Job Description
Job Title:  Engineer Read Channel -Intern
Posting Start Date:  10/15/26
Requisition Id:  15283
Job Description: 

About our group:

The Advanced Recording Subsystem, or ARS, organization develops key recording technologies that enable disc drive product development and productization. The organization brings together expertise across head and media recording, electrical and mechanical systems, read channel technology, and preamplifier technology.

Within ARS, the Read Channel team focuses on integrating mixed-signal analog and digital ASIC technology into disc drive electronics. The team enables reliable reading and writing of data to magnetic media and implements new read channel capabilities that support product performance, capacity, quality, and time-to-market objectives.

About the role - you will:

  • Responsible for HAMR (Head-assisted Magnetic Recording) LFA (Laser field adjust) channel optimization and evaluation for Read channel electronics for hard drives.   
  • Determining design algorithms and read channel parameters optimization based on test time, areal density and robustness objectives. 
  • Responsible in conducting integration testing and evaluating results. 

About you:

  • Knowledge in read channel development, magnetic recording components or communication systems. 
  • Knowledge of laser assisted magnetic recording will be advantageous 
  • Knowledge of recording subsystems including heads, media and ReadWrite channel will be advantageous 

Your experience includes:

  • Knowledge of test equipment such as oscilloscopes. 
  • Knowledge of programming language C, Matlab, Python is an added advantage. 

Location:

The Shugart site (named after Seagate’s founder, Al Shugart) is a research and design center. Easily accessible from the One-North MRT Station, many employees choose to take mass transportation to work. Being a purpose-built building, The Shugart has excellent employee recreational facilities. Take an active break at our badminton courts, table tennis tables, in-house gym, and recreation rooms. Our yoga and Zumba classes are very popular. We also offer classes and interest groups in photography, gardening, and foreign languages, and have various on-site celebrations, and community volunteer opportunities.

 

Location: Shugart, Singapore
Travel: None

Information at a Glance

About Us

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 and passionate workforce of 29,000 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.

Join us and get inspired to make a difference in the datasphere!

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