Principal Drive Integration Engineer

4 weeks ago


San Jose, California, United States Western Digital Full time
Job Title: Principal Drive Integration Engineer

Western Digital is seeking a highly skilled Principal Drive Integration Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our HDD Program Management Team, you will be responsible for planning and defining development phases, product requirements, and product features.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Work closely with the HDD Program Management Team to plan and coordinate new technology staging/prototyping and new product development.
  • Lead teams of various disciplines to collaborate in developing the Manufacturing Test Process and finalize for transfer to production.
  • Develop the Manufacturing Test Process and implement product features.
  • Work closely with subsystem teams (Electronics, Firmware, Servo/Mechanical, HDI) to coordinate strategy to meet manufacturing test milestones, analyze and resolve issues identified during system integration, and identify root cause of HDD failures and implement corrective actions.
  • Drive Yield Roadmap and improvements.
  • Identify and interpret data collection requirements and train factory teams and complete technical transfer.
Requirements:
  • A Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Electronics, Engineering, or Physical Sciences, Physics, or related field.
  • At least 6 years of engineering experience in the Electrical or Electronics Industry.
  • Ability to handle more than one project at a time.
  • Experience with Data Extraction, Data Analysis, and Statistics.
  • Familiarity with Programming and Tool Development using TCL, Python, C, C++.
  • Exceptional Communication and Presentation abilities.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
  • Knowledge of both Windows & Linux operating systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Having experience in Hard Drive Technology would be an advantage.
Why Join Western Digital?

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital 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 Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within.

We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect, and contribution.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process.

Please contact us at to advise us of your accommodation request. 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.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 12/16/2024, although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline.

If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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Compensation & Benefits Details:

An employee's pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution, and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.

The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.

We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York, or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado, and New York.

This range may be modified in the future.

You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance.

Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan.

Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan.

RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident, and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.

No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable.

The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Summary:

Type: Full-time

Function: Engineering

Experience level: Mid-Senior Level

Industry: Electrical And Electronic Manufacturing



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