Staff Engineer, Technical Program Manager - Technology Development

About the Company

The Staff Engineer – Technology Staging Strategy Planning is responsible for driving end-to-end technology readiness planning across PTD and slider factory. This role ensures alignment between technology development maturity, product roadmap requirements, and execution timelines. The engineer will lead staging strategy definition, prioritize development activities, and enable cross-functional coordination to ensure technologies are delivered on time with the required readiness level to support product ramps.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage technology staging strategy across PTD programs, ensuring alignment with ramp schedules; establish readiness criteria, tracking methodology, and risk assessment for key technology enablers.
• Drive prioritization of technology development activities based on product roadmap needs, business impact, and resource constraints; identify critical gaps vs. committed timelines and lead mitigation planning.
• Align cross-functional roadmaps (process, equipment, materials, integration) to ensure synchronized delivery of required capabilities and translate product requirements into actionable technology development plans.
• Coordinate with R&D, Process Integration, Equipment Engineering, Operations, and Program teams to ensure end-to-end execution; drive decision-making through data-driven analysis and structured reviews.
• Proactively identify risks to technology readiness and product schedules; lead root cause analysis and corrective action plans for readiness gaps.
• Develop dashboards and metrics to track technology readiness, milestones, and execution progress; provide regular updates to leadership on status, risks, and mitigation plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Materials, or related field).
• Strong experience in technology development, process integration, or product within manufacturing environments (e.g., HDD, semiconductor, or similar).
• Proven experience in project/program management and cross-functional coordination; experience working with global, cross-site teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to translate data into actionable insights; knowledge of advanced data analytics or modeling tools.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in technology readiness frameworks (e.g., TRL or similar staging models) and prior involvement in product ramp planning and high-volume manufacturing transition.
• Familiarity with cleanliness, process capability, and yield-related metrics in precision manufacturing.

Skills

• Technology readiness planning, readiness criteria, and risk assessment.
• Development prioritization, roadmap alignment, and mitigation planning.
• Performance tracking, dashboards, and metrics for readiness and execution progress.

Additional Information

Location: Korat, Thailand

• Korat facility is the largest manufacturing site worldwide, with more than 10,000 employees producing cloud-based storage equipment from individual components to finished drives.
• On-site benefits: ample parking, free shuttle vans and buses within Korat, transportation to/from Bangkok and Khon Kaen on weekends, 24/7 on-site canteens and coffee shops, fitness center, recreational facilities (table tennis, basketball, volleyball, running/walking trail), and relaxing indoor/outdoor spaces.
• Employee resource groups available, including Seagate Women in Leadership Network (SWLN), Seagate PRIDE: Thailand chapter, and Seagate Asia’s parents and caregivers group, plus on-site recreation events and community giving opportunities.