Early Career Talent - Software Engineering (Apps)

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

• Responsible for the design, development, and support of new or existing Hard Disk Drive (HDD) embedded software features
• Design, implement, validate, and maintain embedded software components to support products using best-practice development methodologies
• Design and develop test cases for embedded software features being implemented
• Design, develop, and implement tools to improve embedded software debug/test capabilities and analytics
• Participate in design meetings, test planning sessions, and code reviews
• Collaborate with internal and cross functional teams to derive innovative quality solutions
• Document the findings in bug tracking system, create and update web pages for sharing information, and create presentations for communication of ideas
• Be self-motivated and work as part of a SAFe agile team to accomplish planned tasks

This position is part of our Early Career program at WD. Our Early Career program is designed to support individuals beginning their professional career by providing the foundational training through a structured onboarding, mentorship, and development curriculum.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or recently completed BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering equivalent experience
• Right to work in the US without requiring Western Digital to commence or sponsor an immigration case to employ you (for example, H-1B or other employment-based immigration case). 
• Fluency with programming languages such as C/C++
• Software testing background with experience developing automated test script and experience with test development, test plan creation, and developing automation software is desired 
• Familiar with micro-processors and microcontrollers, knowledge of ARM a plus
• Familiarity with real-time operating systems (RTOS) and embedded firmware
• Bonus (not required): knowledge/experience with interface bus analyzers, SATA/SAS, script languages such as Python and TCL.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Interest in HDD, semiconductor, components, nonvolatile memory industry
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications 
• Interest in data analysis

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: