Embedded Software Engineer (Master's Level, Early Career)

Seagate Technology • Longmont, CO

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Seagate is a global leader in mass-capacity data storage, helping organizations and people around the world create, protect, and unlock the value of their data. With over 45 years of technology leadership, Seagate delivers trusted storage solutions for Cloud, Enterprise, Edge, and Consumer markets, powering the infrastructure behind AI, digital transformation, and the world’s growing data economy. Our Software Engineering organization develops embedded software for Seagate storage products, combining strong software fundamentals with close-to-hardware design to deliver reliable, high-performance product behavior. In this role, you will design, implement, and maintain targeted embedded software changes in C/C++ to correct defects, improve reliability and performance, and support product stabilization. You will apply computer science fundamentals, modular design, clear interfaces, and testable implementation practices to ensure fixes are maintainable, reusable, and aligned with long-term product ownership. You will investigate, debug, and resolve product development defects across embedded software, hardware interactions, firmware interfaces, and storage product behavior. You will drive defect closure from issue reproduction and technical analysis through root cause, corrective action, validation support, and clear communication of status, risk, and tradeoffs. You will also contribute to design reviews, code reviews, defect prevention practices, and engineering quality improvements that reduce recurrence and improve product development execution.

Requirements

• Strong foundation in operating systems, concurrency, memory management, data structures, algorithms, and computer architecture, with proficiency developing production-quality software in C/C++ and working knowledge of Python, Rust, or similar languages.
• Practical experience with embedded systems, resource-constrained design, hardware/software interaction, debugging tools, root-cause analysis, modern development practices, and cross-functional resolution of software, firmware, or system-level issues.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with embedded operating systems, device drivers, storage systems, real-time software, low-level platform software, or firmware interfaces.
• Experience contributing to modular architecture, interface contracts, testable design, build systems, CI/CD, static analysis, or software quality tools.
• Knowledge of HDD devices, storage protocols, system-level performance analysis, reliability considerations, or storage subsystem topologies.
• Experience supporting integration, validation, failure analysis, or product bring-up in a hardware-dependent software environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain targeted embedded software changes in C/C++ to correct defects, improve reliability and performance, and support product stabilization.
• Apply computer science fundamentals, modular design, clear interfaces, and testable implementation practices to ensure fixes are maintainable, reusable, and aligned with long-term product ownership.
• Investigate, debug, and resolve product development defects across embedded software, hardware interactions, firmware interfaces, and storage product behavior.
• Drive defect closure from issue reproduction and technical analysis through root cause, corrective action, validation support, and clear communication of status, risk, and tradeoffs.
• Contribute to design reviews, code reviews, defect prevention practices, and engineering quality improvements that reduce recurrence and improve product development execution.

Benefits

• eligibility to participate in discretionary bonus program
• medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• 401(k)
• employee stock purchase plan
• health savings account
• dependent care, and healthcare spending accounts
• paid time off, including 12 holidays, flexible time off provided pursuant to Seagate policy, a minimum of 48 hours of paid sick leave, and 16 weeks of paid parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level