Senior Optical Integration Staff Engineer
Seagate Technology
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Shakopee • California • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $144,164 - $210,107 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Use knowledge of optics physics and laser design to integrate new laser, channel wave guide, and NFT designs into HDDs.
- Design calibration methods that accommodate manufacturing variation in light delivery in the drive.
- Design tuning and optimization techniques that accommodate thermal, head-disk-spacing, and other sources of variation during the drive operating lifetime.
- Work with the laser and head manufacturing team to specify and validate light delivery CTQs.
- Serve as an optical and laser subject matter expert in cross-functional technology development teams.
- Work to understand laser failure modes and design in-situ burn-in techniques, runtime failure detection features, and post-failure analysis techniques.
- Design integrated-laser characterization tests that can be performed in the formatting and test process to improve both screening efficiency and design and manufacturing feedback.
- Understand sources of fast-time-constant variation that can lead to areal density capability loss and specify design opportunities for areal density improvement.
- Demonstrate and validate new early design samples using drive bench techniques and tools.
- Contribute to Seagate’s IP portfolio in the form of invention disclosures, patents, trade secrets, journal articles, and/or white papers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Physics or Electrical Engineering and 12+ years of experience, or Master’s degree in Physics or Electrical Engineering and 8+ years of experience, or PHD and 5+ years of experience or equivalent education and experience
- Demonstrated expertise in optics, optoelectronics, optical system design, laser sources, and integrated photonics.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
Benefits
- 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
- healthcare spending accounts
- paid time off, including 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
optics physicslaser designchannel wave guide designcalibration methodstuning techniquesoptimization techniqueslight deliveryin-situ burn-in techniquesfailure detection featuresintegrated-laser characterization tests
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem-solving skillscollaboration skills
Certifications
Bachelor's Degree in PhysicsBachelor's Degree in Electrical EngineeringMaster’s Degree in PhysicsMaster’s Degree in Electrical EngineeringPhD in PhysicsPhD in Electrical Engineering