Company details

Fremont, CA

HEADCOUNT

10000+

ORG TYPE

Corporate

SECTOR

Technology & Digital

WEBSITE

https://www.seagate.com/

About the company

Seagate Technology designs and manufactures data storage hardware and related solutions, with a core focus on hard disk drives used in mass-capacity environments. Seagate Technology also sells solid-state storage products and has a data-services offering under the Lyve brand. Seagate Technology serves hyperscale cloud providers, enterprise customers, and consumer markets that need reliable storage at scale. Seagate Technology operates globally, with a large manufacturing and engineering footprint across multiple countries.

Locations and presence

Seagate Technology has an operational headquarters in Fremont, California and a legal domicile in Dublin, Ireland. Seagate Technology runs major manufacturing and engineering operations across Asia and other regions, with specific footprint references including China, Malaysia, Northern Ireland, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States.

Palpable Score

68.0

/ 100

Seagate Technology offers solid early-career access through paid internships and a notably concrete apprenticeship route that converts into a permanent graduate role when performance requirements are met. Seagate Technology provides strong on-the-job support signals in certain sites through structured development programs, mentoring, and early-career networks, but candidate transparency is held back by a public acknowledgement that not every applicant will receive status updates. Early-career outcomes are hard to score higher because Seagate Technology does not publish cohort-level conversion, retention, or promotion metrics, and public filings flag historical restructurings that can affect predictability.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

16.0

/ 20

The company runs a large global job board that repeatedly lists “Intern” employee-type roles across multiple countries and functions, rather than treating internships as a one-off intake.
Seagate Technology offers a 4-year degree apprenticeship in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering that combines paid work with a university degree and a defined path into a Graduate Engineer role on completion.
The company advertises longer placements in some sites, including 11-month internships designed as academic-year placements rather than summer-only roles.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

12.0

/ 20

The company includes concrete expectations in some postings, such as an estimated base wage range for US internships, a minimum job-open period, and a published reasonable-accommodation contact for the application process.
Seagate Technology states in the careers FAQs that not every candidate will receive application status updates due to applicant volume, which reduces predictability for early-career applicants.
The company has consistent candidate-reported interview stages across roles, but reported timelines vary and Seagate Technology does not set a clear public timeline standard for early-career hiring.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

16.0

/ 20

The company runs a named “Campus to Corporate Training Program” for interns in at least one major site, describing workshops focused on learning, professional growth, and building connections with peers and professionals.
Seagate Technology builds structured support into the degree apprenticeship pathway, including a named on-site mentor, a full training plan, and academic guidance alongside on-the-job learning.
The company’s public reporting describes a broad learning portfolio that includes mentoring and coaching, e-learning, LinkedIn Learning, classroom training, and on-the-job training, and some sites explicitly promote Young Professionals networks and employee communities as part of day-to-day support.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

13.5

/ 20

The company publishes a clear hourly wage range for at least some US intern roles and lists benefits for eligible interns that include medical coverage, stock purchase participation, paid holidays, and paid sick leave.
Seagate Technology publishes unusually specific pay transparency for the UK degree apprenticeship, including the hourly rate during training and the stated post-completion salary for the Graduate Engineer level.
The company still leaves many early-career roles without published pay ranges (especially outside the US postings that include ranges), which makes cross-location pay comparison harder for graduates.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

10.5

/ 20

The company offers a rare outcome commitment in the degree apprenticeship: on satisfactory performance and course completion, Seagate Technology states the apprentice continues into a permanent Graduate Engineer position.
Seagate Technology has intern review feedback describing hands-on work and strong mentor support, which is a positive signal for skill-building outcomes even when conversion data is not published.
The company does not publish early-career outcome metrics like internship return-offer rates, time-to-promotion, or retention by cohort, and public filings reference historical workforce reductions that can affect long-term predictability for early-career planning.

Useful links & resources

Seagate University Programs Seagate job search (filter for Intern and Entry Level roles)Seagate careers FAQs (application and hiring questions)