Job Description

SUMMARY:

Western Digital Corporation is a market leader in enterprise, desktop and mobile hard disk drives. Western Digital also develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class and consumer solid state drives, and external storage solutions as well as services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve, manage, and protect data. Western Digital storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Western Digital drives are trusted by the world’s high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store exponentially growing amount of content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

CORPORATE JOB DESCRIPTION:

Our Western Digital High Volume BackEnd (BE) Hard Disk Drive Manufacturing is an industry recognized leading process thanks to the high-level of automation and efficiency for optimizing development resource deliverables and factory utilization. The successful candidate will join the Test Process Engineering BE Manufacturing Code Development organization to work with a team of highly qualified software and firmware architects and engineers to develop a common, flexible and abstracted test process from product inception through high volume manufacturing deployment.

CANDIDATE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The candidate will participate in the design and implementation of Host Application software as well as Manufacturing Firmware features using an advanced highly innovative development environment and tools based on C++ and Python / TCL / Perl scripts
• This job role exposes a successful candidate to learn new technologies including Machine Learning, Secure Drive, NAND integration with HDD, Split Actuator, and other innovations where they have an opportunity to influence our future team direction
• Successful candidates earn an opportunity to directly impact financial results through factory efficiency initiatives including examples of test time reduction, yield improvement, and capacity waterfall to name a few
• This position requires the candidate to collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive product development and with factory teams to ensure a seamless transition to volume production
• Domestic or international travel may be required

DESIRED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• BS with 7+ years / MS with 6+ years / PhD with 3+ years of hands-on code development experience
• A degree in EE, CE, or CS
• The selected candidate should have good working knowledge of software and firmware Object Oriented programming and System Interlock design
• Knowledge of the SAFe Development process with the capability to immediately contribute in a team environment is an advantage
• Good demonstrated experience with team collaboration in a distributed code development environment is a solid requirement
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Additional Information

Because Western Digital thrives on the power of diversity and is committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect, and contribution, we are committed to giving every qualified applicant and employee an equal opportunity. Western Digital does not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their protected class status and complies with all federal and state laws against discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, as well as the laws and regulations set forth in the 'Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law' poster.

Part of creating a diverse and inclusive workplace includes ensuring that all qualified applicants and employees are provided equal consideration for any available opportunity. Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with a disability. If you need a reasonable accommodation, email us at Careers.Accommodations@WDC.com. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.