single, global multi-language company site.
•In collaboration with key internal constituencies (sales, product marketing, IT, internal communications, channel marketing, branded business, human resources, research) set and implement global web marketing strategy and manage web redesign through digital marketing agency
•Collaborate across departments/geographies to build consensus for web redesign and insure accuracy/relevance of online tools and content once redesign implemented
•Ensure global compliance with corporate web standards, branding and messaging
•Deliver creative solutions to improve information access, online sales tools and site metrics y/y
•Leverage customer insights and web metrics/analytics to drive enhancements to website user experience
•Ensure consistency and coordination of messaging with other online sites including intranet and partner portal
•Vendor management

*Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Marketing
Familiarity with HTML, CSS and CMS
Experience with web redesign and localization
5-7 years of directly related experience to global website management, localization and redesign,
Working knowledge of Alfresco Web Content Management System platform
Ability to create strategies as well as drive execution on a timely basis both personally and through management of outside resources
Demonstrated understanding of online marketing best practices including digital/social engagement, site measurement, SEO, delivering online tools/applications/ communications for both pre-and post-sales environments
Demonstrated understanding and experience in leveraging customer insights (surveys) and data analytics to drive website changes/enhancements
Must be team oriented, hard-working online marketing professional with exceptional written communications and editorial skills
Must be a self starter, able to clearly present rationale for strategy and able to track to a budget and timeline
Must have a facilitator's mindset, able to collaborate and drive consensus.
High-tech storage experience a plus

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Pricing Analyst - 6525


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities

Business analyst for HGST's Client Storage business responsible for tactical deal-desk, RFQ pricing, as well as, long term price, volume and mix planning. Deal-desk and RFQ activities cover world-wide direct and/or channel customers. The analyst develops pricing plans with detailed analysis of market, competition and product dynamics. Manages price points to enable an acceptable business return to HGST. Collaborates with Sales & Sales Ops to understand competitive pricing activity and demand/supply environment. Communicates pricing decisions to Sales. Prepares and presents price forecast and revenue plan for corporate and executive review. Plans and forecasts long term price, product volume and mix to drive product transitions planning and business case analysis for the Client segment.

*Qualifications


OEM/Channel pricing, Sales Operations and product volume planning experience a plus. Candidate must have working knowledge of finance best practices and tools. Internal and external negotiations experience a plus. Past experience working across multiple functional units (i.e., Sales, Finance, Operations, Manufacturing & Logistics). Bachelor's degree in Business Admin/Finance mandatory; Masters degree preferred. The successful candidate has strong analytical skills; is at an advanced proficiency level in Microsoft Excel; and will be comfortable using system-level data analytics tools such as ESSBASE. Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Principal Pricing Analyst - Enterprise HDD & SSD - 6765


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Principle pricing analyst for HGST's Enterprise/Cloud HDD and SSD business optimizing profitable growth through effective pricing strategies. Covers world-wide direct and channel customers. Develops pricing strategy with detailed analysis of market, competitive and product dynamics. Collaborates with Sales & Sales Ops to understand competitive pricing activity and demand/supply environment. Leads RFQs for Enterprise products including periodic interaction with customers. Communicates pricing decisions to Sales. Prepares and presents price forecast and revenue plan for corporate and executive review.

*Qualifications
Global OEM, Regional OEM and WW channel pricing experience mandatory. Candidate must have working knowledge of industry best practices and tools. Internal and external negotiations experience. Past experience working across multiple functional units (i.e. Sales, Finance, Operations, Manufacturing & Logistics). Bachelors degree in Business Admin/Finance mandatory; Masters degree preferred. The successful candidate has strong analytical skills; is at an advanced proficiency level in Microsoft Excel; and will be comfortable using system-level data analytics tools such as ESSBASE. Strong writen and verbal communication skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Product Marketing Manager - 7299


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The Product Marketing Manager will create and manage new storage solutions
that cater to the creative professional market. Primary responsibilities include
launching new products, developing go-to-market strategies, managing the
product portfolio, owning the complete product lifecycle, and being the product
expert within the Branded Products Group of HGST. This position will develop
product positioning, conduct detailed market analysis, manage complex projects
that span multiple departments/disciplines, create market requirements
documents, assist in the development product collateral and support the sales
force.
This position requires an individual with a demonstrated passion for technology
and an eagerness to learn about new hardware and software innovations in the
storage industry. They should be a self-starter and a highly motivated person
able to work in a fast-paced environment. They must be able to travel
internationally and domestically, up to 30% of the time, if needed.
Responsibilities
• Conceive, develop, and launch new products and provide necessary sales
support. Manage the entire product lifecycle from cradle to grave.
• Develop go-to-market plans for new products and work in concert with the
sales organization to facilitate market penetration, major account
penetration and sales to realize revenue and margin targets.
• Develop sales collateral, training materials, and presentations for customer and
industry related activities.
• Act as advisor to the sales force and be the key resource in interacting with
engineering, product management, and marketing groups within HGST.
Develop sales forecasts. Recommend pricing strategies by evaluating
market conditions and sales channel inputs.
• Coordinate with groups within HGST to ensure product requirements are met
and products are launched on time.
• Conduct primary market research and analyze secondary research in order to
develop customer insights and develop clear value propositions.
• Drive and improve business processes to provide advanced visibility to product
development and delivery schedules.
• Manage product line performance in regards to sales volume, margin, and mix.
• Actively participate in the product roadmap process, as well as understand and
communicate the impact of product release schedules on customers.
• Conduct on-going analysis of the competitive landscape including pricing,
product offering, market segmentation and industry trends. Educate
management and the sales force to competitive movements and industry
trends.
• Identify new product and channel opportunities that will drive revenue and
margin growth for the Branded Products Group.

*Qualifications
• an undergraduate degree in engineering (or similarly technical field of
study)
• an MBA
• a minimum of 3 years of working experience in a technical field gained
after earning their undergraduate degree or MBA
• the proven ability to influence cross-functional teams
• exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• excellent presentation skills
Preferred Qualifications
• the ideal candidate will have working experience in the consumer
electronics industry or storage industry

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Product Marketing Manager – Cloud and Datacenter T - 6658


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
• Company subject matter expert for advanced storage and related technologies, working with the research team, outbound marketing, customers, engineering and sales to influence and lead the industry. Candidate will work with select cloud and datacenter customers, industry influencers and ecosystem partners as well as internal organizations.
• Ability to analyze, identify opportunities and communicate advantages and details about storage architectures such as erasure coding, object storage, converged computing & storage, distributed filesystems and big data analytics, supporting HGST's technology, product and business growth strategies.
• Help create and vet internal projects and concepts to balance strategic and financial goals from technology, application and value proposition standpoints including development of high-level business analysis for technologies, strategies and opportunities
• Support sales, marketing and executive teams as needed

*Qualifications
The Manager of Cloud and Datacenter Technology is responsible for understanding cloud and datacenter technology trends and opportunities, assessing potential opportunities, developing innovative recommendations, and working cross-functionally to drive ideas from opportunity to concept to volume production. The candidate will be required to work across functions and across levels to develop, test and drive technology directions. The candidate will have a deep understanding of storagetechnologies from a systems, hardware or software perspective. This is an ideal position for a candidate that has mastered their engineering expertise area and is ready to take the next step in their career, offering broad, fast-paced business experience that will leverage and challenge their technical experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in product development, systems architecture, open-source software development or hardware design (server, processors or storage). Special consideration for candidates with experience in distributed filesystems, data protection, networking and object storage.
• Knowledge of alternative storage systems (flash, future non-volatile memories) is ideal.
• Datacenter, cloud or storage systems experience preferred
• Ability to quickly and independently become the subject matter expert in a technology, product or market area that is new to the larger organization, effectively utilizing internal and external resources, and influencing strategic decisions and discussions
• Outstanding written and oral communications.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Sales Operations Intern - 6648


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities

*Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information for this Retail Division.
* Evaluates and report key operational metrics to various internal users
* Work regularly with cross-functional customers in the assigned business unit or functional unit, such as Sales and Marketing
* Ad hoc reporting
* Other duties as business needs dictates

 

Qualifications
  * Undergraduate with at least 3 years or 1 year grad student
* Strong analytical skills
* Intermediate-to-advanced proficiency level in Microsoft Excel/Office; comfortable using system-level data analytics tools such as ESSBASE, SAP, and other applications
* Strong written and verbal communications skills are highly desirable.
* Quantitative and apptitude skills
* Excellent problem solver
* Strong attention to detail is crucial
* Must be able to not only point out what is not working, but an ability to identify what is missing
* Effective communicator
* Quality Focus, Project Management, Process Improvement, Reporting Skills

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Sr. Manager, Marcom and WW Packaging - 6445


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Experience in global brand strategy, creative development, advertising, social media and all aspects of design. Possess excellent creative skills with a clean, sophisticated design sensibility and highly organized and adept at meeting tight deadlines. Ensure effective, targeted design solutions and deliver well within the parameters of budget and corporate culture. Past experience should include small venture start-up businesses to larger multi-division companies in various industries– business to business, high technology, consumer, and economic development.

Responsibilities:
- Driving force in setting strategic WW retail packaging design direction
- Management of all US and regional retail packaging, including, asset gathering, setting deadlines, delegations of responsibilities, design, translation, reviews & approvals from the branded team and legal department, artwork release, print production and press checks
- Ensure that all WW retail packaging and collateral jobs supports the retail and brand guidelines
- Lead design direction to develop final visual image that communicates the marketing objectives to the customer
- Ensure launch of a new brand assets across retail and channel marketing programs including packaging, collateral, social media and web assets
- Maintain constant communication with regional teams, PR, and legal department to ensure continuity and accuracy of products legal rights, trademarks and warranty
- Collateral management from concept to print production, supporting multiple business units, Channel and Sales departments
- Event and tradeshows support and packaging management for various shows throughout the year
- Coordinate WW projects estimate/invoice approvals
- Manage the packaging and creative team budget
- Drive brand alignment and creative direction of creative agencies and vendors
- Organize and manage of product portfolios and creative assets by collecting, organizing, storing and sharing current assets for all brands using a global content repository/management system
- Design creative print and web materials; marketing collaterals, flyers, campaign graphics, web banners and social media assets
- Maintain website elements and assets
- Support Channel Marketing and Corporate Marketing with various graphic requests
- Work closely with outbound marketing teams on everyday creative work load
- Accurately estimate scope and schedule of work
- Manage localization vendors for all artwork translations
- Provide direction and support with product photo and video shoots

*Qualifications
• 5+ years of design and Marketing experience with a portfolio of work that is heavily weighted in consumer products packaging and brand identity
• Solid experience with image compression, file correction, and optimization techniques
• Strong knowledge of current Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash)
• Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP and online design experience (email, web content & interactivity)
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and interpersonal skills
• Proactive, flexible and adaptable; able to meet deadlines; quick learner.
• Strategic thinker, able to take data, add insight and offer recommendations
• Self-starter who always performs beyond expectations and unfailingly meets deadlines
• Able to work in a fast paced environment with little direction
• Bachelors degree in Graphic Design, Marketing or related field

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Sr. Mktng Mngr – HDD Product Planning - 5994


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Job Description:
The Sr. Product Marketing Manager – HDD Product Planning defines HGST's HDD product strategy, product requirements and product roadmap. This member of the Product Marketing organization is interfacing with OEM customers and various HGST groups to understand market opportunities, capture customer requirements and translate them into winning product definitions that direct the HDD product development efforts.
• Identify, monitor and analyze mass storage product, technology and market trends related to all sub-segments of the Enterprise storage industry.
• Conduct quarterly and ad-hoc customer product planning interlocks and research with key OEM customers.
• Create and publish product requirements documents for future HGST HDD products.
• Maintain HGST's HDD roadmap.
• Represent Product Marketing in the early phases of the product lifecycle, including core team participation; track engineering progress during product development and actively participate in analyzing and deciding on engineering trade-offs.
• Support the segment marketing teams in launching new HDD products by acting as product and technology evangelist.

*Qualifications
• 10+ years of experience in a combination of product development, technology strategy or product planning as part of marketing, R&D, or CTO organizations.
• BA or BS in technical discipline preferred.
• HDD experience preferred.
• Strong customer presence and proven track record in engaging large OEM customers in technology and product planning discussions.
• Ability to quickly and independently become the subject matter expert in a product or market area that is new to the larger organization, effectively utilizing internal and external resources.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively operate in the intersection of technology, product and business strategy.
• Passion for storage products and technology.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Sr. Product Marketing Manager – APAC Market Development - 6660


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
• Cloud Market Sizing & Segmentation
• Customer Identification & Sales Support
• Ecosystem & Trend Mapping
• Competitive landscape
• Identify and drive Cloud product and feature opportunities and recommendations
• Cloud Evangelist & Expert
• Develop customer engagement and ecosystem partner engagement plans

*Qualifications
Senior Manager of APAC Market Development is responsible for market research and support in the APAC region for cloud and datacenter opportunities. The position provides a bridge between sales, marketing and engineering for the region. The candidate will be required to work across functions and across levels to gather and analyze market data, trends and emerging opportunities unique to the region, package the information and recommendations to the corporate office on a regular basis, and ensure that corporate messaging, strategies and priorities are driven back into the region, aligning with and supporting sales. The candidate will have a good understanding of the storage ecosystem in terms of technologies, suppliers, customers, competitors, applications and trends.
• Ideal candidate will have 10+ years experience in business development, product marketing, customer support, or other related areas as part of customer-facing organizations in storage or related technology industries
• Experience in leading customer, engineering or other group discussions
• Software or hardware engineering experience preferred
• Demonstrated ability to effectively operate in the intersection of technology, products and business strategy
• Ability to comprehend complex industry, market and technical topics into clear trends and conditions, and be able to clearly and concisely explain in written and presentation formats
• Outstanding written and oral communications, including experience in making customer and executive-level presentations.
• Must be local to the region and fluent in Mandarin

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Sr. Product Marketing Manager – Cloud and Datacent - 6659


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
• Company subject matter expert for advanced storage and related technologies, working with the research team, outbound marketing, customers, engineering and sales to influence and lead the industry. Candidate will work with select cloud and datacenter customers, industry influencers and ecosystem partners as well as internal organizations.
• Ability to analyze, identify opportunities and communicate advantages and details about storage architectures such as erasure coding, object storage, converged computing & storage, distributed filesystems and big data analytics, resulting in co-defining HGST's technology, product and business growth strategies.
• Help create and vet internal projects and concepts to balance strategic and financial goals from technology, application and value proposition standpoints including development of high-level business analysis for technologies, strategies and opportunities
• Support sales, marketing and executive teams as needed

*Qualifications
The Senior Manager of Cloud and Datacenter Technology is responsible for understanding cloud and datacenter technology trends and opportunities, assessing potential opportunities, developing innovative recommendations, and working cross-functionally to drive ideas from opportunity to concept to volume production. The candidate will be required to work across functions and across levels to develop, test and drive technology directions. The candidate will have a deep understanding of storagetechnologies from a systems, hardware or software perspective. This is an ideal position for a candidate that has mastered their engineering expertise area and is ready to take the next step in their career, offering broad, fast-paced business experience that will leverage and challenge their technical experience.
• 10+ years of experience in product development, systems architecture, open-source software development or hardware design (server, processors or storage). Special consideration for candidates with experience in distributed filesystems, data protection, networking and object storage.
• Kowledge of alternative storage systems (flash, future non-volatile memories) is ideal.
• atacenter, cloud or storage systems experience preferred
• Ability to quickly and independently become the subject matter expert in a technology, product or market area that is new to the larger organization, effectively utilizing internal and external resources, and influencing strategic decisions and discussions
• Outstanding written and oral communications, including experience in making customer and executive-level presentations
• Customer or industry facing experience is required. Must be able to lead internal and external discussions, handle delicate situations, and be an influencer

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Sr. Product Marketing Manager – Performance Enterp - 6605


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Technical Product Line Manager (PLM) responsible for developing product strategy and technical requirements for Performance Enterprise HDD products. The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of system architecture, technology, customer requirements and market dynamics equipping them to provide leadership across the organization. The PLM will work cross functionally with the Product Core Team, Sales, and Customer Technical Support, as well as directly with key Customers and executive management to manage the product line from concept stage, through development and product launch. The PLM will identify, create and promote successful product strategies and plans that provide value to our customers and meet the business segment's financial objectives.
• Drive the Product Life Cycle management as part of the cross functional Core Team (Marketing, Development, Manufacturing, Procurement, Product Support and Quality)
• Working with Market Development/Product Planning, provide clear portfolio and business priorities to the Core Team
• Provide Voice of the Customer representation on the core team and lead required trade-off analysis to drive optimized business decisions. Work with Market Development/Product Planning to update the PRD as needed
• Perform market/customer research to identify requirements, trends, and drivers
• Understand key customer requirements and work closely with functional teams, especially Customer Technical Support, to insure all customer requirements are captured in the DRD
• Work closely with the Enterprise Portfolio Mgt team to manage product transitions including qualification priorities and EOL planning
• Define and implement the sales, customer, and announce communication strategy, plans and materials (presentations & marketing collateral)
• Organize and communicate customer and industry information for usage within the marketing team

