Sr. Hardware Development Engineer (Onsite)

Seagate Technology • Bloomington, MN

46d • Onsite

About The Position

Seagate delivers advanced digital storage solutions to meet the exponential growth in data storage demand. The Characterization and Analytics Group (CAG) is an organization within Recording Head Technology (RHT) to develop recording head test processes and assess recording head performance and reliability.About the role - you will:
Work in the Characterization & Analytics Group test recording sub-system team, which is responsible for delivering next generation recording heads for new HAMR products. Team ownership includes device physics understanding, design verification and test development.

Requirements

• Test development on comprehensive electrical/mechanical systems
• Knowledge of DOE, six sigma and basic statistics
• Knowledge of physical (magnetic, optical, electrical, and mechanical) properties of thin film materials and devices
• Knowledge of semiconductor laser design, fabrication, and characterization
• Characterization tools such as AFM, SEM, TEM, XPS, etc.
• Programming experience in Python, JMP, C/C++, etc.
• Bachelor's Degree in Physics, Mechanical Engineering or Materials Science, and 5+ years of experience, or Master’s degree in similar degree fields and 3+ years of experience, or PhD in Physics, Academic Research related to Magnetics, Spintronics, or Semiconductor Lasers or equivalent education and experience
• Demonstrate high efficiency in managing multiple tasks
• Work and communicate effectively with a diverse group of internal and external customers and engineers
• Demonstrate innovation
• Showcase your self- and people motivation abilities
• Bring an intense desire to learn

Responsibilities

• Hands-on electrical test development to support the new recording head/media development
• Recording head design verification and device physics understanding
• Perform data mining or DOE to deep dive into device failures, provide root cause and solutions

Benefits

• eligibility discretionary bonus
• 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: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees