Senior Research Engineer (Entry Level)

 

Seagate Research is an early innovation organization within Seagate Technology that scouts new technologies and new potential revenue streams for the company. Among its responsibilities, Seagate Research seeks to reduce the barriers to data storage through innovations in data collection and communication. We are seeking a new to recent college graduate with an innovation mindset, with research experience in engineering, biochemistry or physics, who is willing to think outside of the box, and who is committed to executing on proofs-of-concept to advance an idea through the various technology readiness levels.

 

· Identify, adapt, and develop suitable molecular biology techniques to assemble, purify, amplify, and sequence DNA.

· Develop and optimize procedures for chemically modifying surfaces for biosensing applications such as sequencing and DNA nucleotide manipulation for storage applications.

· Review primary literature to gain knowledge of appropriate chemical surface modification, bioconjugation, and molecular biology techniques.

· Select appropriate chemical methods to implement in Seagate’s biochemistry/biosensing applications.

· Create models to predict resulting properties of the modified surfaces, such as chemical group density, hydrophobicity, etc.

· Develop experimental protocols for applying selected chemical modifications to desired surfaces; optimize these protocols, and verify the success of the chemical reactions using appropriate analytical methods.

· Execute developed protocols in the lab to create modified surfaces for Seagate’s biochemistry/biosensing applications. Work with engineers to ensure the compatibility between the biochemical design or protocol and the microfluidic device.

 

· You are viewed as a creative thinker and problem solver who has expertise in a variety of seemingly disparate technical fields.

· You are excited about working alongside a multi-disciplinary team

· You are able to drive project execution with only occasional guidance from management

· You gain satisfaction from making incremental progress on hard technical problems, even if they require a long lead time to make it to the Product Development phase.

 

· Recently earned a research thesis-based advanced degree in biochemistry, chemistry, chemical engineering, or biomedical engineering

· Lab experience handling DNA

You may also have: 

· Biosensor (ideally, optical-based) and/or Lab-on-a-Chip device experience