*Qualifications
• Ideal candidate will have 7-10 years experience in one or more of the following areas: Product Development, Technical Marketing, or Customer Technical Support in HDD industry
• Previous experience in Product Management and Product Marketing a plus
• Understanding of system design, architecture, and software tiering as it relates to server and storage applications
• Proven ability to lead a cross-functional Team (Development, Manufacturing, Procurement, Marketing, Product Support)
• Deep understanding of HDD technology including all aspects of the product development process
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills, including demonstrated proficiency with MS Excel, Word and Powerpoint
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Demonstrated capacity for developing and understanding product strategy

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Sr. Product Marketing Manager – SSD PCIe - 6603


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Technical Product Line Manager (PLM) is responsible for the development, dissemination and understanding of the market data, research and analysis for PCIe SSD market segment. The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of system architecture, technology, customer requirements and market dynamics equipping them to provide leadership across the organization. The PLM will work cross functionally with the Product Core Team, Sales, and Customer Technical Support, as well as directly with key Customers and executive management to manage the product line from concept stage, through development and product launch. The candidate will be required to work across functions and across levels to gather and analyze data and to provide the appropriate support providing industry expertise and insights. The candidate will have a deep understanding of the server and storage ecosystem in terms of technologies, suppliers, customers, competitors, applications and trends. The candidate must be flexible in terms of balancing multiple requests from across functions.
• Drive the Product Life Cycle management as part of the cross functional Core Team (Marketing, Development, Manufacturing, Procurement, Product Support and Quality)
• Working with Market Development/Product Planning, provide clear portfolio and business priorities to the Core Team
• Provide Voice of the Customer representation on the core team and lead required trade-off analysis to drive optimized business decisions. Work with Market Development/Product Planning to update the PRD as needed
• Support internal market planning and analysis as it applies to PCIe SSD for cloud, datacenter and growth opportunities, attending regular reviews and interlocks across company functions and staff
• Identify, monitor and analyze storage product, technology and market trends, creating appropriate reports and output to drive planning and investment decisions
• Work closely with the Enterprise Portfolio Mgt team to manage product transitions including qualification priorities and EOL planning
• Define and implement the sales, customer, and announce communication strategy, plans and materials (presentations & marketing collateral)
• Develop market and financial models for PCIe SSD that support cloud, datacenter and new business opportunities
• Support sales, marketing and executive teams as needed with market and trend analysis

*Qualifications
• Ideal candidate will have 7-10 years experience in product development, business development, competitive analysis and business strategy or product planning as part of marketing in storage or related industries
• Specific related experience in PCIe NVMe, SOP and software as it relates to server and storage applications
• Demonstrated ability to effectively operate in the intersection of technology, products and business strategy
• Ability to comprehend complex industry, market and technical topics into clear trends and conditions, and be able to clearly and concisely explain to peer groups and other staff members
• Proven ability to lead a cross-functional Team (Development, Manufacturing, Procurement, Marketing, Product Support)
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Outstanding written and oral communications, including demonstrated proficiency with MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Sr. Product Marketing Manager – SSD Prod Planning - 5993


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The Sr. Product Marketing Manager – SSD Product Planning defines HGST's SSD product strategy, product requirements and product roadmap. This member of the Product Marketing organization is interfacing with customers, suppliers and various HGST groups to understand market opportunities, capture customer requirements and translate them into winning product definitions that direct the SSD product development efforts.

Responsibilities:
• Identify, monitor and analyze NV memory and SSD product, technology and market trends related to all segments of the storage industry.
• Conduct quarterly and ad-hoc customer product planning interlocks and research.
• Maintain HGST's SSD market model, incorporating industry analysts' data as appropriate.
• Create and publish product requirements documents for future HGST SSD products.
• Maintain HGST's SSD roadmap.
• Represent Product Marketing in the early phases of the product lifecycle, including core team participation; track engineering progress during product development and actively participate in analyzing and deciding on engineering trade-offs.
• Support the segment marketing teams in launching new SSD products by acting as SSD product and technology evangelist.

*Qualifications
• 10+ years of experience in a combination of product development, technology strategy or product planning as part of marketing, R&D, or CTO organizations.
• BA or BS in technical discipline preferred.
• Industry expertise in storage-related market segments, e.g. enterprise storage, client PC storage preferred.
• NV memory or SSD experience preferred.
• Strong customer presence and proven track record in engaging large OEM customers in technology and product planning discussions.
• Ability to quickly and independently become the subject matter expert in a product or market area that is new to the larger organization, effectively utilizing internal and external resources.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively operate at the intersection of technology, product and business strategy.
• Passion for storage products and technology.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Marketing: Strategic Volume Planner - Client Segment - 7263


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Strategic Segment Volume Planner is responsible for consolidation of volume plans for operational (Plan of Record) product deliverables for the client (2.5" HDD) segment. Activities include: Product launch, Customer Qualifications and Product Transitions, Multi-year Sizing, Budget Out year sizing. Position will interface with numerous other functions to carry out this role, including: Product Marketing, Product Line Management, Sales Operations, Business Planning and Sales.

*Qualifications
Product Marketing and/or Product Volumes Planning experience extremely helpful. Marketing and/or finance background most applicable. Candidate will need to be able to create and position marketing deliverables as well as perform market analytics for volumes planning activities. Candidate should have skills in Powerpoint, Excel and Word as well as be capable of learning system-level tools such as ESSBASE.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development : Enterprise Head Product Engineer - 6984


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

Responsibilities
New Product Head Characterization Engineer (Read/Write/Process)

* Responsible for one or more head product performance/yield/quality, and product launch on schedule and volume
* Co-develop, own, & execute Head Performance/Yield-Cost/Quality-Reliability roadmaps
* Create and Support Head-HDD yield/performance/quality improvements by wafer-QST-Slider-DET data analysis and FA to optimize head design targets, specs, testing and processes and to identify/drive other head improvement actions
* Collaborate actively with WW head process, design, manufacturing teams
* Indpendently perform technical analysis and data mining using large data sets, and make recommendations to management
* Support wafer/slider process/tooling change qualifications and the communication with the HDD customer

Qualifications
* MS or PhD in Physical Science, Engineering or Statistics
* Strong analytical skills, coding, data-mining
* Familiar with HDD testing and wafer/slider/hga processes
* Strong commincation skills (verbal, written)
* Strong teamwork, collaboration, negotiation skills

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Director of Manufacturing - 7187


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Manage pilot line manufacturing and maintenance organizations. Work with development and engineering to prioritize activities and maximize use of toolset. Optimize operations to reduce cycle times and cost. Work with WW operations teams on projects to improve manufacturing efficiency, productivity and cost.

*Qualifications
Minimum 10 years experience in media manufacturing and management.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Advanced Process Control Engineer Intern - 7205


Job Information

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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Using statistical methods to optimized Advanced Process Control System for wafer manufacturing processes
Development and optimization of predictive model and tuning algorithm for run-to-run control
Development of fault detection model for fault classification and detection
System test and debug for automation software
Configuration of hardware and software application for Advanced Process Control projects
Optimization and development of DB2 database structure query language (SQL) for feed-forward and feedback data.

*Qualifications
Competency:
Software Applications: JMP, ProcessWORKS, MS Office, Project, Visio
Programming languages: (Preferred) Java, Python scripting)
Operating Systems: Windows XP/2000/NT/DOS, Linux (SUSE), Unix
Experience using relational databases (Oracle, IBM DB2) and writing SQL queries
Experience with Network hardware and protocols (TCP/IP)
Statistical Methods: Regression Analysis, Design of Experiment (DOE), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Multivariate Analysis.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Advanced write head design engineer - 6852


Job Information

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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Design advanced write head for next generation HDD products with competitive performance and reliability at high data rate.
Collaborate closely with modeling teams to generate novel and practical ideas to improve performance/reliability/yield.
Work closely with wafer process and backend process teams to maximize number of learning cycles.
Design write head DOEs to verify design concepts and make design decisions based on statistical data analysis.

*Qualifications
M.S. or Ph. D. in EE, Physics, or equivalent.
3+ years of experience in the field of storage or magnetic recording and in-depth experience with write head design and performance characterization preferred.
Familiarity with magnetic recording head design, recording physics, wafer processing, and HDD optimization knowledge is highly desirable.
Proficiency in analysis of large data sets and automating analysis through scripts is a plus.
Good communication/presentation/coordination skills, strong awareness of project timelines.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Back End Equipment Development Engineer - 6825


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
1. Develop & modify media process equipment (Lube, UV, Tape burnish)
2. Develop charaterization techniques to monitor the tool performance
3. Implmentation of the novel equipment in production

*Qualifications
1. Strong CAD drawing experience
2. Hand on instrumentation and programming (PLC, Labview)
3. Skill in equipment automation
4. Good communication skills

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Engrineering Technician - Lead - 7011


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
  HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world’s high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world.   We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
   
  *Responsibilities
  Works with the development teams to create the work requests for the San Jose HSA/HDD Pilot Line and coordinate build activity. Must be able to use Microsoft excel extensively to track inventory of various levels of parts for multiple programs. Reconciles inventory with procurement and posts current inventory to program db’s several times per week. Presents build status to program managers and development team at weekly review meeting.

Acts as a Team Leader and contributes to the development of concepts, techniques and processes. Works on complex assignments requiring a high degree of initiative to resolve issues. Makes recommendations for new procedures.  Sees work influence outside of respective responsibilies.
   
  *Qualifications
  Some college is a plus but not a requirement. Must have roughly 6 years of related experience and leadership skills as this job includes some supervisory responsibilities. Must be a team player with the ability to get along well with others.
   
  Equal Employment Opportunity
  It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Equipment Maintenance Technician - 5849


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

Responsibilities
Maintenance service and repair of vacuum tools. Perform preventative maintenance, form factor changes, tool conversions, troubleshoot in depth equipment problems. Perform strip and clean PM's on variety of Vacuum tools; Veeco Ion Mill, Veeco DLC, Unaxis Gap Fill, Nordiko, Corona, Z660, CSC IBDS. Basic fault identification and recertification after qualification. Vacuum leak testing using Leak checker and RGA's

Qualifications
Solid back ground in Vacuum technology and electrical troubleshooting basics. Strong mechanical aptitude with solid understanding of electrical/safety requirements. Experience in preventative maintenance procedures and problem solving techniques when working on vacuum tools. Must display a willingness to learn. Must dependable and flexible. AWS 12 hour schedule, day shift (Thurs/Fri/Sat and every other Wed), overtime and week end work.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Executive Administrative Assistant (temporary) - 6772


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Provides administrative support for D. Rourk, C. D'Hondt, M. Smith and local staff. Person will be responsible for coordinating calendars, meetings, travel plans, and expense reports for Executives and staff. This will require coordination among the various functions in the company, across multiple time zones and with external parties. Will also have responsibility to track and generate reports for the worldwide function: organization charts, vacation plans and functional initiatives (ESSBASE automation)

*Qualifications
Candidates should have advanced training in administrative support at an international level. Critical skills necessary include: excellent communication both written and verbal, time management, organization and project management, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. Additional experience with data base queries would be beneficial.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Executive Administrative Assistant - 7030


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Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Provide administrative support for VP of WW Head Component Organization and local staff. Person will be responsible for coordinating calendars, meetings, travel plans and expense reports for executives and staff. This will require coordination amongst the various functions in the company, across multiple time zones and with external parties.

*Qualifications
Candidate should have advanced training in administrative support at an international level. Critical skills necessary includes: excellent communication, both written and verbal, time management, organization and project management, lotus notes, outlook, Microsoft excel and powerpoint.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements

Mfg, Eng & Development: Executive Assistant (temporary) - 6996


Job Information

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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Provides administrative support for SVP of the WW Operations and local staff. Person will be responsible for coordinating calendars, meetings, travel plans, and expense reports for Executives and staff. This will require coordination among the various functions in the company, across multiple time zones, and with external parties. Will also have responsibility to track and generate reports for the worldwide function: organization charts, vacation plans, etc.

*Qualifications
Candidates should have advanced training in administrative support at an international level. Critical skills necessary include: excellent communication both written and verbal, time management, organization and project management, Lotus Notes, Outlook, MS office (excel, powerpoint). Additional experience with data base queries would be beneficial.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Finite element micromagnetic modeler - 6971


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Responsible for the design and modeling of product and advanced magnetic recording recording head devices
Provide technical guidance and leadership for the modeling group on advanced recording head modeling & design
Develop advanced modeling capability for magnetic recording head design
Enable fast & accurate modeling feedback with vast amount of modeling data through parallel computation & experimental calibrations
Closely interface with other read head function teams such as process, integration and program team for recording head optimization
Provide timely & accurate modeling feedback on advanced recording head design

*Qualifications
Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or closely related in EE, Physics or closely related f
3+ years experience in magnetic recording head design and magnetic recording technology
Demonstrated technical expertise in analytical and numerical modeling of magnetic recording head using finite element micromagnetic modeling
Demonstrated technical expertise in magnetic recording and magnetic

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

MFg, Eng & Development: HDD Process/Tooling Engineer - 7272


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Responsible for developing process control tables and routing used in Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Shop Floor Control. This will involve understanding of product structure and build configuration for product development and volume production phases. You will develop control tables for process routing, product configuration control, unique customer configuration/labelling/ microcode control using internal Shop Floor Control system. You will work with high volume manufacturing (HVM) sites for installation and verification of control table updates. You will work with launch program manager, customer technical support representatives, test code team for generation of these control tables. You will document updates to the control tables/test code using internal process control documents. You will work with Japan IT group for Shop Floor changes as needed. Your secondary responsibilities will be to design and debug tooling, HDD process monitoring, data analysis for process verification, process requirement documentation, and tooling cost estimation for new product design.

*Qualifications
- BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering.

- Background in data analysis including statistical data analysis.

- Detail oriented.

- Be able to work in team environment and have good verbal and written communication skill.

- Work well with existing Shop Floor Control systems.

- Be able and update control tables for material flow, product build configuration, test code updates and customer ship configurations.

- Should be able to work well with many diverse teams including HVM site teams.

- You will need to design/debug HDD tooling/process and be able to do cost estimate for new products.

- Familiarity with Agile and Solidworks is preferable.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Head Characterization - 6376


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Work with worldwide head team to optimize head design, processes, testing and specifications to meet product requirements
Identify and recommend actions to improve head and HDD performance, yields and reliability
5 years experience
Masters degree or above

*Qualifications
MS or Ph.D. in science/engineering
Experience in head technologies preferred
Experience in characterization skills preferred
Good communication skills preferred

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Head Program Management - 6377


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Lead worldwide head team to optimize head design, processes, testing and specifications to meet product requirements
Interface with HDD team to review head performance, delivery plan, improvement actions and spec optimizations
Identify and drive actions to improve head and HDD performance, yields and reliability
Coordinate wafer, slider & HGA starts and HDD deliveries for both development builds and head qualifications.
5 years experience
Masters degree

*Qualifications
MS or Ph.D. in science/engineering
Experience in head technologies preferred
Experience in characterization skills preferred
Good communication and negotiation skills preferred

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Head Program Management - 6807


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
MS or Ph.D. in science/engineering
Experience in head technologies preferred
Experience in characterization skills preferred
Good communication and negotiation skills preferred

*Qualifications
Lead worldwide head team to optimize head design, processes, testing and specifications to meet product requirements
Interface with HDD team to review head performance, delivery plan, improvement actions and spec optimizations
Identify and drive actions to improve head and HDD performance, yields and reliability
Coordinate wafer, slider & HGA starts and HDD deliveries for both development builds and head qualifications.
5 years experience
Masters degree

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Import-Export Analyst II - 7254


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Responsible for coordinating with US import laws and regulations and export regulations, including but not limited the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). .

