Optical Design Senior Engineer - Early Career
Seagate Technology, Bloomington, MN, United States
Optical Design Senior Engineer - Early Career
Location:
Bloomington, MN, USA
About our group:
Our technology development group designs Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) heads for future products, integrating advanced near‑field optics, plasmonic transducers, and magnetic circuits. The team’s work won the 2026 SPIE Prism Award in the Optical Materials and Components category.
About the role – you will:
Help identify and invent concepts that will improve HAMR recording head performance
Optimize NFT designs to improve performance and reliability
Work closely with designers, wafer process, and test teams to turn ideas into real devices, evaluating design/trade‑off tradeoffs
Use analytical tools, numerical models, and experimental data to deepen HAMR understanding and communicate findings to cross‑functional teams
About you:
5+ years of applicable academic or industry experience
Experience with near‑field optics, plasmonics, waveguide optics, and device physics
Expertise in integrated optical component design and analysis
Experience with optical modeling design tools such as Comsol, Lumerical, RSoft, or FDTD
Ability to work well within a team and adapt quickly in a fast‑moving industry
Your experience includes (a plus):
Failure analysis, data analysis, wafer processing, image analysis, and Six Sigma tools (e.g., JMP, Python)
PhD in Engineering, Physics, or Electrical Engineering
Compensation:
Estimated base salary range: $92,300 – $115,000. Salary is based on work location and additional factors.
Benefits:
Seagate offers comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑ and long‑term disability, 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, health savings account, dependent care, and healthcare spending accounts. Paid time off includes 12 holidays, flexible time off, 48 hours paid sick leave, and 16 weeks paid parental leave.
Location details:
The Bloomington, MN campus (Normandale) serves as the recording head development and manufacturing arm of Seagate.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Seagate is an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, disability, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, military status, or other protected status. Seagate will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. EEO Know Your Rights Poster.
Seagate will provide reasonable accommodation with the application process upon request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you need assistance due to a disability, contact accommodations@seagate.com.
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Location:
Bloomington, MN, USA
About our group:
Our technology development group designs Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) heads for future products, integrating advanced near‑field optics, plasmonic transducers, and magnetic circuits. The team’s work won the 2026 SPIE Prism Award in the Optical Materials and Components category.
About the role – you will:
Help identify and invent concepts that will improve HAMR recording head performance
Optimize NFT designs to improve performance and reliability
Work closely with designers, wafer process, and test teams to turn ideas into real devices, evaluating design/trade‑off tradeoffs
Use analytical tools, numerical models, and experimental data to deepen HAMR understanding and communicate findings to cross‑functional teams
About you:
5+ years of applicable academic or industry experience
Experience with near‑field optics, plasmonics, waveguide optics, and device physics
Expertise in integrated optical component design and analysis
Experience with optical modeling design tools such as Comsol, Lumerical, RSoft, or FDTD
Ability to work well within a team and adapt quickly in a fast‑moving industry
Your experience includes (a plus):
Failure analysis, data analysis, wafer processing, image analysis, and Six Sigma tools (e.g., JMP, Python)
PhD in Engineering, Physics, or Electrical Engineering
Compensation:
Estimated base salary range: $92,300 – $115,000. Salary is based on work location and additional factors.
Benefits:
Seagate offers comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑ and long‑term disability, 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, health savings account, dependent care, and healthcare spending accounts. Paid time off includes 12 holidays, flexible time off, 48 hours paid sick leave, and 16 weeks paid parental leave.
Location details:
The Bloomington, MN campus (Normandale) serves as the recording head development and manufacturing arm of Seagate.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Seagate is an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, disability, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, military status, or other protected status. Seagate will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. EEO Know Your Rights Poster.
Seagate will provide reasonable accommodation with the application process upon request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you need assistance due to a disability, contact accommodations@seagate.com.
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