# Research and Development Scientist - Semiconductor Laser Design / Modeling Engineer

About our group: Seagate products help more people store, share, and protect their valuable digital content. With 97% of the world’s information being stored on hard drives, the rapid growth of digital data makes Seagate more important every day. Seagate is where the future is read and written, with continuous innovation proving that a hard drive is not “Seagate-40 years of Data Storage Innovation". Find out how we are shaping a new era of storage as we craft the datasphere. As an industry leader, Seagate provides unique career opportunities to be part of today’s major technology shifts. They can be found around the globe and on our website. The Seagate Derry / Londonderry Manufacturing site has been open for 30 years this year. We have over 1750 people working in our facility which is among the most advanced in the world, in the design, development, and volume manufacturing of recording heads. These recording heads write information onto and read information from the recording disc, within the data storage device. In the role of Laser Design Modeling Engineer, you will be working within the Advanced Technology Research and Development team. This team is part of the broader Recordi

- **Id**: 3808920
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/seagate-technology-research-and-development-scientist-semiconductor-laser-design-modeling-engineer>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Derry, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T14:19:50Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T16:53:27Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 6
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6928
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- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Flexible schedule, Home office
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Enterprise Storage Systems, Digital Storage

## Company

- **Id**: 1756651
- **Name**: Seagate Technology
- **Domain**: seagate.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/seagate-com>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 13
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T14:19:50Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 79
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.874
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 13
- **Reasons**: seen:5, velocity, win:mid, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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