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for daily import operations and provide backup support to daily export operations when necessary

• Manage the customs brokers and work very closely with freight forwarders

• Identify and document import and export commodity criteria using internal and vendor drawings, schematics, brochures, diagrams and other available technical source material to determine the legal import, HTS classification as well the Schedule B classification

• Review US Binding Rulings, Explanatory Notes, General Rules of Interpretation, Engineering Drawings and Vendor supplied data to ensure reasonable care for HTS assignment has been achieved

• Supports the requisition and production of Other Government Agency (OGA) documentation as it relates to antidumping analysis, commodity restrictions, and other product related entry and admissibility issues

• Develop and maintain interdepartmental collaboration with R&D, procurement, materials groups and other internal organizations/customers

• Provide classification support to worldwide HGST locations

• Provide back up support to Import-export Trade Compliance Analyst, Manager, in such areas as deemed export review, product classification under EAR, technology reviews on confidential disclosure agreements, nondisclosure agreements and equipment loan agreements

• Maintain knowledge and serve as the expert for trade compliance matters import and export

• Provide back-up support for the company's duty drawback program

• Oversee development and implementation of trade compliance policies and procedures

• Advise management on trade compliance issues and regulations

• Special projects as assigned

Qualifications/ Experience Requirements:

• Must have a comprehensive knowledge of Import Regulations, 19 CFR, and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), including encryption

• 5-7 years experience in export/trade compliance with a high-tech company

• Expertise with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access)

• Self-starter – minimal supervision required

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Manager STW integration - Performance Enterprise - 7311


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Canidate will manage STW department responsable for the delivery of Servo track writer for performance Enterprise products. Canidate will be both a people manager and project manager. The department will be made up of experienced STW engineers responsable for; Lead integrators, FA, development, and integration roles, Canidate will cordinate STW delivery to product managers, product integration, site STW teams, NPI, and planing. Canidate will be project leader in getting new technologies integrated into production with other teams - servo, Mechanical, tooling, test, and integration. Canidate will work closly with STW code development and HW development teams to cordinate the features and functions to meet the needs to the programs.

*Qualifications
Canidate should have more than 10 years of experinece in servo track writing, Project and people managment experience, International project leadership experience, Technical understanding of ; servo, control theory, RRO, TMR. Canidate should be expeirenced at development and negotiation of specs for all aspects of STW (incoming and outgoing). Demonstration of sucessfull implimentation of state of the art, complex, new technologies. Demonstration of good team leadership, team building, and team organization skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Manufacturing IT Support Engineer / System Admin - 6804


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Candidate will be responsible for supporting the San Jose Wafer Manufacturing environment. This will be inclusive of, but not limited to:

- installing, configuring, and maintaining a variety of UNIX operating systems (Red Hat & SUSE)
- working with Wafer Manufacturing in understanding their environment, needs and priorities and applying this knowledge to support their 24x7 operational environment and project priorities.
- analyzing and resolving problems associated with the operating system's servers, hardware, applications, and software.
- detecting, diagnosing, and reporting UNIX related problems on servers.
- installing new software releases
- evaluating and installing patches
- performing system upgrades
- performing system backups and recovery
- performing system tuning
- developing and/or documenting Manufacturing IT processes and procedures
- availability to be on rotating pager duty

The candidate should be familiar with standard LINUX concepts, practices, and procedures and will be required to rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals for performing a variety of tasks, and should be able to work under general supervision with IT, Manufacturing, Engineering & SW vendor personnel. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required.

The candidate will also be responsible for ensuring that the implemented solutions are in compliance with company published policies, rules and regulations.

The candidate will report to the data center manager or the IT manufacturing focal.

*Qualifications
- Requires a 2 year college degree and/or the equivalent of a minimum of 5 years of experience in UNIX Systems Administration with "hands on" experience with SUSE & Red Hat
- Proactive Application & System Performance Monitoring
- Proactive management & operational metric reporting
- VMWare – preferably certified, e.g. VCP
- Basic JAVA Programming
- Automated Scripts (Cron & Perl)
- Computer Networking basics (configuration, manage and troubleshooting)
- High Availability Clustering Administration
- HP Blade server hardware build and administration
- Required to work with limited supervision
- Good written & oral communication skills.
- Good organizational skills.
- Collaborative & engaging in group settings, i.e. teamwork
- Equipment Interfaces (SECSI, SECSII, Serial, HSMS) – [experience & knowledge a plus / nice to have]
- Storage Area Networks, backups, disk allocation, partitioning [nice to have]
- Windows Server Administration [nice to have]
- Familiar with agile project management and Kanban work scheduling methodology [nice to have]

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Manufacturing Lithography Engineer - 6966


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The opening is in Wafer Manufacturing Engineering Organization. Candidate will be expected to:
1. Develop and Implement lithography solutions using Canon, Nikon, ASML, and TEL toolsets.
2. Develop active control strategies (SPC, APC) for improving and sustaining manufacturing lithography processes (CD, Registration, Shape, etc.) .
3. Understand lithography process integration with feedforward and feedback of upstream and downstream processes.
4. Provide MFG process instuctions such as disposition and inspection criteria.
5. Analyze data in support of process control and yield improvement activities.
6. Solve engineering problems as needed.

*Qualifications
1.Hands-on manufacturing lithography experience with Canon, Nikon, ASML, and TEL toolsets.
2. Demonstrated ability to develop, implement and improve lithography processes.
3. Demonstrated medium and long term project management skills.
4. Data analysis skills (JMP, QMF etc), DOE, Statistical Analysis.
5. Team oriented, good verbal and written communication skills, high integrity.
6. Highly motivated, work independently with minimum supervision and follow up issues closely to closure.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Materials Lab Intern - AFM Lab - 7181


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The summer student will assist in failure analaysis using atomic force microscopy ( AFM ), and other types of scanning probe microscopy (SPM). Student may also learn use of nanoindentation system for measuring thin films.

The intern will operate the AFM, do image processing, data analysis, interpretation and report writing.

*Qualifications
Technical background in material science, engineering, physics or chemistry. Minimum three years undergraduate training (i.e.,Junior-Senior, BS or MS level candidate).

Ideal candidate will have some experience with microscopy, Optical and/or SEM . Experience with digital image processing desirable.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Materials Lab Internal - Chemical Integration - 7178


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Materials Lab intern position in Chemical Integration Lab
Set up and consolidate particle injection and particle counter equipment in Chemical Integration Lab. Prepare and measure hard disk drives for particle cleanup and organic vapor cleanup rates.

*Qualifications
Applicants should have three or more years in college toward a degree in chemical engineering, chemistry, materials science or engineering. Applicant should have had exposure to concepts of absorption, adsorption, and equilibrium versus rate-dependent phenomena. Candidate should have hands-on laboratory experience. Exposure to particle size and particle counting measurement equipment is a plus.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, ENg & Development: Materials Laboratory Intern, TOF-SIMS lab - 7180


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Work on an analytical project involving new sample collection methods and advanced analytical methods. Intern will be trained to perform Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) and will develop methods of sample preperation for the technique. Routine analytical measurements will also be required.

*Qualifications
At leat third year student in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Materials Science. Must have completed courses in, and have basic knowledge of organic chemistry, general chemistry, and physics.

Self motivated independent worker with excellent oral and written communication skills will be needed to document and present results.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Mechanical Integration (Head/Media) Engineer - 6444


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Develop and conduct tribology tests to evaluate head and media tribology properties, design the head-disk interface for future disk products, work with manufacturing lines and HDD teams, and provide fast feedback and solution on any tribology issue.
Understand the tribology impact of advanced flying height control technology on HDD reliability and develop new test methodologies to address reliability concerns for next generation HDD products development.
Peform continual improvement of HDD products' mechanical and magnetic reliability.
Peform 2nd level failure analysis for suspected head / disk interface related HDD failures.
Engage and support all HDD Integration activities for new HDD program development.
Support HDD team for all activities MI/HDI/Tribology related, including design, test, process and failure analysis.

*Qualifications
1. HDD slider Air bearing modeling and Optimization.
2. Head Thermal Flying Height Control and associated calibration and control methodologies
3. HDD head and media tribology testing (component and HDD level)
4. HDD related programming and software development skills and statistics.
5. Knowledge and experience in HDD development processes and phases as they relate to tribology/mechanical integration.
6. Knowldege/familiarity with C++ programming a plus

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Media Back End Process Engineer - 7160


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Responsible for media back end process (Lubrication and burnish process)

*Qualifications
1. Understanding of lubricant chemistry, process and measurement
2. Understanding of media tape burnish process
3. experience in process development & control
4. Expertise in statistical analysis
5. Good oral and written communication

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Media Equip Eng. - Wash Equip & Support. Hardware - 6917


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Support existing meida wash equipment hardware and its associated tooling. Develop and improve existing hardware design; mechanical, plumbing, automation, programing, electrical, etc. Support meida mfg. factories with implementation of new hardware, as well as, sustaining / trouble shooting / improving tool performance.

*Qualifications
Must be mechanically / electrically proficient and a hands on individual. Must understand electro mechanical interfacing, plumbing, control systems, etc. must be able to do some level of CAD.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Media Lubricant Development Engineer - 6824


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
1. Novel lubricants development for PMR, HAMR and BTM media
2. Developed lubricant process for the product implementation
3. Developed lubricant characterization via instrumentation & modeling

*Qualifications
1. In depth understanding of the molecular dynamic
2. Hand on instrumentation & modeling
3. Experience in thin film physics/chemistry
4. Good communication and data analysis

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: MFG - Process Engr Tech - 6670


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Candidate will be responsible for giving instructions/direction within the established process. Responsible for quality, productivity, cycle time, and accountable for individual/team results. Understand and resolve various job related problems within wafer CMP, Ion Mill, or Deposition processes within manufacturing. Understanding of SPC, process reports, procedures, and provide practical assistance. Must have good communication, problem solving, computer and teamwork skills. Candidate must be flexible, able to learn fast, and coordinate training within the cell. Candidate will spend 100 percent of the time working within cell however, is expected to communicate daily activities in crossover meetings. Candidate will work a 12 hour AWS Shift and overtime as required. The candidate will work in a class 100 cleanroom.

*Qualifications
3 years technical experience within CMP, Ion Mill, or Deposition processes. . Must have a strong sense of urgency/commitment and be results oriented. Must have strong computer hardware/software & networking skills including knowledge of Windows, network drives, MS explorer navigation. Proficient with MS Excel. Intermediate/advanced level of Excel a plus. Should have a good understanding of CMP/Vacuum systems. Must be a self-starter and quick learner. Must be able to solve problems and troubleshoot process and equipment issues. Must have strong communication skills. BS Mechanical or Chemical Engineering degree preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: MFG Process integration engineer - 6333


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
  HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world’s high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world.   We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
   
  *Responsibilities
  The successful candidate will play a critical role in transfer, ramp up, and yield improvement for current product.  Position is in the Manufacturing Engineering Wafer Integration Department and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
1. Lead collaboration between ME and Dev Engineering organizations to transfer and ramp up new products and new wafer designs, especially damascene PMR writer. 
2. Lead activities that improve performance, yield, process margin and simplicity and cost for new wafer processes and designs.
3. Lead wafer related wafer process FA.
   
  *Qualifications
  1. MS or Ph.D. degree in physical science or engineering
2. Minimum 5 years of hands-on wafer process or process integration or process FA experience in dev or mfg in high volume wafer manufacturing lines. Experience with Damascene Integration is preferred..
3. Experience on wafer process is a must.
4. Team oriented and works well within cross functional groups.  Project management experience/skill is a plus.
5. Good verbal and written communication skills
6. Highly motivated, work independently with minimum supervision and follow up issues closely to closure.
7. Have a high standard of integrity
   
  Equal Employment Opportunity
  It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: MFG-Lead Process Engr Tech - 6668


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Candidate must have demonstrated leadership abilities, will be responsible for giving instructions/direction within the established process. Responsible for quality, productivity, cycle time, and accountable for individual/team results. Understand and resolve various job related problems within wafer CMP, Ion Mill, or Deposition processes within manufacturing. Understanding of SPC, process reports, procedures, and provide practical assistance. Must have good communication, problem solving, computer and teamwork skills. Candidate must be flexible, able to learn fast, and coordinate training within the cell. Candidate will spend 100 percent of the time working within cell however, is expected to communicate daily activities in crossover meetings. Candidate will work a 12 hour AWS Shift and overtime as required. The candidate will work in a class 100 cleanroom.

*Qualifications
3 years technical experience within CMP, Ion Mill, or Deposition processes. . Must have a strong sense of urgency/commitment and be results oriented. Must have strong computer hardware/software & networking skills including knowledge of Windows, network drives, MS explorer navigation. Proficient with MS Excel. Intermediate/advanced level of Excel a plus. Should have a good understanding of CMP/Vacuum systems. Must be a self-starter and quick learner, have leadership experience and successful experience leading teams. Must be able to solve problems and troubleshoot process and equipment issues. Must have strong communication skills. BS Mechanical or Chemical Engineering degree preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: MFG-Process Engr Tech CMP - 6669


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Candidate will be responsible for giving instructions/direction within the established process. Responsible for quality, productivity, cycle time, and accountable for individual/team results. Understand and resolve various job related problems within wafer CMP, Ion Mill, or Deposition processes within manufacturing. Understanding of SPC, process reports, procedures, and provide practical assistance. Must have good communication, problem solving, computer and teamwork skills. Candidate must be flexible, able to learn fast, and coordinate training within the cell. Candidate will spend 100 percent of the time working within cell however, is expected to communicate daily activities in crossover meetings. Candidate will work a 12 hour AWS Shift and overtime as required. The candidate will work in a class 100 cleanroom.

*Qualifications
3 years technical experience within CMP, Ion Mill, or Deposition processes. . Must have a strong sense of urgency/commitment and be results oriented. Must have strong computer hardware/software & networking skills including knowledge of Windows, network drives, MS explorer navigation. Proficient with MS Excel. Intermediate/advanced level of Excel a plus. Should have a good understanding of CMP/Vacuum systems. Must be a self-starter and quick learner. Must be able to solve problems and troubleshoot process and equipment issues. Must have strong communication skills. BS Mechanical or Chemical Engineering degree preferred

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: New Product Head Characterization Engineer - 6128


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
New Product Head Characterization Engineer (Read/Write/Process)

* Responsible for one or more head product performance/yield/quality, and product launch on schedule and volume
* Co-develop, own, & execute Head Performance/Yield-Cost/Quality-Reliability roadmaps
* Create and Support Head-HDD yield/performance/quality improvements by wafer-QST-Slider-DET data analysis and FA to optimize head design targets, specs, testing and processes and to identify/drive other head improvement actions
* Collaborate actively with WW head process, design, manufacturing teams
* Indpendently perform technical analysis and data mining using large data sets, and make recommendations to management
* Support wafer/slider process/tooling change qualifications and the communication with the HDD customer

*Qualifications
* MS or PhD in Physical Science, Engineering or Statistics
* Strong analytical skills, coding, data-mining
* Familiar with HDD testing and wafer/slider/hga processes
* Strong commincation skills (verbal, written)
* Strong teamwork, collaboration, negotiation skills

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: NMR Chemist, Materials Analysis Laboratory - 7243


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
HGST, a Western Digital company and a major producer of hard disk drives, is seeking a chemist with NMR experience to join a team of materials scientists who support HGST's research, development, and manufacturing efforts in all aspects of hard disk drive technology. The position is located in our world-class Materials Laboratory in San Jose, California.

We identify and characterize materials and perform materials-related failure analysis on advanced magnetic recording technology, including all materials and chemicals used in hard disk drive (HDD) products and various types of factories (Wafer Fab, Slider Fab, Magnetic Disk Fab, HDD assembly, etc.) We support all organizations (R&D, Development, Quality, Manufacturing) which provides for a wide range of applications, technologies, and issues, The range of materials includes but is not limited to adhesives, plastics, elastomers, photoresists, solvents, slurries, and both conventional and speciality lubricants.

Experience in general wet chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, and strong NMR spectral interpretation sills are required. Sample prep/isolation strategies include careful mechanical teardown techniques, collection of sample via trapping of volatiles and/or extraction, concentration and analysis.

A background in 19F NMR is a big plus. Additional pluses would include background in polymer chemistry, structure, and properties, as well as background in thermal analysis (TGA, DSC, TMA, DMA).

The applicant must demonstrate superior oral and written communication skills, including the ability to describe and interpret results to both chemist and non-chemist communities. Strong problem solving abilities and the desire to work in a team environment are essential.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Polymer Science, or equivalent experience is required. Immediate availability is highly desired.

Subject to availablity, entry-level Ph.D. candidates will be considered. However, relevant postoctoral and/or previous industrial expereince would be a plus.

*Qualifications
Minimum Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, or related field with strong NMR analytical skills directed toward materials identification and characterization.

Postdoctoral experience and/or industrial experience desirable but not absolutely required."

