Senior HAMR & Head-Disk Recording Systems Engineer

Seagate Technology; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Seagate Technology's Shugart site in Singapore is seeking an Advanced Recording Engineer to join the ARS-HDE team. You will contribute to development of advanced recording technologies that support future hard disk drive products and growth in storage capacity and performance.

You will work on HAMR, ATI mitigation, laser control systems, and head-media electrical characterization, while collaborating with multidisciplinary engineers to drive research projects from concept to demonstration.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Physics, Photonics, or a related technical discipline.
• Strong foundation in electromagnetics, applied physics, signal processing, or related engineering fundamentals.
• Knowledge of magnetic recording, data storage systems, spintronics, photonics, optics, or semiconductor technologies is advantageous.
• Programming experience in Python, C/C++, Procomm Plus.
• Experience with experimental research, laboratory measurements, data analysis, modelling, or technical investigations.
• Familiarity with scientific methods, hypothesis-driven experimentation, and proof-of-concept development.

Responsibilities

• Work on emerging recording technologies, including HAMR for Nearline storage products.
• Develop technical expertise in recording technologies, including ATI mitigation, advanced laser control systems, VBAR algorithms, and head-media electrical characterization
• Contribute to research and development activities in advanced magnetic recording technologies.
• Develop proof-of-concept demonstrations to validate new recording concepts and system-level innovations.
• Conduct recording subsystem design, integration, testing, and optimization activities
• Contribute to technology exploration efforts aimed at enabling storage solutions beyond current generation products.
• Design and execute experiments to understand complex interactions between recording components and subsystems.
• Develop software scripts and analytical tools to automate experiments, process data, and accelerate research activities.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts across multiple engineering disciplines to solve challenging technical problems.
• Progressively take ownership of research projects and drive technical investigations with increasing independence.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Procomm Plus

Education

Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Physics

Photonics

Tools

Procomm Plus

Job description

Seagate Technology's Shugart site in Singapore is seeking an Advanced Recording Engineer to join the ARS-HDE team. You will contribute to development of advanced recording technologies that support future hard disk drive products and growth in storage capacity and performance.

You will work on HAMR, ATI mitigation, laser control systems, and head-media electrical characterization, while collaborating with multidisciplinary engineers to drive research projects from concept to demonstration.