Technical Marketing Analyst

About the company

• This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain quantitative models grounded in HDD architecture, physics, component behavior, and system-level interactions.
• Incorporate cost estimates, sourcing considerations, technology constraints, engineering tolerances, manufacturing flows, and production realities into models.
• Create forecasts incorporating nominal expectations, sensitivities, and scenario analyses.
• Analyze how technology choices influence factory throughput, scrap, production bottlenecks, test coverage, and long-term cost efficiency.
• Build detailed, bottom-up HDD cost models covering mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and production components.
• Lead competitive cost teardowns, cost modeling, and scenario analysis.
• Evaluate differences between competing HDD technologies and translate them into implications for cost, performance, sourcing, and market positioning.
• Partner with pricing teams and portfolio leaders to provide technical insight.
• Translate analytical findings into actionable inputs for product roadmaps, pricing decisions, warranty considerations, and investment priorities.
• Facilitate data-driven discussions across engineering, operations, manufacturing, technology strategy, sourcing, finance, marketing, and sales.
• Establish scalable analytical frameworks and maintain transparent, repeatable models.

Requirements

• Extensive professional experience in technical modeling, systems analysis, technology strategy, or a closely related discipline.
• Deep understanding of HDD architecture, physics, component functions, manufacturing processes, and system-level behavior.
• Strong quantitative and analytical capabilities, including developing and improving structured technical and cost models.
• Strong understanding of the HDD competitive marketplace.
• Experience maintaining competitive cost analysis models and conducting scenario analysis.
• Experience working directly with storage devices, hardware platforms, infrastructure systems, or large-scale technology deployments.
• Familiarity with total cost of ownership analysis within the storage market.
• Ability to work with ambiguous requirements and incomplete information.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Applied Sciences, Operations Research, or a related field.
• U.S. work authorization without visa sponsorship is required.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

Conditions

• Fully remote position within the United States.
• Estimated base salary range of $147,000–$215,000.
• Eligibility to participate in a discretionary bonus program.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan and employee stock purchase plan.
• Health savings account, dependent care account, and healthcare spending account options.