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Photolithography Engineering Technician - 6716


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Candidate will be responsible for giving technical instructions/direction within the established process. Responsible for quality, productivity, cycle time, and accountable for individual/team results. Understand and resolve various job related problems within Wafer manufacturing area. Understanding of SPC, process reports, procedures, and provide practical assistance. Must have good communication, problem solving, computer and teamwork skills. Candidate must be flexible, able to learn fast, and coordinate training within the cell. Candidate will spend 100 percent of the time working within cell however, is expected to communicate area issues in crossover meetings. Candidate will work a 12 hour AWS Shift and overtime as required. The candidate will work in a class 100 cleanroom

*Qualifications
5 years Photolithography hands on technical experience. Must have a strong sense of urgency/commitment and be results oriented. Must have strong computer hardware/software & networking skills including knowledge of Windows, network drives, MS explorer navigation. Proficient with MS Excel. Intermediate/advanced level of Excel a plus. Should have a good understanding of Wafer manufacturing processes. Must be a self-starter and quick learner. Must be able to solve problems and troubleshoot process and equipment related issues.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Photolithography Engineering Technician -Temporary - 7354


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Candidate will be responsible for giving technical instructions/direction within the established process. Responsible for quality, productivity, cycle time, and accountable for individual/team results. Understand and resolve various job related problems within Wafer manufacturing area. Understanding of SPC, process reports, procedures, and provide practical assistance. Must have good communication, problem solving, computer and teamwork skills. Candidate must be flexible, able to learn fast, and coordinate training within the cell. Candidate will spend 100 percent of the time working within cell however, is expected to communicate area issues in crossover meetings. Candidate will work a 12 hour AWS Shift and overtime as required. The candidate will work in a class 100 cleanroom

*Qualifications
Photolithography / Metrology hands on technical experience a plus. Must have a strong sense of urgency/commitment and be results oriented. Must have strong computer hardware/software & networking skills including knowledge of Windows, network drives, MS explorer navigation. Proficient with MS Excel. Intermediate/advanced level of Excel a plus. Must be a self-starter and quick learner. Must be able to solve problems and troubleshoot process and equipment related issues.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Photolithography lead / Cell Director - 6999


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Candidate will be responsible for giving instructions/direction within the established process. Responsible for quality, productivity, cycle time, and accountable for individual/team results. Understand and resolve various job related problems within Wafer manufacturing area. Understanding of SPC, process reports, procedures, and provide practical assistance. Must have good communication, problem solving, computer and teamwork skills. Candidate must be flexible, able to learn fast, and coordinate training within the cell. Candidate will spend 100 percent of the time working within cell however, is expected to communicate area issues in crossover meetings. Candidate will work a 12 hour AWS Shift and overtime as required. The candidate will work in a class 100 cleanroom

*Qualifications
5 years wafer hands on experience. Must have a strong sense of urgency/commitment and be results oriented. Must have strong computer skills including knowledge of Windows, Proficient with MS Excel. Intermediate/advanced level of Excel a plus. Should have a good understanding of Wafer manufacturing processes. Must be a self-starter and quick learner. Must be able to solve problems and troubleshoot process and equipment related issues.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Plate / Etch Engineering Technician - 6680


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Candidate will be responsible for giving technical instructions/direction within the established process.
Responsible for quality, productivity, cycle time, and accountable for individual/team results.
Understand and resolve various job related problems within wafer Plating, Etch manufacturing area.
Understanding of SPC, process reports, procedures, and provide practical assistance.
Must have good communication, problem solving, computer and teamwork skills. Candidate must be flexible, able to learn fast, and coordinate training within the cell.
Candidate will spend 100 percent of the time working within cell however, is expected to communicate area issues in crossover meetings.
Candidate will work a 12 hour AWS Shift and overtime as required.
The candidate will work in a class 100 cleanroom.

*Qualifications
5 years Plating and or Etch hands on technical experience.
Must have a strong sense of urgency/commitment and be results oriented.
Must have strong computer hardware/software & networking skills including knowledge of Windows, network drives, MS explorer navigation.
Proficient with MS Excel. Intermediate/advanced level of Excel a plus.
Should have a good understanding of Plating and or Etch processes.
Must be a self-starter and quick learner. Must be able to solve problems and troubleshoot process and equipment issues.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Program Manager - Media/Disk Engineering -6489


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Responsible for getting disk/media technology product qualified into storage product.

Oversee product development of disk/media technology for hard disk storage product. Help select technologies for specific product, arrange for prorotype and builds in pilot line, review performance data, communicate results.

Bring product through from end of Research phase through Development stage and onto volume manufacturing.

Coordinate and oversee failure analysis, recommend changes, plan builds and data reviews.

*Qualifications
Master's level or higher in engineering field.

Experience with modeling and prototyping engineering hardware.

Excellent communications skills required - both written and verbal - along with excellent negotiation skills.

Must be comfortable managing product time-to-market, performance, and quality in a high technology environment.

Be able to understand wide range of technical issues involving precision mechanics, nano and atomic level structures, tribology, chemistry, physics, electronics, measurement devices along with advanced, high-volume fabrication techniques. Knowledge of statistics and process controls.

Ability to travel frequently overseas.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Read Head Design and Characterization Engineer - 7328


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
* Responsible for one or more head product design/performance/yield/quality, and product launch on schedule and volume
* Co-develop, own, & execute Head Performance/Yield-Cost/Quality-Reliability roadmaps
* Create and Support Head-HDD yield/performance/quality improvements by wafer-QST-Slider-DET data analysis and FA to optimize head design targets, specs, testing and processes and to identify/drive other head improvement actions
* Collaborate actively with research, process development, WW head process, component integration, manufacturing teams
* Indpendently perform technical analysis and data mining using large data sets, and make recommendations to management
* Support wafer/slider process/tooling change qualifications and the communication with the HDD customer

*Qualifications
* MS or PhD in Physics, Engineering or Statistics
* Strong analytical skills, coding, data-mining
* Familiar with HDD testing and wafer/slider/hga processes
* Strong commincation skills (verbal, written)
* Strong teamwork, collaboration, negotiation skills

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Servo Write Engineer - 6861


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
STW Engineer will be responsible to design, FA, debug in C/C++ on multi DSP processor system. Engineer should feel comfortable with signal processing techniques such as FFT's, filtering, as well as computer architecture such as DMA transfer, pipelined code, parralel processing. Engineer works as necessary with hardware, and Control Engineers to provide solutions, as well as design further improvements ideas. Independent work to change STW process, or DSP codes as necessary to support cutting edge technologies. Experience with scripting, Networking, Memory Management, Build Tools / Compilation, Software Control Systems, Matlab, Oscilloscopes, HDD Knowledge a plus.

*Qualifications
Person will be responsible for bring up new technologies, changing STW process, suggesting necessary hardware changes, or changing DSP codes as necessary to support cutting edge technologies. Person should familar with physics, basic magnetics, signal processing, and computer architecture to design and debug HDD algorithms.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Software Development & Applications CO-OP - 7207


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
We are currently seeking an Equipment Engineering Wiki Applications Coop/ Summer Intern to join the HGST software development team in San Jose, CA. In this position you will support deployment of advanced wiki applications projects in Wafer manufacturing. You will assist in creating a portal tying together various equipment databases, control systems, and change process systems. Your work should result in quality improvements, efficiency and equipment uptime benefits.
Using Wiki page System for wafer equipment processes develop applications to enhance efficiency of equipment operations.
Development and optimization of real-time interatctive web based checklists & procedures.
Development and optimization of Wiki extensions.

*Qualifications
Software Applications: My SQL, Media Wiki
Programming languages: Perl, PHP, Bash, HTML
Operating Systems: Linux (SUSE), DEBIAN
Experience using relational databases (My SQL, IBM DB2) and writing SQL queries & tables
Experience with Network hardware and protocols (TCP/IP)

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Sputter Equipment Engineer - 6919


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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Support Media Sputter equipment in SJ, develop and improve existing hardware, work with equipment & parts suppliers to enhance hardware quality, work with process development engineers to provide hardware capability on new products, work with Shenzen media factory in sustaining, troubleshooting and implementing new hardware.

*Qualifications
Must be familiar with vacuum systems, electrical & control systems, mechanical transport systems and some level of software. must be hands on and able to troubleshoot complex vacuum / electro mechanical issues. Must have some understanding of magnetic film & carbon overcoat deposition. Familiarity with AutoCad is a plus.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements

Mfg, Eng & Development: Sr. Hardware Test Engineer - 6637


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement

HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world’s high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world.   We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

   
*Responsibilities
  As an integral member of Test Engineering Team, the candidate is expected to sustain, improve, and develop manufacturing test hardware. This includes develop new test capabilities for quality and cycle time improvements and new product development. The canditate will be working closely with manufacturing and development and provide leadership and guidance on engineering problem solving.
   
  *Qualifications
  BS EE or higher with emphasis on analog, digital, FPGA design.
Must demostrate competency with instrumentation and measurement automation.
Demonstrated problem solving skill and ability to complete project from beginning to end.
C++, C#, and JavaScript.
Work in manufacturing environment.
Magnetic testing and magnet design background is a plus.
   
  Equal Employment Opportunity
  It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: STW Enginer - Software, servo, firmware - 6916


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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
WW ownership of an area of STW process. Aplicant would own a section fo code and processes world wide. Aplicant would work with experienced engineer to take over ownership. World wide comunications and debug required, Aplicant would write and approve code change. Aplicant would direct and perform experiments to understand root cause problem solutions. Aplicant will develop a deep level of understanding the specific area of responsability and contribute to the state of the art. Lots of opertunity for learning, growth, contribution and creativity.

*Qualifications
minimum BSEE, BSCS, BSCE, Fluency in C required, C++, VHDL, experience with MATLAB, Digital circuit design and debug, Programmable logic,
continuous and discreet time control systems design and analysis, Fourier analysis,
Z-transforms, precision motion control, data analysis and statistics, and excellent critical thinking and debug skills.

Experience with real-time embedded processors, control systems, digital signal processing, filter design
and digital circuit design, and 3-phase motor control. A strong understanding
of motor control principles and vibrational analysis is important, as is a strong understanding of analog noise
effects and statistical analysis. Analog circuit experience a plus, as is a good understanding of magnetics,
thermal effects, and physics

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: STW Hardware Engineer - 6735


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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
This position involves modification, analysis, verification, and debugging of embedded firmware code. Majority of the code development will be in C++ but some work requires experience in using equipment (such as oscilloscope and JTAG) to achieve the desired result. Knowledge and exposure in basic analog and/or digital circuit design will also be needed. Occasionally, support to manufacturing code releases is required. This individual should be self-motivated, self-directed, and detailed-oriented; and possess the ability to work, communicate (written and verbal), and coordinate a diverse team worldwide.

*Qualifications
Minimum 2-3 years of experience in embedded firmware development
knowledge in basic analog and/or digital hardware design
Embedded C++ or similar development experience
Experience using equipment such as JTAG and oscilloscope
Multitask between development and manufacturing support
Ability to analyze and troubleshoot complex problems
Familiarity with ARM, DSP is a plus
Knowledge in hard drive, assembly language, matlab is a plus

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Summer intern for magnetic recording head mfg - 7208


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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Support CMP capacity assessement by evaluating the process time, wait time, and time to in-claim and out-claim batches. All CMP layers need to be included. Additionally, measurement tools such as Nano, HRP, Surfscan, will also need to be evaluated. The results should enable us to more accurately understand the equipment needs to meet changing production capacity.

*Qualifications
College student majoring in physics, chemistry, materials science or related field. The student needs to finish at least three years of colleage in June 2013. Prior intern experience helpful but not required.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Thermo-mechanical modeling engineer - 6853


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Responsibility includes modeling, understanding, and designing the thermo-mechanical head system that keeps the read/write head in a HDD flying at about 10 nm above the disk while delivering read and write clearances in the sub-nm regime.
Collaborate closely with air bearing design teams to model thermomechanical with air bearing response for low clearance and contact detection and design validation with testing team.
Design spacing DOEs to optimize read/write performance and reliability, and make design decisions based on statistical data analysis.

*Qualifications
M.S. or Ph. D. in ME, Physics, or equivalent. Necessary areas of expertise include solid model design software (Solidworks or equivalent) and micro thermomechanical computational finite element modeling.
3+ years of experience in the field of HDD storage and recording head thermomechanical design is preferred
Experience in numerical methods, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, and statistical analysis techniques is preferred.
Additional desired skills include design of experiments, statistical analysis tools (JMP or equivalent), Matlab.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Thin Film depositon Co-op - 7200


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Assist engineers on the following tasks: Thin film deposition tool testing, debugging, qualification. Database migration including data entry, recipe verification and testing. Documentation and training on advanced process control scheme deployment. DOE and thin film characterization to define the process and qualify the newly upgraded tools

*Qualifications
In this position you will support the qualification and mfg release activities of newly upgraded deposition tool for dielectric thin film deposition. You will also assist the deployment and testing of database migration in Metal PVD deposition area. You will have the opportunity to operate different type of PVD thin film deposition tools and metrology tools to testing process recipes. In depth thin film deposition knowledge and proficient computer skill is needed. Self motivated and eager to learn.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: TMR CPP Magnetic Sensor Development Engineer - 7212


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Senior sensor engineering in wafer development group. Job responsibilities:
- Improve and maintain current POR sensor generations with solid understanding on magnetic, layer function and sensor tooling.
- Develop new sensor material and related process
- Correlate film level performance to reader performance
- Explore next generation sensor and sensing scheme for higher area density application

*Qualifications

- PHD in Material Science or Physics
- Minimal 5 years of working experience in magnetic sensor field
- Hands on experience on FMR - set-up and measurement is a plus
- Understanding in magnetic sensor, thin film materials and sputtering tools.
- Understanding in reader structure and recording head working principles.
- Good communication and data analysis skills.
- Self motivated, hard working and team work oriented.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: TMR Magnetization Dynamics Characterization Engr - 7313


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
- Senior magnetic sensor characterization engineer in reader development team
- Magnetization dynamic measurement and interpretation
- ST-FMR measurement of TMR/CPP device at film and device level
- Noise and transport characterization of TMR/CPP devices
- Maintain magnetic metrology tooling and explore capabilities

*Qualifications

- PHD in Material Science or Physics
- Hand on experience on FMR measurement and system set up
- Minimal 5 years of working experience in spin dynamics characterization
- Deep understanding in spin oscillation and magnetic noise
- Understand magnetic sensor and reader structure
- Good communication and data analysis skills.
- Self motivated, hard working and team work oriented.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Vacuum Cell Director - 7008


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Candidate will be responsible for giving instructions/direction within the established process. Responsible for quality, productivity, cycle time, and accountable for individual/team results. Understand and resolve various job related problems within Wafer manufacturing area. Understanding of SPC, process reports, procedures, and provide practical assistance. Must have good communication, problem solving, computer and teamwork skills. Candidate must be flexible, able to learn fast, and coordinate training within the cell. Candidate will spend 100 percent of the time working within cell however, is expected to communicate area issues in crossover meetings. Candidate will work a 12 hour AWS Shift and overtime as required. The candidate will work in a class 100 cleanroom

*Qualifications
5 years wafer hands on experience. Must have a strong sense of urgency/commitment and be results oriented. Must have strong computer skills including knowledge of Windows, Proficient with MS Excel. Intermediate/advanced level of Excel a plus. Should have a good understanding of Wafer manufacturing processes. Must be a self-starter and quick learner. Must be able to solve problems and troubleshoot process and equipment related issues.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Vacuum Engineering Technician - 7357


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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Candidate will be responsible for giving technical instructions/direction within the established process. Responsible for quality, productivity, cycle time, and accountable for individual/team results. Understand and resolve various job related problems within Wafer manufacturing area. Understanding of SPC, process reports, procedures, and provide practical assistance. Must have good communication, problem solving, computer and teamwork skills. Candidate must be flexible, able to learn fast, and coordinate training within the cell. Candidate will spend 100 percent of the time working within cell however, is expected to communicate area issues in crossover meetings. Candidate will work a 12 hour AWS Shift and overtime as required. The candidate will work in a class 100 cleanroom

*Qualifications
Vacuum hands on technical experience is a plus. Must have a strong sense of urgency/commitment and be results oriented. Must have strong computer hardware/software & networking skills including knowledge of Windows, network drives, MS explorer navigation. Proficient with MS Excel. Intermediate/advanced level of Excel a plus. Must be a self-starter and quick learner. Must be able to solve problems and troubleshoot process and equipment related issues.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Vacuum Engineering Technician - temporary- 7356


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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Candidate will be responsible for giving technical instructions/direction within the established process. Responsible for quality, productivity, cycle time, and accountable for individual/team results. Understand and resolve various job related problems within Wafer manufacturing area. Understanding of SPC, process reports, procedures, and provide practical assistance. Must have good communication, problem solving, computer and teamwork skills. Candidate must be flexible, able to learn fast, and coordinate training within the cell. Candidate will spend 100 percent of the time working within cell however, is expected to communicate area issues in crossover meetings. Candidate will work a 12 hour AWS Shift and overtime as required. The candidate will work in a class 100 cleanroom

*Qualifications
Vacuum hands on technical experience is a plus. Must have a strong sense of urgency/commitment and be results oriented. Must have strong computer hardware/software & networking skills including knowledge of Windows, network drives, MS explorer navigation. Proficient with MS Excel. Intermediate/advanced level of Excel a plus. Must be a self-starter and quick learner. Must be able to solve problems and troubleshoot process and equipment related issues.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Wafer Development NPI Technician - 6764


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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Inspect and disposition of New Product and Development wafers independently on All shifts and expedite development wafers. Identify and help to resolve issues related to wafer process or wafer logistics, including tool time, engineering hold and perform preliminary level of failure analysis and data collection. Make proper disposition of wafers and summarize data and facts for engineers to make appropriate technical decision. Clear communication with engineering team and following procedures and instructions.

*Qualifications
Hands on and direct experience with Magnetic recording head wafer processing and manufacturing required. Preferred 5-8 years experience in Photo and/or integration. Need understanding of all layers and their interaction. Inspection and metrology tool proficiency. Excel, Word and Powewrpoint capability. Off shift, weekend coverage. Flexible work schedule. Good communication skills- interface with manufacturing for inspection, designers for drawing and process engineering team.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Wafer Manufacturing Manager - 6727


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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Support manufacturing operations in the Wafer Fabrication line. Get results. Interface with peers & prime shift counter parts to achieve Mfg objectives. Manage personnel situations & motivate team. Manage direct personnel and grow leadership base of subordinates. Resolve quality, productivity, cycle time, output, product mix, and cost problems. Must be able to drive projects and grow the business system.

*Qualifications
Must have talent as a leader. Must be able to communicate clearly and unambigiously. Must be able to set priorities and mulitplex easily. Organizational skills a must. Engineering experience, mfg experience, or demonstated capability would be positive skills to possess.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Wet Process Manufacturing Engineer - 6994


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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
-- Responsible for one or more of wet process areas: Wet Etch (NiFe Etch, Cu Etch, Alumina Etch, Sendust Etch, etc) processes, photo resist strip / liftoff processes, electroplating processes
-- Actively lead damascene technology ramp-up from wet process area
-- Continuous process improvements working with manufacturing team, equipment team, vendors, and development team
-- Document and provide training to manufacturing team
-- Perform Failure Analysis on defective wafers and disposition wafers on hold
-- Responsible for achieving yield, cost, and cycle time goals
-- Provide support on new technology / design development and production ramp up
-- Evaluate / qualify new equipment's
-- Weekend schedule may be required

*Qualifications
-- Mininum 5 - 7 years experience
-- B.S. / M.S. in Chemistry , Chemical Engineering, Material Science, or related field
-- Experience in wafer processing. Hands-on working experience in Wet Processes (Photoresist strip, Liftoff, Wet Etch, Electroplating) in high volume wafer manufacturing area is plus.
-- Must possess manufacturing process engineer mindset, ability to work in high-pace dynamic environment, and ability to multi-task
-- Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, and team-work skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development: Writer Process Development Engineer - 6793


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
1. Develop Damascene processes to enable key design features for ADC/XTI/PE improvement of high density recording heads.
2. Work with design to define critical wafer parameters and metrology requirements for the advanced recording heads.
3. Establish key understandings of correlation between wafer process, head performance, and failure modes using physical analysis and backend test data. Timely feedback to wafer process and design team for improvements.
4. Work with manufacturing engineering team to transfer processes to MFG for on time delivery of new product wafers.

*Qualifications
1. More than 5 years experience in wafer process or process integration.
2. Strong statistical data analysis skills and knowledge of physical analysis (FIB, SEM, AFM, TEM)/recording heads.
3. Ability to lead others to meet challenging technical requirements and project schedules.
4. Excellent project management and ability to work in team environment.
5. Innovative yet detail oriented.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements

Mfg, Eng & Development: Wyko Test Engineer - 6556


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Bring up Wyko Tool
Provide metrology results including iso-thermal PTP, TFC bulge and WRT bulge
Correlate to AFM

*Qualifications
Masters or PhD student at an accredited university or college.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development:Media Reliability Development Engineer (2013) - 6822


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
1.Evaluate and develop media mechanical interface to meet future HDD program requirements
2.Develop component reliability tests to predict HDD performances

*Qualifications
1. Stong hand on experience. Good experimental skill.
2. Expertise in signal process & analysis
3. Strong in programming (Labview, Labwindow, Statistical analysis, spreadsheet)
4. Good communication skills

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng & Development:Summer Intern - Tape Head Process Development - 5914


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
AFM work for all tape head parts qualification (PTR profile) and all carbon qualification parts (Ra and PTR)
Create grey scale mask for tape head beveling process (will need to provide software package once he identifies it for this application)
Involve in ink jet printing masking, and associated AFM profiling
WYKO metrology for mechanical dimensions

*Qualifications
3+ Years completed university coursework in engineering or physical sciences.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng &Development: Metrology Engineering Technician - 6998


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Candidate will be responsible for giving technical instructions/direction within the established process. Responsible for quality, productivity, cycle time, and accountable for individual/team results. Understand and resolve various job related problems within Wafer manufacturing area. Understanding of SPC, process reports, procedures, and provide practical assistance. Must have good communication, problem solving, computer and teamwork skills. Candidate must be flexible, able to learn fast, and coordinate training within the cell. Candidate will spend 100 percent of the time working within cell however, is expected to communicate area issues in crossover meetings. Candidate will work a 12 hour AWS Shift and overtime as required. The candidate will work in a class 100 cleanroom

*Qualifications
5 years Photolithography / Metrology hands on technical experience. Must have a strong sense of urgency/commitment and be results oriented. Must have strong computer hardware/software & networking skills including knowledge of Windows, network drives, MS explorer navigation. Proficient with MS Excel. Intermediate/advanced level of Excel a plus. Should have a good understanding of Wafer manufacturing processes. Must be a self-starter and quick learner. Must be able to solve problems and troubleshoot process and equipment related issues.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Mfg, Eng and Development: Executive Assistant - Temporary - 7335


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Experience supporting VPManaging calendars, with constant attention to changes and updates. Being able to efficiently manage a large volume of meeting arrangement and scheduling changes.
- Efficiently and accurately booking domestic and international travel. Must be proficient in international regulations regarding visa obtainment and travel restrictions.

*Qualifications
5+years experience supporting Executives.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Quality: Business Process Analyst - 7296


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The Businesss analyst main responsibility is to ensure the operation efficacy and excellence of a operation. The analyst defines and documents workflows, manages and provides solutions to new business ideas, trends, and concepts appropriately through the latest technological paths. The business analsyts understand the customers business requirements and business process management to translate them into process methodology interlinking business process methodology wordlwide. The process analysis will be responsible to:

•Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis.
•Evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, identify gaps as well as conflicts within processes in multiple levels of process (procedure to task) analsysis.
•Proactively communicate and collaborate with internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver the information in the defined format as needed: (Functional requirements, Business Requirements Document, process flows) to ultimately define a systematic approach to the process methodology.
•Utilize your experience in using enterprise-wide requirements definition and management systems and methodologies required.
•Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously
•Work independently with users to define concepts and under direction of project managers
•Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans
•Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
•Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.

*Qualifications
Ability to:
- gather and interpret relevant data and information
- think analytically and be a problem solver
- make effective decisions under pressure
- be a champion for change
- analyze and document complex business processes
- demonstrate effective project management skills, (PMP is a bonus)
- effectively utilize skills in developing process metrics aligning to the highest level of KPI's
- strong customer skills, ability to negotiate, as well as the ability to manage conflict to a succesful outcome.
- be a leader
- demonstrate advance skills in all aspects of Microsoffice office products including Project Management and Visio
- skills in Lean/Six Sigma techniques a bonus

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Quality: CTS Engineer - 7258


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Develop a sound understanding of HDD operating principles.
Become versed in Level 1 HDD failure analysis.
Interface with HGST clients on technical issues and work in a cross-functional environment to assure swift resolution. Build close working technical relationships with HGST customers and drive customer satisfaction improvement. Track products from initial qualification through production.
Work as a project manager for all customer enhancements as well as support the Sales organization in all mutual areas.

*Qualifications
Technical university degree (STEM)
Excellent written and oral communication
Comfortable working in cross-functional roles and driving solutions to success
Ability to clear road blocks in order to deliver on customer requirements

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Quality: Customer Technical Support Engineer - 6597


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Customer Technical Support Engineer supporting OEM accounts for both Pre and Post Sales. Involves qualification plan generation, engineering and quality support at the assigned customers. Post sales activity includes failure analysis, integration and field monitoring. Driving features and corrective actions back to manufacturing and development.

*Qualifications
BS Degree or equivalent in Engineering
Excellent problem solving and communciations skills
Customer Technical Interface Experience
Project Management Expereince
Some Travel Required
Disk Drive Knowledge a plus
8 years of experience in Engineering and/or Customer Technical Support

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Quality: Director of Operations Excellence - 7297


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The Director of Operations Excellence is responsible to develop a capable, empowered, and collaborative continuous improvement culture striving to optimize processes, satisfy customers, and optimize the performance of the business throughout worldwide HGST operations.

This position has significant leadership responsibility in the success of the Operations Excellence program. As a senior member of HGST, the OE Director will drive results oriented performance improvement initiatives.
- Develop and instill Lean Sigma based organization through project execution, training, mentorship, and change management.
- Partner with core and enabling process functions internal and external to HGST to identify key business opportunities around quality, delivery, and cost.
- Reduce manufacturing and transactional operations cost through the reduction of process cycle time and variation.
- Develop revenue growth and margin optimization strategy through the implementation of the Design for Lean Sigma on the new product deployment.
- Develop and support functional KPI development process that supports consistent and meaningful KPI's to drive continuous improvement behavior.
- Develop and execute a central project ideation, prioritization and management process.
- Develop optimal standard work processes and replicate best practices within HGST and across OE platform function.
-Develop leadership direction to a global OE team to drive the model of continuous process improvement through Lean Sigma to drive quality results in defect reduction, cost avoidance, loss reduction or revenue enhancement

*Qualifications
A demonstrated senior leader in deploying and managing Operations Excellence Lean Six Sigma programs worldwide. Must have technical competency in Lean Six Sigma skills i.e Lean, DMAIC, DFSS, LPPD, Kaizen/Work-out, project management (PMP), process management, change management and advanced statistical techniques..
- Aligning team members around organizational strategy and values
- Experience in complex organizations and matrix reporting relationship
- Strong leadership abilities and experience including situations involving organizational culture change
- Demonstrated experience in use of metrics aligned to corporate KPI's and benchmarks to drive process improvement
- Strong analytical skills including the ability to assess complex situations and data, and reduce important and actionable tactics
- Facilitation of groups, especially as it relates to identifying opportunities for improvement
- Ability to interact with multiple layers of the organization including executive management with demonstrated success-initiating change and ability to influence others at all levels
- Ability and demonstrated experience in providing education and training related to process improvement methodologies including Lean Six Sigma
- Project management expertise and experience a must (PMP)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with emphasis on oral presentation skills
- Strong organizational skills, self- starter, guiding your own leadership behavior and learning
- Must be a certified MBB, PMP, and Lean Facilitator
- Excellent Communication skills
- Ability to build relationships for continuous improvements
Strong skills in conflict management, negotiation skills, and change agent

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Quality: Entry Levlel CTS Engineer - 7042


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Perform Level 1 Failure Analysis on customer HDD's. Learn HGST Customer Technical Support (CTS) practices in support of pre and post qualification of HGST HDD's for the cloud customer base. Work cross-functionally within HGST to project manage client qualifications, issues and requirements .

*Qualifications
BS degree in MIS, CS or other IT related degree field

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Quality: Intern - CTS Failure Analysis - 6987


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
  HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world’s high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world.   We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
   
  *Responsibilities
  Perform Level 1 HDD failure analysis using proprietary HGST tools.  Position will require strong computer and analytical skills. Basic hardware component level assembly and troubleshooting.  Intern will also be responsible for organization of failed HDD's in database, collection from customer site and RMA processing. Frequent interfacing with CTS Engineer and strong written skills are a must.
   
  *Qualifications
  Basic hardware component assembly and handling.
Two years of college course work in a technical field.
Strong MS Windows and Office applications.
Strong oral and written skills, comfortable interacting cross functionally.
   
  Equal Employment Opportunity
  It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Quality: Materials Lab Intern Xray Analysis - 7173


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Responsibilites will include: (1) writing a C++ program to automatically adjust the spectra of multiple analytical scans. (2) developing a robust method of determining grain size distribution from XRD analysis data, and (3) Using XRD, XRF, and XRR analysis tools to extract physical properties such as grain size, stress, film thickness, crystal phase and texture for magnetic thin films.

*Qualifications
Applicant should have 3 or more years in college toward an engineering degree in the fields of Materials Science, Chemical Engineering or Physics. Candidate should have taken classes in Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Materials. Candidate should also have significant experience in C++ Programming.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Quality: Product Quality Engineer - 6774


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Monitor Enterprise HDD product performance at Customers and Factories to maintain HGST Quality and Reliability leadership in the industry.
Prevent products issues and in case such problems occur drive the problems to quick resolution.
Help establish / broker HGST resources to handle FA issues effectively within committed TAT.
Summarize trends and identify issues that impact customers. Provide required reports in customer unique format.
Prioritize customer support, as assigned:
- Weekly customer calls.
- Liaison with internal FA groups across all locations.
- Monthly Quality Reviews with customers
Identify and support long range quality improvements across multiple product generations.

*Qualifications
Detailed knowledge of Hard Drives, Factory processes and storage applications. Good Data Mining / Data processing skills. Understanding of SPC and Reliability Prediction. Strong communication skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Quality: Product Quality Engineering Manager - 7186


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Manage Product Quality Engineering Dpt. (PQE) with primery responsibility to monitor Enterprise HDD product performance at Customers and Factories. Main objective is to maintain HGST Quality and Reliability leadership in the industry. Prevent products issues and in case such problems occur drive the problems to quick resolution. Liaison between Customer Technical Support, Factories and Development. Represent QA in program/Product meetings as well as meetings with Customers. As a manager foster a healthy working environment and help PQEs grow professionally.

*Qualifications
Detailed knowledge of Hard Drives, Factory processes and storage applications. Management experience (at least 5 years), good communication and strong leadership skills. Fluent in Statistics and Reliability. Experience with Customer interaction/communications as well as Program Management is a plus.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Quality: Quality Engineer, Principal – Branded Products - 5144


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Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The Quality Engineer will be responsible for managing the development and volume manufacturing aspects of Branded Products quality. This position will include ownership of: product quality monitoring, managing and driving product quality projects, developing and documenting supplier and warranty quality procedures, test processes, and qualification requirements, investigating field problems, working with contract manufacturers, product support teams, third party testing organizations, and selected customers. You will communicate effectively with management and team members, and provide meaningful insight to resolving quality issues. This position reports directly to the BBG Quality Manager.

Responsibilities include:
• Management of product quality issues during development and volume manufacturing.
• Support Customer Service on product issues, escalations, and field actions.
• Generate regular product health status reports and lead quality improvement actions.
• Enact product stop-shipments, when applicable, and drive resolution.
• Address issues quickly, provide thorough documentation of quality issues and actions.
• Conduct root cause failure analysis on development/field/warranty issues, interface with Engineering and Suppliers on issue details and resolution.
• Define and develop product qualification requirements, test instructions, and test tools.
• Acting as an integral part of the product development core team.
• Manage supplier quality activities.
• Quality report card/QBR process.
• Supplier audit processes and issue/corrective action management.
• Incoming and Outgoing quality procedures, quality levels, and inspection plans.
• On-going process improvements.
• Solving problems utilizing classical and experimental quality methods.
• Statistical analysis, acceptance sampling, measurement systems.
• Design of experiments, reliability analysis, risk analysis.
• Fault Tree, FMEA, DFQ techniques.
• Use of systematic and data-driven methodologies.
• International travel is required with occasional extended visits.

*Qualifications
• MSME/EE/IE or equivalent with 7+ years related quality experience in product manufacturing or development, preferably of consumer products; prior management experience preferred.
• Knowledge of field management, returns, and warranty processes are a must.
• Project management, contract manufacturing, and process management experience.
• Broad software knowledge (both test/programming/scripting related and business standard programs); Software QA and development skills are a plus.
• Familiarity with electronic assemblies, PCB fabrication, and SMT processes.
• Able to breakdown complex problems into manageable projects; can create logical plans and schedules for themselves and others in the team to achieve the organizations goals.
• Effective at multi-tasking, exceptional organization and time management skills, self-motivated; shows patience, confidence, and composure.
• Proven problem-solving skills, experienced in: reliability methods, statistical process control, and quality measurement methodologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; Mandarin language is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to win respect and influence across all levels of the organization.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Quality: Summer Intern - 6959


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Work on a joint project between San Jose Head Quality Assurance and Reliability Development to monitor and improve magnetic head stability performance. Perform data mining on existing monitor data to extract useful information and do correlation studies to improve the current tests. Perform experiments to introduce new stress test to determine design weakness or process variation.

*Qualifications
Junior standing college student majoring in engineering or physics.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Quality: Sustaining QA Program Manager, Data analyst - 7213


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Full ownership of QA activities after a new product reaches Low Volume Manufacturing - Monitor Product performance: Parametrics, Factory OQA/ORT, Customer Integration and Field, Verification of Critical changes, Corrective Action effectiveness, etc. Participation and QA representation in Core Team meetings, work with Factory, Dev. and CTS on preventing excursions and shipping schedule disruption due to Quality/Reliability problems.
Close work with Data Mining Teams to establish a solid performance tracking methodology which will link Factory tests to Customer Integration and Field

*Qualifications
Detailed knowledge of Hard Disk Drive (HDD) design and operation, factory processes and HDD components. Solid data mining skills and ability to draw conclusions after data processing. Excellent communication skills, strong leadership. Strong program Management and Leadership skills are required as well as excellent teamwork. Customer interaction/communication experience is a plus.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Administrative Assistant Lead - 7210


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The candidate should be good at multitasking and be detail-oriented. They need to complete given tasks with precision and efficiency, with little direction or supervision. They must have excellent communication skills, and are able to interact well with other administrative assistants, as well as senior executives and staff. They must possess good time management skills, and must be able to prioritize a large workload with efficiency and accuracy.

*Qualifications
-8 - 10 yrs experience supporting VP
- Managing calendars, with constant attention to changes and updates. Being able to efficiently manage a large volume of meeting arrangement and scheduling changes.
- Efficiently and accurately booking domestic and international travel. Must be proficient in international regulations regarding visa obtainment and travel restrictions.
- Responsible for expense account submissions. Must be very proficient in keeping excellent records of all expense reports, and managing time-sensitive reports with great attention to details.
- Must maintain up-to-date records and filing system for departmental documents.
- Responsible for handling general office duties, including maintaining supplies, and other day-to-day requests by management and staff.
- Must have excellent verbal communication skills, and good telephone manners.
- Must be able to maintain confidentiality when dealing or involved in sensitive issues.
- Skills required are: Word, PowerPoint, and excel

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Administrative Assistant - 7274


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Provide administrative support for Research VP and Director. Assistant will be responsible for coordinating calendars, meetings, travel plans, and expense reports for Research Executive's. This will require coordination among the various functions in the company, across multiple time zones and with external parties.
-Manage staff calendars, with constant attention to changes and updates. Being able to efficiently manage a large volume of meeting arrangement and scheduling changes.
-Efficiently and accurately book domestic and international travel. Must be proficient in international regulations regarding visa obtainment and travel restrictions.
-Responsible for expense account submissions. Must be very proficient in keeping excellent records of all expense reports, and managing time-sensitive reports with great attention to details.
-Must maintain up-to-date records and filing system for departmental documents.
-Responsible for handling general office duties, including maintaining supplies, and other day-to-day requests by management and staff.
-Must have excellent verbal communication skills, good telephone manners and strong customer service skills.
-Must be able to maintain confidentiality when dealing or involved in sensitive issues.
-Proficient in Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
-Prior administrative experience supporting executives is a plus.

*Qualifications
The candidate should be good at multi-tasking and be detail-oriented. They need to complete given tasks with precision and efficiency, with little direction or supervision. They must have excellent communication skills, and are able to interact well with other administrative assistants, as well as senior executives and staff. They must possess good time management skills, and must be able to prioritize a large workload with efficiency and accuracy.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: ASIC Development Engineer - Intern 6288


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
HGST, a Western Digital company, is seeking an intern/co-op student to join its Hard Disk Controller (HDC) SoC (System-on-a-Chip) development team in San Jose, CA. The HDC SoC team is an ASIC development team that develops controller chips used within Hitachi Hard-Disk Drives. The primary focus will be on ASIC chip verification and design verification environment improvement. This is a great opportunity to apply and build upon your coursework in a real-world environment!

Development responsibilities include:
* Design verification using Mentor Graphics ModelSim
* Documentation development
The HDC SoC development team has members in California, Minnesota and Japan

*Qualifications
* Logic design skills: familiarity with VHDL or Verilog
* Verification skills: environment development, model build, test case design and debug using Mentor Graphics ModelSim
* Working knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems
* Communication skills: ability to function well in a cross-functional global workforce
* BSEE, MSEE or Computer Engineering students with a hardware emphasis and minimum Junior standing preferred

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements

R&D: BSEE Internship for PCBA Development Engineering- 6284


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Secure second source suppliers for identified passive components. Verify their specs against HJGST requirements, and test as directed by senior engineers. Assist in performing incoming testing of prototype PCBAs for new product development. Perform other miscellaneous, specific tests on PCBAs as directed by senior engineers.

*Qualifications
BSEE courework for 2-3 previous years. Available 40 hours per week. Basic experience using oscilloscopes and standard test equipment. Should have good understanding of analog vs. digital circuits and components.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements

R&D: Channel Firmware Development Engineer - 7228


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Develop code to support Manufacturing commands like Read/Write offset, Overwrite, Optimization, etc... and support channel features like TA, defect management,etc...
Support Manufacturing code test time reduction, verification, validation and documentation.

*Qualifications
Coding experience C, C++
Embedded coding
Design/Knowledge of Hardware Abstraction Layer is a plus
Familiar with supporting manufacturing command
Technical knowledge of Real time, ARM, DSP
Capability to develop/implement channel FW algorithm
Capability to debug/FA Manufacturing code to improve yield

New grad with high potential and ambition is ok

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Contactor - FW Engineer - 6926


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
This is an experienced position in a firmware development team to develop host bus interface code, based on the SAS interface, for the next-generation of SSD storage products. The work will focus on attaching an SSD based adapter using industry standard protocols over the SAS host bus. The candidate is expected to own an assigned area of code with responsibility for the design, implementation, bench-level verification, support, and documentation of new firmware, using a structured code development process. Triage and debug on existing SSD products will be a primary focus area during first few months of employment

*Qualifications
-MS/BSEE, MS/BSCE, or MS/BSCS with 10+ years of experience in host bus adapter or storage development.
- Knowledge of the SAS host bus interface is highly desired.
- Software development background proficient in C/C++ with an emphasis on, or experience in, real time environments.
- Strong knowledge of structured code development methods and debug techniques
- Knowledge of and experience using typical lab equipment such as bus analyzers, and in line firmware debug tools is required.
- Ability to solve problems as part of multi-site organization and cross functional team
- Ability to provide accurate and timely scheduling and resource information to team leads and managers, and meet scheduled commitments

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Cost Engineer - 5062


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
-Driving cost reduction for new products and existing products by collebreate with Dev, Procurement and MFG.
-Working with Dev to generate new cost reduction ideas/suggestions and impliment actions to achieve those reductions.
-Understand the total picture of the enterprise program/product and be able to make call on total impact if change or eliminate component , process or design.
-Lead/ collebreate with WW CE, PE , SQE and procurement on identifying and implimente cost redcutions.
-Be the focal point of quarterly multi year cost sizing
- High level cost sizing for business cases, for challenges, for target setting
-comparative analysis, trend analysis, recommendations to Program managers on cost target for new programs and existing products.
-Research and analyze technical and business trends in the HDD, Enterprise segment relative to capacity, capability, cost and price to help guide Hitachi in industry competitiveness. Participate in special projects and studies that require both HDD technology engineering and business insight. Prepare presentation material to effectively communicate proposals and recommendations to executive level management

*Qualifications
• Minimum of 10 years work experience in the HDD industry or related field.
• Preferably degrees in Engineering and with experience /background working in development enviroment and exposure to business.
• Demonstrated familiarity with the HDD industry competitive environment. Ability to effectively communicate with engineers, program managers and senior management.
• Demonstrated ability to work across functional disciplines in a high technology environment.
• Must be able to work independently, manage multiple assignments, and have strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Engineering Coop (Internship) - 6617


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Preamp Characterization and Integration Activities will include reading specifications and developing tests to verify performance. Doing bench testing of preamps, HDD level channel testing, general lab support, Comprehensive and Prototype Test Plan lab activities. Documenting experiments and conducting tool set-up including some software activity. The team environment in the department will also require good personal skills and a mature work ethic. Some overtime and weekend or offshift work will occasionally be expected during peak periods or for Far East support.

*Qualifications
Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering student. Sophomore, Junior or Senior level engineering courses including logic design. Strong academic record. Good oral and written communications skills. Previous coop experience a plus. 6 month assignment.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements

R&D: Engineering Director, Recording Integration Lab - 6682


Job Information

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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
- Leading the US recording integration team
- Component integration (head/media) for new HDD programs
- Emerging recording technology staging (HAMR, MAMR, SMR)
- Interaction with internal/external recording component suppliers
- Interaction with HDD CI/program team to facilitate on-time program launch

*Qualifications
- Ph.D. degree AND 10+ years HDD industrial experience
- Knowledgeable in recording theory, spinstand, head/media components, HDD technologies
- Good project management skills
- Good communication skills
- Team player and good people management skills

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Engineering Lab Technician - 6860


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
This position is for an engineering lab technician in our San Jose, CA development lab. The candidate should have at least 3 years of experience managing a lab, working with electronics equipment and setting up PCs and testing equipment. Must be able to configure and troubleshoot installations of 10-15 networked PC test stations, work with wires and electronics including soldering. Will be responsible for the smooth operation of approximately 25 firmware engineers and be expected to solve a variety of lab problems in a timely manner.

*Qualifications
High School diploma or equivalent with 3-5 years experience managing an engineering lab environment.
Ability to lift and configure electronics equipment such as PCs, bus analyzers, scopes and storage devices reqiured.
Knowledge and experience working with electronics such as wiring, soldering and probing test points required.
Experience with Real-Time Embedded Firmware/SoCs a plus
Experience with storage protocols such as SAS/SATA a plus
Knowledge of and experience using typical lab equipment such as logic analyzers, bus analyzers, debuggers, and scopes a plus.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Firmware Engineer in Technology Integration - 5850


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Engineer will work with development engineers in Technology Integration (MI and CI) to test and implement new firmware features for manufacturing and for normal product operation, such as defect mapping, FH or Touchdown measurements, ATI tests ...

*Qualifications
Engineer must be fluent in firmware code for HDD manufacturing tests. Knowledge of HGST code is an invaluable plus.
Knowledge of 2 or more algorithms related to Recording Sub-Systems such as Defect scan, ATI, RWO, TFC FH control ...

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Firmware Integration Team Lead - 6844


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
This position is for a candidate with at least 5 years of embedded C/C++ development experience who will join the firmware group working on next-generation server-class storage products. Strong leadership skills are required to guide, coordinate and prioritize tasks for a team that has the responsibility to integrate HDD firmware with other functional teams to support program and manufacturing deliverables. The primary development environment is Windows with some Linux-based software development tools. Debugging involves use of typical lab equipment such as logic analyzers, bus analyzers, debuggers, and scopes. Knowledge of device drivers, TCL, software development, and debuggers is a plus. The ideal candidate will have a BS &/or MS Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, with a focus on coding and/or testing firmware in C/C++ at the system level. Excellent communication skills are required to interface within the team, outside the team across various disciplines, and across multiple sites. The successful candidate will work in a small, fast-paced, multi-site team so strong teamwork and proactive communication are fundamental to success.

*Qualifications
MS/BSEE, MS/BSCE, or MS/BSCS with 5 years experience
Experience with Real-Time Embedded Firmware Development
Experience with ARM architecture a plus
Experience with storage protocols such as SAS/SATA
Software development/test background with proficiency in C/C++, with system emphasis. TCL knowledge a plus.
Strong knowledge of structured code development methods and debug techniques
Knowledge of and experience using typical lab equipment such as logic analyzers, bus analyzers, debuggers, and scopes is required.
Ability to solve problems as part of multi-site organization and cross functional team
Ability to provide accurate and timely scheduling and resource information to team leads and managers, and meet scheduled commitments

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Firmware Performance Engineer - 6856


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Responsible for monitoring op rate and throughput performance of HDD products, and working with performance team leads to formulate and drive plans to achieve performance targets. Resolve shortfalls identified by customer teams and test teams with failure analysis, explanatory reports, and corrective action plans. This position will demand close collaboration with HDD Firmware and Servo teams. Work areas include:
• Summary and analysis of performance benchmarking data from lab and manufacturing test measurements, and comparison with objectives.
• Identification of anomalies and shortfalls, and their causes.
• Collaborate with HDD Firmware, Servo, and/or Test teams as appropriate to resolve shortfalls.
• Use basic statistical analysis methods to draw conclusions on experimental data.
• Utilize, maintain and develop analysis method using Excel or MatLab.
• Workload analysis including SAS and SATA protocols.

*Qualifications
BSEE, BSCE, or BSCS with 0-3 years experience
Experience with storage protocols such as SAS/SATA a plus
Software development/test background with proficiency in C/C++. TCL knowledge a plus.
Knowledge of structured code development methods and debug techniques
Experience developing device drivers, middleware, or applications for Windows/ Linux a plus.
Experience using typical lab equipment such as logic analyzers, bus analyzers, debuggers, and scopes is required.
Ability to solve problems as part of multi-site organization and cross functional team.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: HAMR Optical Characterization - 6836


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The job opening is for a full-time Research Staff Member to conduct original research and development in the area of Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) light delivery characterization. Responsibilities can include: characterization of the optical path (laser, coupler, waveguide, and plasmonic antenna) using near-field and far-field techniques; initiating and developing intellectual property; and publishing and presenting scientific results at conferences.

*Qualifications
Minimum of Ph.D degree in Physics, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, Optics or closely related field. Industrial experience is desired but not required. The candidate should have demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas: novel instrumentation and experimental techniques in physical science, optical characterization or design of waveguides, couplers, plasmonic devices, integrated optical devices, or lasers, skills in LabView and Matlab. The candidate should have a demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership in research and strong problem-solving abilities. Strong communication skills and the ability to work independently and in a team environment are essential.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: HDD Manufacturing Firmware Engeneer - 7050


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
• Manufacturing FW Trunk management validation support:
- Sustain test automation and enhance as required – for all relevant products supported by the trunk base.
- Provide Trunk code release as needed to other functional teams for test/validation
- Develop & sustain trunk validation test scripts/tools
- Develop and provide weekly trunk code status
• Co-working with developers, design/develop test cases
• Provide test training to other functional teams as needed
• Provide test support to internal team developers on new feature development
• Write FW unit test for new MFG feature developed (in C/C++)
• Maintain lab (equipments and running of the lab)

*Qualifications
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineer, Computer Science or related field
• Minimum 6+ years' experience in test engineering
• 5+ years of disk drive experience
• Working knowledge in scripting (such as Perl, tcl, and other scripting language)
• Working experience in test automation/regression testing
• Must work well with cross functional teams (providing test support & training)
• SW Engineering concept/methodology knowledge a plus (process)
• Working knowledge in C/C++ is a plus
• Working knowledge in firmware development and debugging tools is a plus
• Ability to work independently as a self starter as well as with a team
• Good oral and written skill (presentation and documentation)
• Ability to multi-task effectively under considerable pressure of deadlines and be easily adaptable/flexible within a fast-paced environment.
• Must be open to domestic and/or international travel for technical consultation/presentation/support
SATA/SAS interface firmware development background a plus

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: HSA Design Engineer - 7209


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Experienced mechanical engineer with complete responsibility for all aspects of HSA (head stack assembly) design. You will create designs using CAD & FEA tools, and validate performance by component and drive level testing. You will plan and execute evaluations, analyze and report results, optimize designs, perform failure analysis and develop timely solutions. Working with external suppliers and internal manufacturing, produce robust, manufacturable, designs meeting performance, reliability, cost, and schedule requirements. Provide technical leadership of cross functional teams to resolve key HSA design problems. Travel to other HGST design centers & factories and supplier locations may be required.

*Qualifications
Position requires Mechanical Engineering degree (MS preferred) with 10 years industry experience designing high performance, high reliability products. Comprehensive skills in design, finite element analysis, dynamics and vibration control, testing & data analysis is required. Hands-on working experience using basic electro/mechanical test instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, LDVs, dynamic signal analyzers, and accelerometers is necessary. Experience working with overseas suppliers employing various manufacturing processes such as extrusions, die casting, injection molding, stamping, machining and other high volume manufacturing methods. Must have demonstrated ability solving challenging cross functional engineering problems, effective communication skills, and be highly motivated.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Internship - 6958


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Part 1: The summer student will upgrade one HDI tribology tester with high precision x,y,z stage for universal HGA testing. The x,y arrangement will allow independent skew testing at any radius.
Additional to the hardware upgrade new control software needs to be written and implemented.
Part 2: Once tester is functioning experiments regarding thermal conductivity effects due to lubricant thickness and type are performed. These investigations have important impact on proper usage of ECS as spacing sensor and potential effects on HAMR thermal management.
Part 3 (Optional): If time permits actual closed loop implementation can be explored.

*Qualifications
Technical background in experimental design , experimental automation, data analysis. Report writing.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Magnetic Recording Engineer - 6759


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Research and develop high density magnetic recording technologies.
Charaterize recording components (head, media, front end electronics, and latest channel) using spin stand techniques.
Assess the recording performance of head-media-channel combinations and understand the physics behind it.
Interact with HDD team to apply new recording technologies to the product..

*Qualifications
PhD in Physics, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Strong background in physics,
Willing to pay attention to details in performing experiments and analyses.
Knowledge in Electronics, Signal Prossesing and Software desirable.
Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Strong work ethics.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Management and Employee Development Consultant (Contract) - 6614


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Design and development of courses and curriculum of management and employee development. Facilitate and train managers and employees on relevant courses. Engage and consult with internal client groups on identified needs. Conduct needs analysis and survey clients on potential learning and development needs to design and create a learning and development framework.

*Qualifications
Must have 10 years experienced in course development, specializing in management and employee development. Must have be a seasoned facilitator and consultant. Must be willing to role up your sleeves and engage at every level to move the business forward. Engage and partner with all levels of management and with senior leaders. Demonstrate ability to establish partnerships and influence strong leaders and managers to drive business excellence.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Manager, Advanced Recording Physics Department - 6923


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
- Emerging recording technology staging (HAMR, MAMR, SMR)
- Development of new test algorithms for spinstand/HDD
- Future recording tester roadmap and development
- Interface/Work with Research team on advanced/exploratory projects
- Interaction with internal/external recording component suppliers for furture technology roadmaps and early HDD prototyping activities

*Qualifications
- Ph.D. degree AND 10+ years HDD industrial experience
- Knowledgeable in recording theory, spinstand, head/media components, HDD technologies
- Good project management skills
- Good communication skills
- Team player and good people management skills

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Mechanical Design Engineer - 6641


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The engineer will be responsible for all aspects of mechanical design, analysis and evaluation of disk drives. Will design components for the the enclosure system, which may include the spindle motor along with other components. Will oversee integration of mechanical components, and overall enclosure functionality and structural integrity. Design using CAD and FEA, and perform dynamic analysis of the system and components. Will plan and execute evaluations, analyze and report results, optimize designs, perform failure analysis and develop solutions. Will manage supplier and supplier processes, and work with internal manufacturing to produce manufacturable, cost effective and reliable designs. Will work cross-functionaly with the development organization, materials lab, manufacturing engineering, procurement and overseas production. Some travel may be required.

*Qualifications
BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering with minimum of 5 years of experience in designing for high volume production. Solid fundamental mechanical engineering skills in the areas of mechanical design, mechanical FEA, component and drive level characterization, proficient in 3-D CAD, perform tolerance analysis, and experienced with Matlab. Should be familiar with test instrumentaion such as LDVs, structural dynamic analyzers, and accelerometers. Have worked with suppliers and familiar with manufacturing processes such as die casting, injection molding, stamping, machining and other high volume manufacturing methods. Demonstrated ability in creative problem solving and innovation. Strong team player, effective communication skills, and highly motivated.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Mechanical Designer - 3341


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
  HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world’s high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world.   We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
   
  *Responsibilities
  An experienced mechanical designer for disk drive development using 3D CAD to support layout of new product designs from conceptual phase to completion of final design along with documentation and specifications.  Responsibilities include ability to architect the drive laying out components and assemblies while considering spacing and specification requirements, design components and sub-assemblies, define requirements for proper fit and assembly involving critical datums, perform tolerance analyses for critical assemblies, select component materials for function and manufacturability, determine component manufacturing methods for high volvume production, and provide feedback to engineers for refinement of the design and functionality.  He will also work with engineers from various functional areas supporting the product development and qualification.  He will also have ownership of some components working with suppliers on the design, specifications, DFM, and testing to qualify components.  The designer will provide drawing and EC support.
   
  *Qualifications
  Associate’s degree (AS) with 10-15 years of experience in design and drafting.  Extensive 3D CAD experience for mechanical design especially in disk drive development.  Catia V5 experience desired. Can provide 3D layouts in early development including component and sub-assembly designs, and manufacturing methods given constraints and requirements of the product.  Knowledge of part and assembly datum methods to design for high volume manufacturing.  Have worked with suppliers on component design and qualification, and is familiar with  manufacturing processes such as die casting, injection molding, stamping, machining and other high volume manufacturing methods.  Familiar with materials and can determine best selection to meet desgin and manufacturing requirements.  Knowledge of ANSI and/or ISO drafting standards, as well as GD&T.  Can review drawings for accuracy, proper notation, dimensioning, and tolerancing.  Experience with engineering change and EC release processes.  Must have good communication skills, highly motivated, able to present and discuss design concepts and recommendations, can work independently, and demonstrate innovative design skills and ability for creative problem solving.
   
Equal Employment Opportunity
  It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Mobile Product Support Engineer - 6943


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
An Engineer in Product Support will work with the customer account and product development organizations to understand customer qualification requirements, educate customers on technical aspects of the product (including conducting product design reviews with customers and explaining the failure analysis and corrective actions for any customer qualification incidents), and remove any roadblocks to customer qualifications.

Major areas of responsibility include:
• Provide overall technical expertise on newly developed disk drive products.
• Respond to Customer requests for detailed technical information on disk drive products.
• Support program updates on product technical status and schedule changes.
• Removing roadblocks for timely qualification of disk drive products at specified Customers.
• Conduct Concept Reviews and Design Reviews on new disk drive products.
• Resolve customer concerns such as qualification test failures, failure analysis on return drives, Performance errata, white papers, sample requests and all program/technical questions for current and future products.

*Qualifications
A Product Support Engineer must have a solid technical understanding of the design and operation of all aspects of a disk drive; be familiar with the disk drive development, manufacturing, and quality assurance processes; and have excellent communication, customer interface, and negotiation skills.

• Broad knowledge and experience in: Disk Drive operations
• Above average skills in: attention to detail and follow-through techniques
• Excellent skills in: Critical thinking / technical expertise
• Demonstrated ability to: negotiate timelines, specs and results while at all times making the customer feel appreciated
• Demonstrated ability to: communicate with a broad base of individuals
• Demonstrated ability to: problem solve to an agreeable result
• General knowledge of: product development, manufacturing, and quality processes
• Experience in: Analysis of customer specifications to match disk drive products

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Nanofabrication Engineer/Scientist - 7276


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The HGST San Jose Research Center is a world-class research laboratory located in San Jose, California. Research activities at the lab focus on all aspects of information storage and storage architecture. The lab houses roughly 130 research employees, most of whom have PhDs in engineering, physics or related disciplines. We are inviting applications for a position in the Nanofabrication and Advanced Head Research group, where our mission is to invent and develop new materials, processes, and designs for advanced magnetic recording heads, patterned media, and other nanoscale devices. We have the capabilities of a fully functional cleanroom with state-of-the-art equipment and support staff.
Job Position
Position for research staff member to work in the Nanofabrication and Advanced Head Research group at the HGST San Jose Research Center. Candidate will take a leadership position in developing new process modules to help build novel magnetic devices. Teamwork skills are critical to interface with rest of multi-disciplinary group.

*Qualifications
• MS / PhD in Engineering, Chemistry, or Physics
• Expertise in nanofabrication of novel devices. Exposure to process modules: lithography, etch, thin film deposition, CMP.
• Experience in magnetic devices is a plus but not necessary

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: NPI Program Manager HDD Products - 6475


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Manage and lead cross functional teams in the development of HDD products with a special emphasis on manufacturing technologies, qualification testing and high volume manufacturing operations and processes. Participate in program planning, product and process designs, cost estimates, establish priorities, etc. Domestic and International travel required (20-25%).
-Responsible for managing one or more product development programs leading to factory introduction and ramp up of HDD production.
-Applies program management and manufacturing expertise in resolving complex cross-functional problems and issues.
-Provides input to process technology direction and establishes methodologies for achieving these goals.
-Develops and presents program status and review information to department/corporate groups resulting in influencing direction/decisions/outcomes.
-Facilitates the resolution of complex team issues, builds consensus, maintains process focus, and overcomes barriers.
-Ensures that program objectives and deliverables are accomplished in a timely fashion to meet product ramp requirements.
-Interacts with marketing, materials, quality and engineering to define program plans. Works closely with counterparts offshore to support program deliverables after product/process transfers.
-May support marketing and sales to develop the customer base. May support engineering and supplier engineering to develop supplier base.
-Works with the engineering program manager to generate program plans ie. program/product overview, schedule, build and test (manufacturing and qualification) plans, resources and costs.
-Ensures tooling and test equipment capacity supports initial high volume manufacturing after program transfer.
-Defines and implements business processes to optimize manufacturing, development, and/or qualification process.

*Qualifications
Minimum 5-10 years high tech engineering experience with at least five years cross-functional engineering management.
- Experience with directing and leading functional teams, leading cross functional disciplines (engineering, manufacturing, materials, finance, and marketing).
- Understands the HDD processes technology, e.g., manufacturing and test.
- Understanding of hardware/firmware desirable.
- Four year engineering degree (mechanical/electrical) is mandatory.
- Able and willing to travel 20-25% of time to Asia sites and conduct routine evening phone calls from the US.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

 

R&D: PCBA development Engineer - 5894


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

Responsibilities
Must have solid PCBA electrical experience, understand impedance control, crosstalk simulation, and critical net routing. Experience in designing pcb's for hard disk drive industry/products would be very helpful. Must be a self starter and interface well with electrical/ development engineers. Will also be responsible for building logic symbols as well as physical parts for appropriate libraries. Must be schedule oriented and able to multi-task effectively. Must prepare weekly PCBA status reports for assigned program.

Qualifications
Must be able to design high speed digital and analog circuits for PCBAs in Enterprise storage devices. Must understand electrical circuits and their electronic performance requirements. Advantage to have some current use experience in Cadence Concept and Allegro tools.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: PCBA Development Engineering -Intern 6281


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Secure second source suppliers for identified passive components. Verify their specs against HGST requirements, and test as directed by senior engineers. Assist in performing incoming testing of prototype PCBAs for new product development. Perform other miscellaneous, specific tests on PCBAs as directed by senior engineers.

*Qualifications
BSEE coursework for 2-3 previous years. Available 10-20 hours per week. Basic experience with scopes and standard test equipment. Good understanding of analog vs. digital circuits and components.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements

R&D: Performance Development Engineer - 6470


Job Information

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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Responsible for monitoring op rate and throughput performance of HDD products, and working with performance team leads to formulate and drive plans to achieve performance targets. Resolve shortfalls identified by customer teams and test teams with failure analysis, explanatory reports, and corrective action plans. This position will demand close collaboration with HDD Firmware and Servo teams. Work areas include:

Summary and analysis of performance benchmarking data from lab and manufacturing test measurements, and comparison with objectives.

--Identification of anomalies and shortfalls, and their causes.
--Collaborate with HDD Firmware, Servo, and/or Test teams as appropriate to resolve shortfalls.
--Use basic statistical analysis methods to draw conclusions on experimental data.
--Utilize, maintain and develop analysis method using Excel or MatLab.
--Workload analysis including SAS and SATA protocols.

*Qualifications
Candidates must demonstrate relevant experience, interest and aptitude in both analytical and practical aspects of the above topics as well as HDD Mechanical & Firmware architectures, and a clear understanding of magnetic recording technology.

Education: BS/MS in EE, ME, Physics, or related field

Experience: Greater than 5 years experience in the HDD/data storage industry

Experience using Excel and MatLab for data analysis is a plus.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Postdoctoral position - Storage Architecture - 6544


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Ideal candidate would work on conceiving, prototyping and guiding development of new storage and computing related projects and ideas, as well as writing invention disclosures and academic publications. More specifically inventing and verifying viability of novel error correction coding schemes for Distributed storage, NAND Flash and Phase change memories.

*Qualifications
PhD in Computer science, Computer engineering, Electrical engineering or related, with a proven publication track record and implementation experience in information theory, error correction codes design, implementation and characterization as applied to storage and system architecture, operating systems, file systems, or embedded systems.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Principal Electrical Engineer - 7285


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Other

Details:

Location:
Remote - CO

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The Principle Electrical Engineer will lead the electrical development of datacenter storage systems consisting of hard drives, fans, power supplies and electronics with high speed communication interfaces. Due to the complex interrelationships of these systems, the candidate will need to possess broad electrical engineering expertise including high speed circuit concepts applicable to current generations of PCIe, DDR and SAS/SATA bus architectures. The engineer must be familiar with current generations of X86 and ARM processors with the ability to work closely with processor suppliers to integrate reference designs with HGST proprietary designs. The engineer will be an individual contributor on the program and will direct the work of others. The candidate will be responsible for schematic capture and will direct the layout of the PCBA. In addition to a broad background across many disciplines the candidate must possess strong analytical skills and be a creative "out of the box" thinker. In this role, the engineer will be the technical project representative to other teams within the company and represent project concepts to OEM customers. Additionally, you will lead design reviews, be accountable for tracking schedules, issues and resolutions, and work with international suppliers and manufacturing locations. As the lead engineer, the candidate will be responsible for the development and execution of test plans culminating in test reports demonstrating the design integrity. Each project team consists of cross-functional engineers with electrical, mechanical, firmware and manufacturing backgrounds. As a member of the project team your creative thinking and judgment will contribute to the overall resolution of technical, logistical, cost, and schedule issues for the program. In this leadership position, you will mentor and build the skills of less senior engineers.
This is a high-impact, high visibility opportunity for the right individual with superior technical skills, good project management abilities, and an enthusiasm for success.
Additional Info:
Designs and analyzes electrical systems, expert understanding of test equipment such as analyzers, high speed real time scopes, pattern generation and BERT equipment. Conducts feasibility studies and testing on new and modified designs. Writes detailed engineering specifications. Directs support personnel in the preparation of detailed design, design testing and prototype fabrication documentation.

*Qualifications

-BSME or MSME degree with minimum of 10 years product development experience in computing, storage or related fields.
-Expert working knowledge of CAD systems (Mentorgraphics or Cadence preferred) required and experience in high speed circuit simulation packages such as Hyperlynx.
-Strong experience in PCB materials and technologies pertaining to high speed, low cost PCBA design.
- Should be familiar with test instrumentation such as SAS, DDR or PCIe analyzers and high speed scopes.
- Demonstrated ability in creative problem solving and innovation.
- Strong team player, effective communication skills, and highly motivated.
-Experience in successfully managing development projects from design to production.
-Excellent project management and communication skills are required.
-Solid understanding of PCB and PCBA manufacturing technologies and methodologies.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Principal Servo Engineer - 6611


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Responsible for high performance and robust servo system design. Architect servo system for better vibration/shock rejection in various customer cabinets (cloud storage & enterprise). Active involvement in characterizing/improving drive TMR (Track Misregistration) and track squeeze to achieve better performance and reliability; Work closely with the mechanical team to improve the system dynamics. Perform simulation and prototyping of advanced technologies and servo subsystems and evaluate its feasibility.

*Qualifications
Previous experience in control theory (robust/adaptive control). Excellent working knowledge of MATLAB/Simulation, signal processing, mechanical dynamics analysis and excellent communication skills. C/C++ and assembly language programming skills are preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements

R&D: Principle Servo Engineer - 6610


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Responsible for high performance and robust tracking controller and seek controller design. Architect servo system for better vibration/shock rejection. Active involvement in technical leadership team to define and implement next generation servo requirements; Provide direction to a team of servo engineers in developing and implementing the next generation servo system. Perform simulation and prototyping of advanced technologies and servo subsystems and evaluate its feasibility

*Qualifications
Previous experience in tracking and controller design, robust/non-linear control, excellent working knowledge of MATLAB/Simulation, C/C++ and assembly language programming, control engineering and excellent communication skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Product Support Engineer - 6146


Job Information

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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
An Engineer in Product Support will work with the customer account and product development organizations to understand customer qualification requirements, educate customers on technical aspects of the product (including conducting product design reviews with customers and explaining the failure analysis and corrective actions for any customer qualification incidents), and remove any roadblocks to customer qualifications.

Major areas of responsibility include:
• Provide overall technical expertise on newly developed disk drive products.
• Respond to Customer requests for detailed technical information on disk drive products.
• Support program updates on product technical status and schedule changes.
• Removing roadblocks for timely qualification of disk drive products at specified Customers.
• Conduct Concept Reviews and Design Reviews on new disk drive products.
• Resolve customer concerns such as qualification test failures, failure analysis on return drives, Performance errata, white papers, sample requests and all program/technical questions for current and future products.

*Qualifications
A Product Support Engineer must have a solid technical understanding of the design and operation of all aspects of a disk drive; be familiar with the disk drive development, manufacturing, and quality assurance processes; and have excellent communication, customer interface, and negotiation skills.

• Broad knowledge and experience in: Disk Drive operations
• Above average skills in: attention to detail and follow-through techniques
• Excellent skills in: Critical thinking / technical expertise
• Demonstrated ability to: negotiate timelines, specs and results while at all times making the customer feel appreciated
• Demonstrated ability to: communicate with a broad base of individuals
• Demonstrated ability to: problem solve to an agreeable result
• General knowledge of: product development, manufacturing, and quality processes
• Experience in: Analysis of customer specifications to match disk drive products

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Program Manager - 6350


Job Information

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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The Program Manager is responsible for the development and launch of Enterprise Hard Disk Drives. The Program Manager is responsible for leading the world wide team in defining the product and it's specifications, establishing the development and launch schedules, developing resource plans required to develop and launch the product, manage activities to ensure the program stays on schedule and resolving any issues that may delay the program. The job requires strong leadership and technical skills to lead the various functions from concept through the development, transfer, customer qualification and factory ramp process.

