Sr. Staff Servo Electronics Systems Architect Engineer

About our group:

Servo Engineering’s primary mission is to provide robust ultra-precision position control technologies to enable aggressive advancement in high performance HDD areal density growth. The team also serves a critical HDD Systems role, working closely with and enabling other functions in the disciplines of Mechanical, Electrical, Recording Technology, Tribology, Customer Interface, Manufacturing, and Reliability.

About the role - you will:

• You will be part of the Servo Electronics Architecture Group and will provide high level design and architecture assistance to enable Seagate’s future roadmap.  
• Report to a Servo Director. 
• Be involved with delivery of electronic architecture solutions to enable TPI extendibility, Seagate parallelism, and power reduction initiatives.  

• Provide servo electronics architecture definition for areal density growth
• Provide servo code architecture solutions to enable Seagate’s factory parallelism initiatives  
• Provide architect level guidelines to the global team
• Provide mentorship to junior colleagues

• Work in an open-minded environment which

• • supports and fosters Innovation.
  • supports solutions deployment in Factory for successful product development on a high-volume manufacturing scale

About you:

• Lead multiple projects and present to executives
• Work with cross functional teams
• Mentor junior engineers

Your experience includes:

• This candidate should have the knowledge and skillset in the areas that are critical to staging and delivering electronic architecture solutions needed to execute Seagate’s roadmap.

• Emphasis on providing electronics solutions for embedded HDD systems.
• Advanced signal processing, position control of precision equipment, real-time embedded firmware design, programming in embedded C, Python, and Matlab.
• This is a highly collaborative position requiring strong communication and technical leadership skills.
• Intimate knowledge of HDD electronics architecture
• Intimate knowledge of Servo code architecture for dual SoC and dual power device
• Intimate knowledge of multi-actuators controls and driving architecture
• Intimate knowledge of Servo factory calibration process
• Intimate knowledge of the preamp architecture

• Technical Problem Solving:
  • Identify technical problems based on design objectives and specs and produce well defined problem statements
  • Solution implementation and validation. Deployment of the solutions in the large-scale factory production.
• Skills and tools:
  • Programming for embedded systems and real time computing
  • Control systems implementation
  • Matlab + Simulink, C, Python
  • Data collection (Scopes, DAC NI Equipment)
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering related field (i.e. Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Computer Engineering, Materials, Physics, Aerospace or Information Technology) and 12+ years of experience or master’s degree in the same and 8+ years’ experience or PhD and 5+ years’ experience or equivalent experience and education.

You might also have

• Machine learning
  • Experience in providing solutions for HDD technology and product delivery
  • Experience in delivering servo solutions to HDDs

Location:

Our Shakopee campus is located 25 minutes southwest of Minneapolis in a setting with a rural vibe – it overlooks a horse racing track and stables, yet it has great entertainment venues close by as well. With wide-open spaces, the campus has plenty of space for running, biking, shooting some hoops or playing volleyball over lunch. If working out is your thing, the on-site fully equipped fitness center hosts wellness programs, tournaments and group workouts. Hungry? Seagate offers an on-site café with freshly sourced foods and specialty coffees, or if you prefer, drive to one of many restaurants just minutes away.

The estimated base salary range for this position is $144,164.80 - $210,107.00. The individual salary is based on work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Seagate offers comprehensive benefits to its eligible employees, including, but not limited to, , eligibility to participate in discretionary bonus program, 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. Seagate also offers 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. The benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year and may differ depending on work location.

Location: Shakopee, United States
Travel: Up to 10%