Sr. Hardware Development Engineer (Onsite)

Seagate Technology • Bloomington, MN

29d • Onsite

About The Position

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

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