Summer 2025 Intern, Memory Technology (Purdue STARS)

Company Description

At Western Digital, we are on a mission to unlock the potential of data so people, companies and organizations everywhere can create what’s next. To fulfill our vision, we are always on the lookout for potential team members who share our passion for solving problems to empower others.

When you join Western Digital, you join a legacy more than 50 years in the making. Across our Western Digital®, SanDisk®, SanDisk® Professional, WD® and WD_BLACK™ brands, we have brought some of the most storied advancements in memory and data storage technology to market—and our best, most innovative work is yet to come.

From energizing 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.

Here’s how you can help.

Job Description

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

We are seeking a highly motivated students seeking experience in the semiconductor industry to join Western Digital’s Memory Technology organization next summer as a part of our summer internship program.

Interns in the Memory Technology organization can expect to gain valuable experience in the development, productization, and testing of cutting-edge flash memory technology.

Projects that past interns have worked on include:

• Creation of an AI chatbot to enable more efficient development of flash memory devices
• Working on silicon evaluation and signal analysis, RTL design and verification and transistor level circuit design and verification
• Building custom digital blocks and developing automations scripts in verification environment, and working on custom analog circuit design and verification

In addition to their day-to-day work, interns will have the opportunity to learn more about the company and to network with their internship cohort through social events, volunteer projects, and our Executive Leadership speaker series. 

The summer internship program at Western Digital is a paid, full-time (40 hours/week), 12-week position. Placements for this internship within Memory Technology are primarily based in Milpitas, CA with possibility for placement in Folsom, CA. Relocation assistance will be provided for these roles. 

Qualifications

Required:

• Current undergraduate student who has participated in the STARS Design-track program or other Semiconductor-focused coursework at Purdue University
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Strong technical skills in area of study
• Interest in flash memory, semiconductor, components, or nonvolatile memory industry
• Interest in electronics and/or analog and digital circuitry
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
• Knowledge of and/or exposure to AI/ML tools and concepts
• Experience using programming languages: C/C++, Python, Perl 

For certain placements, candidates may be expected to have experience or coursework in the following:

• RTL & Verification languages such as Verilog or System Verilog 
• Analog circuit design tool (HSpice), analog circuit layout technique, and verification tool knowledge (Xcelium)
• Digital Design circuit knowledge to build custom blocks such as Adder, multiplexer, and FIFO designs

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