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Sr. Engineer - Advanced Data Storage and Memory Experimentalist (Entry-Level)

Location: 

Bloomington, MN, US

Posting Date:  May 5, 2024
Job ID:  8970

About our group:

 

The Advanced Data Storage and Memory Devices Group within the Seagate Research Group (SRG) is responsible for conducting research on advanced data storage and memory technologies through experimentation and physics-based simulation. The work performed by this team directly informs the Company's ten-year storage product roadmap.

About the role - you will:

 

  • Conduct research on advanced data recording systems and emerging memory technologies.
  • Perform detailed memory device assessments through novel electrical testing to qualify and compare different technology candidates.
  • Conduct measurements on ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, or multiferroic materials and media.
  • Investigate and formulate measurement methods to evaluate device concepts for reading and writing data in novel storage systems.
  • Use a spinstand or other storage device simulator to provide lab-level characterization of advanced component designs.
  • Through measurements, provide insight into performance limiters, reliability failure modes, and underlying electrical, magnetic, optical, and thermomechanical mechanisms.
  • Contribute to Seagate’s IP portfolio in the form of invention disclosures, patents, trade secrets, peer-reviewed journal articles, and/or white papers
  • Write software in Python to develop novel test and analysis methods.
  • Work closely with modeling groups to elucidate recording physics challenges.
  • Work closely with other test engineers and data analysts in order to use models to explain experimentally observed phenomena.
  • Work very closely with teams within Seagate Research and design teams in different parts of the company.
  • Communicate your findings with engineers and leadership at all levels within the company.

About you:

 

  • Flexibility to operate under supervision and independently
  • Excellent team player
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

Your experience includes:

 

 

 

  • Background researching ferroelectric or multiferroic materials and/or devices.
  • Experience with lab electronics (oscilloscope, SMUs, AWG, spectrum analyzer, VNA, etc.)
  • Experience with programming languages (Python, C++, etc.)
  • Strong statistics skills and experience with data analysis
  • Non-volatile memory/semiconductor test knowledge desired
  • Device physics knowledge
  • Self-motivated and demonstrated ability to adapt to a changing environment and learn new technology
  • Flexibility to operate under supervision and independently
  • Excellent team player
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • A Ph.D. in an engineering or scientific discipline

Location:

 

 

Our Normandale campus spans two suburbs, Edina and Bloomington, and serves as the Recording Head development and manufacturing arm of Seagate. Located in the heart of a bustling community, Seagate offers an on-site café, or if you prefer, you can drive to one of many restaurants just minutes away. Need to grab a gift over lunch time? Shopping is abundant in the area. If working out is your thing, the on-site fully equipped fitness center hosts wellness programs, outdoor activities, tournaments and group workouts. Looking for something more laid back? Reset in one of our meditation rooms, or simply take a walk around our indoor walking path. On-site cultural festivals, celebrations and community volunteer opportunities also abound. 

 

#entrylevel

 

Location: Normandale, United States
Travel: None

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With more than four decades of storage innovation, Seagate empowers humanity to thrive in the data age and helps people and businesses navigate the ever-expanding data landscape. 

We craft precision-engineered, cutting-edge solutions that help the world store and manage exponential data growth.

Seagate is powered by our talented, passionate, and diverse workforce of 40,000 employees across the globe who embody our core values: integrity, innovation, and inclusion. Striving towards excellence every single day, we show up with these values for our customers, business partners, shareholders, and communities alike.

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