R&D Advanced Materials Integration Engineer

About our group:

At Seagate our mission is to build the world’s best data storage devices. The Advanced Transducer Development group is a global R&D organization that develops new recording head technologies to advance areal density and enable Seagate’s HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 4 year+ product roadmap. Our process team uses state-of-the-art wafer fabrication tools and cleanroom facilities to innovate and deliver leading-edge writers and read sensors.  With an emphasis on proving feasibility of new devices, processes and materials, we help build Seagate’s future time-to-market leadership. If you are excited by innovative technology development, are naturally creative, and passionate about seeing ideas come to life then this could be a perfect fit to your research and development career.

About the role - you will:

Join our cutting-edge research and development team in our state-of-the-art clean room fabrication facility. Utilizing the latest manufacturing processes and design tools, you will develop novel, robust and manufacturable methods to integrate novel metal and dielectric thin film structures into nanometer scale devices to meet our product roadmap's performance and reliability requirements. You will play a key role, interacting with semiconductor tool vendors and universities, in order to identify new opportunities and Advanced Integration techniques that will help deliver Seagate’s future processes, evolve the manufacturing line to enable faster delivery of next generation HDD products. This is a full-time, on-site position, working 39 hours per week from Monday to Friday.

Key Responsibilities:

•    Develop novel, robust, and manufacturable methods to integrate novel metal and dielectric thin film structures into in nanometer-scale head devices
•    Investigate surface preparation and interface processing techniques to ensure stable and predictable operation of new materials under device operating conditions
•    Perform material characterization to ensure device compatibility and performance 
•    Collaborate with unit process owners (lithography, deposition, etch, wet process, metrology) to achieve prototype device wafer build flows capable of meeting design intent 
•    Help assess the impact of new integration schemes on downstream head performance 
•    Partner with wafer capital equipment suppliers to define hardware paths needed for advanced integration capability and manufacturability 
•    Participate in technology transfers to the product development engineering team
•    Manage and analyse datasets to correlate experimental results with device performance and reliability.
•    Contribute to Seagate’s IP portfolio in the form of invention disclosures, patents, trade secrets, peer-reviewed journal articles, and/or white papers.

About you:

Key Attributes:

•    You are self-motivated, intellectually curious, able to work independently and have a strong attention to detail
•    You are an honest and respectful team player, capable of working in strong partnership with a diverse global group of engineers and technicians
•    You are a well-organized multitasker, able to balance day-to-day wafer processing needs with longer-term development work
•    You maintain thorough documentation of results and can clearly present and discuss them with other staff members in engineering and management forums
•    You have a track record of innovation and regularly use outside sources (journals, patents, university projects and conferences) to inspire new ideas and directions
•    You are able and eager to work in a mix of clean room and laboratory environments

Your experience includes:

•    PhD degree in Materials Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or related science and engineering fields with 0-2 years of direct industry experience or MSc. Degree in same with 5+ years of industry experience
•    Strong hands-on experience and in-depth understanding of nanoscale device fabrication and associated wafer process and measurement systems 
•    Expertise in thin film, surface, interface and nanostructure characterization techniques (e.g. AFM, XPS, contact angle, FIB, SEM, (S)TEM, TDTR, etc)
•    Familiarity with platforms for modeling, simulating or visualizing wafer processes, structures, and physical device responses (preferred but not essential)
•    Experience / knowledge of next generation Advanced Integration techniques, to improve device performance and reduce cycletime.

Completed applications should be submitted no later than midnight on Tuesday, 30th September 2025 

This is a Full-Time position working 39 hours per week. 

Please demonstrate on your Cover Letter or CV how you meet the criteria set out in the job description identified above. 

Testing may be used as part of the selection process.

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Seagate Technology is committed to equal opportunity in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community irrespective of sex, marital status, religious affiliation, age, disability or ethnic origin. The Company specifically welcomes applications from the protestant community who are currently underrepresented in this job category. All applications will be considered strictly on the basis of merit.

Location:

Springtown, Northern Ireland

Our Springtown site is Derry/Londonderry’s largest manufacturer, we’re proud that Seagate is a flexible and inclusive place to work. We have more than 1,400 employees spanning research and development, manufacturing, and other functions.

Here at work, you can grab breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks at our subsidized on-site cafe. 

Looking for an active break from your workday? We’ve got you covered. Take a group or individual exercise class during lunch or after work at our on-site gym.

Network with your colleagues through the Young Professionals Network, Women’s Leadership Group, the Carers Café (for caregivers of individuals with disabilities), Volunteer in the community with our support! Join our creative network, which includes a choir, foreign language classes and even a cookery class!

Join our Employee Resource Groups (ERG), a voluntary, employee-led community built on a shared diversity identity and/or an appreciation of that identity, open to ALL current employees at Seagate!

See list below of many of our Company Benefits:

•    Health – Bupa Healthcare, for employees and dependents, Company sick pay and medical leave, Occupational healthcare service, Employee assistance programmes, Group income protection and On-site gym/ exercise classes / personal trainer.

•    Work Life Balance – Annual leave, Flexible working hours, Part-time working, Enhanced maternity pay, Enhanced paternity pay, Bereavement leave.

•    Finance – Pension – employer contributory scheme, Life assurance, Employee stock purchase plan, Competitive base pay, Company bonus scheme, Reward and recognition, Employee savings scheme, Perks at work discount programmes, Pay for civil / jury duty.

•    Career – Degree / non degree assistance Externally accredited training and development opportunities, Service awards, LinkedIn learning, Learning & development programmes.

Location: Springtown, United Kingdom
Travel: None