Seagate Technology · 21 hours ago
Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) Optical Product Design Engineer - Staff
Bloomington, MN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$106K/yr - $154K/yr
6+ years expSeagate Technology is part of a HAMR development team focused on next-generation hard drive products. The role involves analyzing design experiments, managing cross-functional projects, and driving optical design improvements to enhance product reliability and performance.
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Responsibilities
Analyze wafer/slider/HGA/drive level data of new design experiments and generate clear and actionable conclusions to guide the reliability and performance improvement of HAMR head optical design
Track the experiments, defining/executing testing plans and follow up on failure analysis (FA) to ensure thorough understanding of the data and its implication
Consistently interaction with technology leads, modeling engineers, process teams, reliability teams, and drive design center etc. as this is an essential part of this position
Participate in new test development for physics understanding and testing efficiency improvement
Generate and execute component reliability improvement plan to enable product launch
Extract sound conclusions from both volume statistical data and small sample size engineering testing results is also a critical quality for this position
Managing cross functional projects to solve high level device problems
Define system‑level optical performance requirements and lead optical architecture decisions across laser assembly, thermal‑optical configurations, and writer‑light-path interactions
Serve as the primary technical authority for laser behavior, reliability fail mode signatures, reflection/NFT interactions, and thermal‑optical coupling
Drive experiments to reduce DPPM through optical design improvements, robustness enhancements, and upstream optical‑path optimizations
Qualification
Required
Demonstrated experience preparing, presenting and defending data and conclusions, as well as excellent communication skills
Must have demonstrated capacity to learn quickly and sense of ownership, with strong preference given to direct experience in magnetic recording physics area
Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical investigations and cross-functional initiatives
Able to work independently and contribute as a team member
The position will require regular verbal and written reporting on progress to all levels of management
Direct experience in optical or laser engineering, preferably in semiconductor laser development, photonic devices, or recording technologies
Design for six sigma, DOE, and statistical analysis tools such as JMP etc., is also useful
Knowledge of basic wafer processing, recording head electrical testing and electrical signal processing is a strong plus
Background in high-volume manufacturing environments with strong understanding of yield/dppm drivers
Defining and deploying new test methodologies or scaling reliability test capacity
Bachelor's Degree in Optics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Materials, Photonics and 8+ years of experience, or Master's degree in the same and 6+ years of experience, or PhD and 3+ years of experience or equivalent education and experience
Preferred
Excellent reliability background is a plus
Benefits
Eligibility to participate in discretionary bonus program
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
Short-and long-term disability
401(k)
Employee stock purchase plan
Health savings account
Dependent care
Healthcare spending accounts
Paid time off
12 holidays
Flexible time off provided pursuant to Seagate policy
A minimum of 48 hours of paid sick leave
16 weeks of paid parental leave
Company
Seagate Technology
Seagate is a data storage and hardware company that offers hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), and other storage solutions.
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