*Qualifications
The Program Management position requires program or project management experience leading a team through the development and launch of a product. Managing an international team is preferred. Also required is a good working understanding of the technology used in hard disk drives with development experience preferred in one or more specific technologies utilized in HDDs. Critical skills required include project management, engineering experience, reliability & statistics, leadership, basic business concepts and excellent communication. Proficiency in MS Project, MS Office and Lotus Notes required.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Read/Write Program Manager - 6415


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
  HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world’s high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world.   We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
   
  *Responsibilities
  - manage the worldwide project/activities on Read Write Manufacturing Firmware commonality
- in partnership with other functional groups coordinate Read Write feature development and implementation
   
  *Qualifications
  - Excellent project management skills and experiences
- Strong and effective communication skills, including verbal, written, presentation and negotiation
- Knowledge of firmware development
- Ability to establish systems and processes
- Good team player with open-minded personality
- MS/PhD in Engineering, 5 years experience
   
  Equal Employment Opportunity
  It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Research Principal Engineer - Storage Architecture - 6532


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Ideal candidate would work on conceiving, prototyping and guiding development of new storage and computing related projects and ideas, as well as writing invention disclosures and academic publications.

The main research themes of the group are non-volatile memories (NVMs) and distributed computing/storage. More specifically, our focus is on developing computation and data processing models optimized for emerging NVMs (Flash, SSD, PCM, MRAM, etc), software management of fast storage devices (OS- and user-level), FPGA prototyping of novel NVMs, distributed filesystem architecture (Hadoop, Lustre), information theory problems (erasure/reliability coding) and their applications to future storage systems.

*Qualifications
PhD in Computer science, Computer engineering, Electrical engineering or related, with a proven publication track record and implementation experience in system architecture, operating systems, file systems, or embedded systems.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Research Scientist/Architect - Cold Storage - 6969


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

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Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
We have multiple software-track, hardware-track and information theory-track job openings in the Storage Architecture group. The main research themes of the group are non-volatile memories (NVMs) and distributed computing/storage including cold storage. More specifically, our focus is on developing computation and data processing models optimized for emerging NVMs (Flash, SSD, PCM, MRAM, etc), software management of fast storage devices (OS- and user-level), FPGA prototyping of novel NVMs, distributed filesystem architecture (Hadoop, Lustre), information theory problems (erasure/reliability coding) and their applications to future storage systems, including cold storage.

Ideal candidate would work on conceiving, prototyping and guiding development of new storage and computing related projects and ideas, as well as writing invention disclosures and academic publications.

*Qualifications
PhD in Computer science, Computer engineering, Electrical engineering or related, with a proven publication track record and implementation experience in system architecture, operating systems, file systems, or embedded systems.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Research Scientist/Architect NV Storage - 6970


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
We have multiple software-track, hardware-track and information theory-track job openings as well as one postdoctoral position in the Storage Architecture group. The main research themes of the group are non-volatile memories (NVMs) and distributed computing/storage. More specifically, our focus is on developing computation and data processing models optimized for emerging NVMs (Flash, SSD, PCM, MRAM, etc), software management of fast storage devices (OS- and user-level), FPGA prototyping of novel NVMs, distributed filesystem architecture (Hadoop, Lustre), information theory problems (erasure/reliability coding) and their applications to future storage systems.

Ideal candidate would work on conceiving, prototyping and guiding development of new storage and computing related projects and ideas, as well as writing invention disclosures and academic publications.

*Qualifications
PhD in Computer science, Computer engineering, Electrical engineering or related, with a proven publication track record and implementation experience in system architecture, operating systems, file systems, or embedded systems.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Research Staff Member - Recording Modeling - 6957


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The job opening is for a full-time Research Staff Member to conduct original research in magnetic recording modeling, simulation, and theory. The work will be aimed at advancing future recording technologies, such as shingled magnetic recording, heat assisted magnetic recording, microwave assisted recording, and bit patterned media. The candidate will work closely with magnetic media and head teams to develop a deeper understanding of magnetic recording physics and help guide recording system development. Responsibilities include developing micromagnetic models and code; running DOE simulations of head and media designs; initiating and developing intellectual property; and publishing and presenting scientific results at conferences.

*Qualifications
Minimum of Ph.D degree in Physics, Applied Physics, or closely related field. Postdoc or industrial experience is desired but not required.
The candidate should have demonstrated expertise in several of the following areas:
- Modeling of physical systems such as magnetic, plasma, or high energy.
- Theoretical work in critical phenomena or atomistic modeling.
- Good programming fundamentals; experience in a Lunix environment, scripting, open MPI, C/C++, FORTRAN, CUDA, and/or others.
- Running design of experiments for system evaluation or optimization.
The candidate should have a demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership in research and problem-solving. Strong communication skills and the ability to work independently and in a team environment are essential.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Research Staff Member,Interface Materials - 5879


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Perform experimental work (both spin-stand and disk-level) aimed at understanding carbon overcoat behavior under nanosecond thermal transients. Investigated time/temperature parameter space, looking at carbon oxidation and graphitization as a response. Perform MD calculations as needed. Investigate new carbon overcoat film candidates.

*Qualifications
PhD in Mechanical engineering, material science or related field. Experience in structure-property relationship and molecular dynamics of hard amorphous films

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: SAS SSD Firmware Engineer - 7305


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Irvine, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
This is an experienced position in a firmware development team to develop the next-generation of SAS SSD storage products. The work will focus on attaching an SSD based adapter using industry standard protocols over the SAS host bus. The candidate is expected to own an assigned area of code with responsibility for the design, implementation, bench-level verification, support, and documentation of new firmware, using a structured code development process.

*Qualifications
-MS/BSEE, MS/BSCE, or MS/BSCS with 3+ years of experience in host bus adapter or storage development.
- Knowledge of the SAS host bus interface is highly desired.
- Software development background proficient in C/C++ with an emphasis on, or experience in, real time environments.
- Strong knowledge of structured code development methods and debug techniques
- Knowledge of and experience using typical lab equipment such as bus analyzers, and in line firmware debug tools is required.
- Ability to solve problems as part of multi-site organization and cross functional team
- Ability to provide accurate and timely scheduling and resource information to team leads and managers, and meet scheduled commitments

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Senior Development Engineer - 6452


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Preamp Characterization and Integration. Activities will include performing component level characterization, Doing bench measurements of preamp high frequency analog parameters as well as verification of digital circuitry using third party and internal evaluation boards, Modifying existing test scripts as well as developing new test scripts for automation, HDD level preamp testing, Comprehensive and Prototype Test Plan lab activities, Documenting experiments Publishing detailed Engineering reports and conducting tool set-up, Interface with the preamp vendors and communicate findings as well as verifying work arounds and corrective actions, Interface with internal functional groups local and overseas, Communicate findings and gather feedback, Working on HDD to optimize preamp setting and identify parameters with the most impact on the drive's performance

*Qualifications
Electrical Engineering Degree. Strong analog background, Good understand of RF design and measurement environment, knowledge of transmission line theory and interconnects, Hands on with working knowledge of high speed high frequency measurement tools, Ability to develop test scripts and automate measurements, Good written and oral communication skills. Strong knowledge of HDD operation as well as preamp's functional blocks is preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

 

R&D: Senior Hardware Engineer - 7189


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
• Provide technical leadership to other team members.
• Design, develop, and document digital board level hardware design from concept through to production.
• Coordinate and participate in hardware product development activities.
• Responsible for schematic capture, netlist generation, BOM generation and circuit board layout.
• Bring up new PCB design, perform design verification, and generate verification report.
• Perform lab testing and troubleshooting as needed.
• Take a collaborative design and validation approach in working with multi-functional team of PCB, hardware, firmware, software, system test, production test and mechanical engineers.
• Participate in sustaining engineering activities, including modifying and enhancing existing designs.
• Attend and participate in system-level design meetings in order to address design issues early in the product development process.
• Participate in product Design Reviews and Schematic/PCB reviews.
• Active involvement in problem solving and implementing design improvement opportunities for the release of product at better quality and lower cost.

*Qualifications
• BS in Electrical Engineering required, MS preferred, 8+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Prior experience with SSD or HDD would be helpful.
• Self Motivated, Team Player that can work with various groups.
• Ability to multi-task various Design activities.
• Experience with High speed board design that include SoC, FPGA, DDR, NAND flash, Serdes.
• Knowledge of Signal Integrity issues, EMI, EMC, UL, agency compliances.
• Knowledge of high-speed interfaces like SAS, SATA, PCIe.
• Knowledge of DDR memory interfaces, on chip DMA engines.
• Project management experience with HW design project is a plus.
• Knowledge of PCB fabrication and assembly process is a plus.
• Hands-on experience in working with laboratory equipments is required.
• Excellence communication skills, both written and verbal.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Senior Preamp Engineer - 6583


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Preamp Characterization and Integration Activities will include performing component level characterization, Doing bench measurements of preamp high frequency analog parameters as well as verification of digital circuitry using third party and internal evaluation boards, Modifying existing test scripts as well as developing new test scripts for automation, HDD level preamp testing, Comprehensive and Prototype Test Plan lab activities, Documenting experiments Publishing detailed Engineering reports and conducting tool set-up, Interface with the preamp vendors and communicate findings as well as verifying work arounds and corrective actions, Interface with internal functional groups local and overseas, Communicate findings and gather feedback, Working on HDD to optimize preamp setting and identify parameters with the most impact on the drive's performance

*Qualifications
Electrical Engineering Degree. Strong analog background, Good understand of RF design and measurement environment, knowledge of transmission line theory and interconnects, Hands on with working knowledge of high speed high frequency measurement tools, Ability to develop test scripts and automate measurements, Good written and oral communication skills. Strong knowledge of HDD operation as well as preamp's functional blocks is preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Software Engineer - Test Code Development Engineer - 7013


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
This is a test engineer developing and supporting the test process for Enterprise HDD's. You will learn to make improvements to device test manager code (C++), package code releases, and work within a cross functional team supporting a specific product. Eventually you will take on more responsibility in areas such as performing trunk code management, product branch gatekeeping, and other types of code development.

*Qualifications
BS/MS in Computer Engineering or Comp.Sci is preferred. BSEE with strong C and C++ capability is also acceptable.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Sputter Engineer/Scientist - 6827


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

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Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Thin film engineer/scientist to explore novel magnetic recording media. Duties will include sputter process development, magnetic property characterization, physical property characterization, and relationship of deposition and properties to recording performance.

*Qualifications
Ph D. in Physics, Materials Science, and/or EE or related field. Post doctoral experience is desireable. Experience in some combination sputter depostion, magnetic thin films, VSM, Kerr, SEM, TEM, XRD are a plus.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Sr. Read/Write Integration Engineer - 6950


Job Information

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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities

- Implementing RSS optimization algorithm and improving component and HDD characterization and failure analysis capability
- Implementing next generation of head/media/AE/channel for the developing products
- Enhance MFG tests to improve recording system performance
- Develop more effective bench level testing tools to enhance FA capability
- HDD FAs

*Qualifications

- Good understanding on magnetic recording and HDD signal process and coding
- Minimum 5 years experience in head/media/preamp/channel/recording subsystem integration preferred, but not required.
- Direct experience in HDD product development cycles, manufacturing, and test
- Capable of developing special test algorithms to identify recording system problem root cause
- Good understanding on recording physics
- Hands-on skills for variety of workbench equipments and channel/SOC evaluation tools.
- Being persistent on problem/issue resolution
- Strong communication skills and good team player
- Strong statistical analysis skills
- Strong programming skills (C/C++, TCL, etc.) preferred
- Ph. D or MS, BS. in EE, CS or related field

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Storage architecture - system simulation - 7264


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hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
We have multiple software-track, hardware-track and information theory-track job openings as well as one postdoctoral position in the Storage Architecture group. The main research themes of the group are non-volatile memories (NVMs) and distributed computing/storage. More specifically, our focus is on developing computation and data processing models optimized for emerging NVMs (Flash, SSD, PCM, MRAM, etc), software management of fast storage devices (OS- and user-level), FPGA prototyping of novel NVMs, distributed filesystem architecture (Hadoop, Lustre), information theory problems (erasure/reliability coding) and their applications to future storage systems.

This job position is specifically for a scientist who would focus on system level simulation, including simulation of HDD and SSD performance, and simulation of distriubuted systems. HDD simulation will be 50% of the job, and will require mastering of existing in-house HDD simulation software. Some previous experience in simulation is desired.

*Qualifications
PhD in Computer science, Computer engineering, Electrical engineering or related, with a proven publication track record and implementation experience in system architecture, operating systems, file systems, or embedded systems.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Test Code Development Engineer - 7303


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
This is a test engineer developing and supporting the test process for Enterprise HDD's. You will learn to make improvements to device test manager code (C++), package code releases, and work within a cross functional team supporting a specific product. Eventually you will take on more responsibility in areas such as performing trunk code management, product branch gatekeeping, and other types of code development.

*Qualifications
BS/MS in Computer Engineering or Comp.Sci is preferred. BSEE with strong C and C++ capability is also acceptable.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

R&D: Test Development Engineer - Senior SW Engr - 7302


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Great Oaks - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Ownership and management of software repositories that are basis for Manufacturing Test releases. Repositories include base HDD firmware (IP FW), manufacturing specific test algorithms (MfgCmd) and test sequencing (DTM). Ensure compatibility between the repositories. Ensure that updates have been properly tested prior to committing changes. Create Mfg Test releases and complete initial pass of testing.
Document content and status on wiki. Complete first level FA on failures and assign to appropriate development team. Collaborate with Integration Team and Functional Teams (CI, MI , Servo, TE)
Establish short term (1 to 2 weeks) requirements for content of releases.
More experienced candidates should be able to assess risk to balance stability and schedule. Document requirements on wiki. Collaborate with other Product Branch and Trunk Gatekeepers. Co-management of repositories if shared by more than one program. Coordination with Trunk Gatekeeper to ensure that changes are made available to other programs.

*Qualifications
HDD development and/or Mfg Test development experience desired.
Experience with SVN software management tool (like Tortoise SVN) desired. Familiarity with C and C++ and strong communication skills are required.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Sales: Director of WW Client Portfolio Management - 7279


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
WW Portfolio leader for HGST's Client HDD business optimizing profitable growth through effective market and customer strategies with active management of product strategy, pricing, financial forecasts, supply allocations and business agreements. Develops Portfolio strategy with detailed analysis of market, competitive and product dynamics. Leads a team of professionals covering pricing, demand planning, product transitions, Business Operations and contract negotiations. Leads all RFQ, Price List and Deal Desk activities for Client products. Prepares and presents Client segment financial forecast and plans for executive and corporate review, focusing on the attainnment of price, volume and mix elements of the product portfolio. In addition, this position is the decision maker responsible for leading a cross-functional council that reviews and approves all exception requests to HGST's standard business practices.

*Qualifications
Global OEM, Regional OEM and WW channel business management and pricing experience mandatory. Candidate must have working knowledge of industry best practices and tools. Internal and external negotiations experience. Past successful experience working across multiple functional units (i.e. Sales, Finance, Legal, Operations & Logistics). Candidate should possess at least a working knowledge of business contracts, structure and terms. Bachelors degree in Business Admin/Finance mandatory; Master's degree preferred. The successful candidate has strong analytical skills; is at an advanced proficiency level in Excel, Powerpoint, SAP, Essbase, Pricing process development, tools and Analytics; and will be comfortable using system-level data analytics tools. Strong written and verbal communication, as well as, presentation skills is a must.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Sales: Event Planner / Sr. Executive Assistant - 6828


Job Information

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Yerba Buena - San Jose, CA

Details:

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
As corporate event planner and executive assistant to the Sr. Vice President of WW Sales, responsibilities include all aspects of event planning as well as executive management. Will be responsible for HGST events which include, but not limited to, sales meetings, corporate and special events, and tradeshow management. From an executive assistant perspective, responsibilities include schedule and travel management, and must be able to handle a wide variety of situations and conflicts, as well as handle confidential and time sensitive material.
- Working with executive management, develop event strategy and calendar
- Drive event management from conception, budget management to execution
- Full coordination of approved events
- Onsite event management
- Contract negotiations and agency management
- Manage and maintain executive travel and schedule

*Qualifications
- 10 Years + experience working with executives
- Ability to work cross functionally
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure, with tight timelines and budget constraints
- Agency and budget management experience
- Flexible and proactive
- Must possess a collaborative style
- Detail oriented, energetic and self-motivated
- Knowledge of internal HGST processes and systems
- Travel required

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

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