Spinstand Sr. Staff Engineer

Seagate Technology • Bloomington, MN

170d • $144,164 - $210,107

About The Position

Advanced Transducer Development (ATD) is responsible for developing recording head technology for Seagate's HDD (Hard Disk Drive) products to be introduced 4+ years beyond the current state of the art. The Recording Head Design, Test, and Analysis group is responsible for providing best-in-class characterization and analysis in support of ATD's mission, with additional targeted support provided for HAMR new product integration.

Requirements

• Demonstrated understanding of magnetic recording
• Downstream failure analysis
• Proven ability to lead tiger team activities and manage major projects
• Bachelor's degree in engineering related field (i.e. Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Computer Engineering, Materials, Physics, or Information Technology) and 12+ years of experience or master's degree in the same and 8+ years' experience or PhD and 5+ years' experience or equivalent experience and education.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in magnetic transducer design
• Experience in optical design and/or measurement
• Experience with wafer processing
• Experience in the disk drive industry

Responsibilities

• Perform measurements to understand Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) and next generation recording failure mechanisms
• Establish best-practice methods and standards for component analysis for worldwide adoption
• Provide physical insight into recording dynamics of new transducer and media designs
• Lead discussions on new observed physics and provide hypotheses for the underlying effects
• Explore stress testing of new failure modes to improve test predictability
• Translate between spinstand and similar drive tests - provide recommendations of new test algorithms to drive from component learning
• Work with spinstand development teams to improve on existing hardware and software and in the development of next generation spinstand capabilities
• Explore new recording modes

Benefits

• Eligibility to participate in discretionary bonus program
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 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
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree