Senior Firmware Engineer

Company Description

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that. Our technology helped people put a man on the moon.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest growth organizations in the world. From energizing the most competitive gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Binge-watch any shows, use social media or shop online lately? You’ll find Western Digital supporting the storage infrastructure behind many of these platforms. And, that flash memory card that captures and preserves your most precious moments? That’s us, too.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, storage devices and platforms for business and consumers alike. Our data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital®, G-Technology™, SanDisk® and WD® brands.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Perform new firmware and customer features from the design, development, integration, trouble-shooting to customer deployment
• Develop technical methodologies and provide essential input on technical strategy
• Participate and provide input in critical requirements review, code reviews and design reviews as well as cross functional meetings with management in order to resolve development issues
• Participate and contribute in a cross-functional team as firmware representative
• Responsible for delivery of complex level algorithms with little guidance
• Perform failure analysis and debugging failures
• Develop embedded firmware for disk drives, as well as write technical documents
• Perform feature design and implementation as well as customer design review calls
• Determine root cause for disk drives that have failed for apparent firmware related issues
• Investigate and solve complex customer and factory issues
• Develop and validate solutions for issues related to disk drive firmware
• Documents technical findings of engineering analyses and investigations
• Implement and validate new firmware features for disk drives
• Create design documents pertinent to the various phases of firmware development
• Prepare and deliver presentations for internal meetings
• Identify problems with multiple variables, identifying risks, generating alternatives, and recommending and implementing solutions

Qualifications

REQUIRED: 

• Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering

SKILLS:

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Interest in HDD, semiconductor, components, nonvolatile memory industry
• Strong C/C++ development skills
• Perform new firmware and customer features from the design, development, integration, trouble-shooting to customer deployment;
• Clear understanding of basic Boolean logic, be familiar with C syntax
• Work on a variety of difficult and complex technical problems of moderate scope with little guidance
• Apply discretion and independent decision-making in matters of critical importance to the company, such as in evaluating and interpreting the significance of technical or scientific data
• Identify problems, generates alternatives and recommends solutions to difficult technical problems
• Familiar with micro-processors and microcontrollers, knowledge of ARM a plus
• Familiarity with real time operating systems (RTOS) and embedded firmware

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or othe