Seagate Technology

Intern - Advanced Data Storage Experimentalist

Posted on: 23 Oct 2023

Bloomington, MN

Job Description

About our group:

The Advanced Data Storage and Memory Devices Group within the Seagate Research Group (SRG) is responsible for conducting research on advanced data storage and memory technologies through experimentation and physics-based simulation. The work performed by this team directly informs the Company's ten-year storage product roadmap.

About the role - you will:

? Conduct research on emerging memory technologies and/or advanced energy assisted magnetic recording systems.

? Perform detailed emerging memory device assessments through novel electrical testing to qualify and compare different technology candidates, and/or use a spinstand to provide expert lab-level characterization of advanced recording head designs.

? Through measurements, provide insight into performance limiters, reliability failure modes, and underlying electrical, magnetic, optical, and thermomechanical mechanisms.

? Write software in Python to develop novel test and analysis methods.

? Work closely with modeling groups to elucidate recording physics challenges.

? Work closely with other test engineers and data analysts in order to use models to explain experimentally observed phenomena.

? Develop machine learning models based on modeling and experimental data to predict device performance and reliability.

About you:

? A Ph.D. candidate in an engineering or scientific discipline

Your experience includes:

? Experience with lab electronics (oscilloscope, SMUs, AWG, spectrum analyzer, VNA, etc.)

? Experience with programming languages (Python, Cuda, C++, Fortran, etc.)

? Strong statistics skills

? Non-volatile memory/semiconductor test knowledge

? Self-motivated and demonstrated ability to adapt to a changing environment and learn new technology

? Flexibility to operate under supervision and independently

? Excellent team player

? Excellent written and oral communication skills

? Experience with Linux based computing hardware a plus.

Seagate Technology

Cupertino, CA

Seagate Technology plc provides data storage technology and solutions in Singapore, the United States, the Netherlands, and internationally. The company offers hard disk and solid state drives, including serial advanced technology attachment, serial attached SCSI, and non-volatile memory express products; solid state hybrid drives; and storage subsystems.

Its products are used in enterprise servers and storage systems; and edge compute and non-compute applications. The company also provides enterprise data solutions portfolio comprising storage subsystems for enterprises, cloud service providers, and scale-out storage servers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

In addition, it offers external storage solutions under the Seagate Backup Plus and Expansion product lines, as well as under the LaCie and Maxtor brands in capacities up to 168TB. The company sells its products primarily to OEMs, distributors, and retailers. Seagate Technology plc was founded in 1978 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

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