Staff Engineer, HAMR & Advanced Magnetic Materials

Seagate Technology; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Seagate Technology is seeking an HAMR & Emerging Technologies Staff Engineer in Fremont, CA. You will push forward heat-assisted magnetic recording and future data storage concepts by researching magnetic materials, nanoscale structures, and thin-film architectures.

You’ll design experiments, analyze data, and characterize materials while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to translate discoveries into demonstrable media solutions.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of magnetic materials, nanoscale magnetism, or magnetic properties.
• Background in thin film fabrication, multilayers, heterostructures, or interface engineering.
• Proficiency in experimental design, quantitative data analysis, and interpretation of physical mechanisms.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering with 8+ years experience or master's with 6+ years or PhD with 3+ years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Research and develop advanced magnetic materials, nanoscale magnetic structures, and magnetic multilayer thin-film architectures for HAMR and future recording technologies.
• Investigate relationships among material composition, crystal structure, microstructure, interfaces, multilayer architecture, magnetic properties, thermal & optical behavior, and spin-dependent phenomena in nano-scale structures to guide media design.
• Collaborate with scientists and engineers across multidisciplinary R&D teams to advance concepts from fundamental investigation toward experimentally demonstrated recording-media solutions.
• Conduct experimental work in thin-film deposition and fabrication, multilayer stack development, process optimization, magnetic and structural characterization, and data analysis.
• Maintain strong communication and documentation of results and progress across teams.

Skills

Magnetic materials

Thin-film fabrication

Experimental design & data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Computer Engineering, Materials, Physics, or Information Technology)

Master's degree in engineering or related field

PhD in related field

Job description

Seagate Technology is seeking an HAMR & Emerging Technologies Staff Engineer in Fremont, CA. You will push forward heat-assisted magnetic recording and future data storage concepts by researching magnetic materials, nanoscale structures, and thin-film architectures.

You’ll design experiments, analyze data, and characterize materials while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to translate discoveries into demonstrable media solutions.