Lead Channel Development Engineer (HAMR)

Seagate Technology; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 94,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12 holidays

Flexible time off

Paid sick leave (min 48 hours)

Paid parental leave (16 weeks)

401(k)

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Seagate Technology, Longmont campus, seeks a Channel Development Senior Engineer (Early Career) to drive room-temperature and HAMR-based channel design. You will apply information theory, error codes, and signal processing to advance HDD read/write channels and collaborate with vendors across engineering teams.

The role demands leadership in cross-functional projects, bench validation, and IP contributions, with strong programming and lab skills.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent in a related field.
• Demonstrated expertise in channel design for HDDs.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Advance R/W channel design using information theory and signal processing.
• Collaborate with vendors to evaluate new channel technologies.
• Improve HAMR channel performance, reliability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Lead cross-functional technology teams as a channel SME.
• Demonstrate and validate new technologies on drives.

Skills

Information theory

Error correction codes

Signal processing

Channel modeling

Python

C++

Cuda

Fortran

Team leadership

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering/Computer Science

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Digitizers

GPUs

Spectrum analyzers

Job description

Seagate Technology, Longmont campus, seeks a Channel Development Senior Engineer (Early Career) to drive room-temperature and HAMR-based channel design. You will apply information theory, error codes, and signal processing to advance HDD read/write channels and collaborate with vendors across engineering teams.

The role demands leadership in cross-functional projects, bench validation, and IP contributions, with strong programming and lab skills.