Working for Seagate in Pittsburgh, PA

What Seagate Does Here
Seagate Research is the company's research and development center in Pittsburgh, PA. This division works on difficult, often visionary, alternatives for the future. The center was chartered to look at storage technologies that might be integrated into products 4 to 10 years from now.While Seagate Research was instrumental in the development of perpendicular recording used in recently introduced products, researchers now are focused on other future alternatives including:

Optically assisted (also known as thermally-assisted) magnetic recording
Patterned media
Probe storage

The team at Seagate Research works with and coordinates efforts among the various drive and component design centers and the Advanced Integration Technology group. Address: 1251 Waterfront Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4215

Life Here
The City of Pittsburgh has transformed itself from a heavily industrialized area into a corporate, educational, financial, medical and technological center. If you are relocating to Pittsburgh, check the local housing market. You will find that the average housing prices are 72 percent less than what is available in the Silicon Valley. And the cost of living here is 30 percent less than in the Silicon Valley. You may check with the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce for more information.

Weather
Pittsburgh has a yearly average temperature range of 43 to 61 degrees Fahrenheit (6 to 16 degrees Celsius). You will find the warmest days reach 82 degrees Fahrenheit (28 degrees Celsius) from June through August. The coolest days are January and February where they hit a low of 24 degrees Fahrenheit (-4 degrees Celsius). Rainfall totals 37 inches (94 centimeters) in a year and is somewhat evenly distributed throughout the year.

Education
Your children will most likely attend one of the Pittsburgh Public Schools. The student to teacher ratio is lower than the national average and spending per student is higher. Advanced education opportunities can be found at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon, Duquesne University and Carlow College.

Have Fun
History enthusiasts will enjoy a visit to Fort Pitt. Pittsburgh is also a center for most major sporting events including the NHL Penguins, the Pirates and the NFL Steelers. There is an excellent collection of museums and theatres such as the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh Public Theater, The Renaissance and Baroque Society of Pittsburgh, Andy Warhol Museum and Pittsburgh Opera.

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