Sr. Staff Technical Marketing Analyst.

Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain quantitative models based on HDD architecture, physics, component behavior, and system-level interactions.

• Ensure models account for cost estimates, sourcing considerations, engineering constraints, manufacturing processes, and production flows from component sourcing through final assembly and shipment.

• Build forecasts incorporating baseline expectations, sensitivity analysis, and scenarios grounded in market conditions, customer needs, product designs, and factory assumptions.

• Evaluate how technology decisions affect manufacturing throughput, scrap rates, production bottlenecks, test coverage, and long-term cost efficiency.

• Build detailed, bottom-up HDD cost models covering mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and production components.

• Coordinate competitive cost teardowns, maintain competitive cost analysis models, and conduct scenario-based evaluations.

• Analyze differences in HDD technologies and explain their implications for cost, performance, sourcing, and market competitiveness.

• Partner with pricing teams and portfolio owners to strengthen business analysis, competitive positioning, and product strategy.

• Translate technical and analytical findings into actionable recommendations for product roadmaps, pricing strategies, warranty considerations, customer discussions, and investment decisions.

• Lead data-driven discussions with engineering, manufacturing, operations, and technology strategy teams, influencing decisions through technical expertise and objective analysis.

• Maintain transparent, well-documented models and assumptions while developing scalable analytical frameworks that support long-term decision-making.

• Communicate complex technical, manufacturing, and commercial trade-offs clearly to senior stakeholders and external customers.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in technical modeling, systems analysis, technology strategy, or a related field.

• Deep understanding of HDD architecture, underlying physics, component functions, and manufacturing processes.

• Strong quantitative and analytical capabilities, including experience developing, maintaining, and improving structured models.

• Thorough understanding of the competitive HDD marketplace and the ability to translate technical knowledge into competitive cost, value, and market assessments.

• Experience working directly with storage technologies, hardware platforms, infrastructure systems, or large-scale technology deployments.

• Familiarity with total cost of ownership analysis for storage systems and markets.

• Demonstrated ability to perform competitive cost analysis, develop scenarios, and evaluate technology and manufacturing trade-offs.

• Ability to work effectively with ambiguous requirements, incomplete data, and complex technical challenges.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present findings to senior stakeholders and external customers.

• Proven ability to collaborate with and influence cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, sourcing, marketing, finance, and sales.

• A bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, applied sciences, operations research, or equivalent relevant experience.

• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

• Ability to work remotely from an eligible U.S. state. The role may also be based at a research center in Fremont, California.

• Willingness to travel up to 10%.

Benefits

• Annual base salary: $166,000–$242,000, depending on work location, job-related skills, experience, education, and training.

• Incentive opportunities: Eligibility to participate in a discretionary bonus program.

• Health coverage: Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.

• Financial benefits: 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, health savings account, dependent care account, and healthcare spending accounts.

• Disability coverage: Short-term and long-term disability benefits.

• Paid time off: 12 holidays, flexible time off in accordance with company policy, and a minimum of 48 hours of paid sick leave.

• Parental leave: 16 weeks of paid parental leave.

• Remote work: Virtual employment available in eligible U.S. states.

• Professional impact: The opportunity to influence technology strategy, competitive analysis, product roadmaps, customer business decisions, and investment planning through trusted technical insights.