Research and Development Scientist - Electronic Design/Modelling Engineer

Location: On-site in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Full-time, 39 hours per week. No travel required.

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures data-storage technologies, including recording heads for hard disk drives.

What you will do

• Design and optimize recording-head layouts to improve high-frequency electrical performance.
• Develop next-generation recording-head architectures and solutions that support increased areal density.
• Build and maintain circuit, behavioral, and system-level models, correlating simulations with electrical, RF, and system measurements.
• Assess technology improvements to writer and reader signal-to-noise ratio.
• Analyse component, fixture, and integrated-head measurements to separate intrinsic circuit performance from other effects.
• Collaborate with wafer-development teams and external research, design, foundry, and technology partners to align requirements, reviews, models, and deliverables.

Requirements

• Strong grounding in analogue, mixed-signal, or RF electronic design and modelling.
• Experience designing systems with amplifiers, high-speed interfaces, sensor electronics, or related circuit architectures.
• Experience with electronic design and simulation tools such as Cadence, Spectre, ADS, Synopsys, SPICE, MATLAB, COMSOL, or equivalent platforms.
• Experience developing models and correlating simulation results with measured data.
• Familiarity with semiconductor design flows, including schematic design, layout review, parasitic extraction, and process-voltage-temperature analysis.
• Strong communication, presentation, writing, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• PhD or postgraduate qualification in Electronic Engineering, Microelectronics, Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related discipline.
• Experience in optoelectronics, photonics, or integrated-circuit design and modelling.
• Experience analysing experimental data with Python, MATLAB, SQL, or equivalent methods.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible and inclusive workplace with employee-led resource and professional networks.
• Subsidized on-site cafe, on-site gym, exercise classes, and personal training.
• BUPA healthcare, company sick pay, medical leave, occupational healthcare, employee assistance, and group income protection.
• Annual leave, flexible working hours, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, and bereavement leave.
• Contributory pension, life assurance, employee stock purchase plan, bonus scheme, and workplace discounts.
• Training and development support, learning programmes, LinkedIn Learning, and degree or non-degree assistance.

Hiring process

• Submit a completed application through Seagate Careers by midnight on 1 October 2026.
• Demonstrate how the required criteria are met in the cover letter or CV.