Summer 2025 Intern, Manufacturing Facilities Engineering

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 and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, WD_BLACK™, and SanDisk® Professional brands.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly-motivated Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Facilities Engineering student to join our Manufacturing Facilities team at Western Digital. An intern in this position will make significant contributions to the development of world-class hard disk drives by providing engineering support to our state-of-the-art semiconductor manufacturing facilities at our Great Oaks headquarters and our Fremont site.   

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create new capital project ROM estimates, construction schedules.
• Review new mechanical systems designs produced by MEP design firms under contract to WD.
• Assist with facility condition assessment of existing facility mechanical/process systems.
• Review existing mechanical system designs and provide engineering solution, Make suggestions on improvements.
• Review existing mechanical systems installations through field investigation to troubleshoot issues.
• Create and maintain equipment capacity, loading and redundancy spreadsheets.
• Evaluation of new systems or equipment using ROI, total cost of ownership, reliability, performance, and energy efficiency calculations along with schedule impacts.
• Able to multitask and to keep project data organized and up to date.
• Review and approve construction task plans.
• Work in a cross-functional environment and coordinate with Maintenance and Operations, Environmental Health and Safety and Manufacturing, Contractors, Vendors and Consultants.
• Acquire working knowledge of Building Codes, Energy Codes and ASHRAE/NFPA Standards.

Qualifications

REQUIRED

• Current student pursuing a BS in Mechanical Engineering or Facilities Engineering, and graduating between December 2025 and June 2026
• Candidates who will not require relocation to work from San Jose, CA will be preferred in the process.
• Minimum of 3.0 GPA

SKILLS

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Strong technical skills in area of study
• Interest in HDD, semiconductor, components, nonvolatile memory industry
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications 

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee 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 other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we