Electrical and Firmware Development Engineering, Master/Ph.D. NCG
Electrical and Firmware Development Engineering, Master/Ph.D. NCG
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Job Description
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
As a Servo Track Write (STW) development engineer you will be involved in aspects of STW technology development including:
- Designing developing implementing verifying and maintaining nextgeneration STW firmware. This will focus on sensing and servo control related to readchannel functionalities or preamps power drivers and motors (such as thermal actuators VCMs PZT actuators and spindle motors).
- Developing firmware and Matlab tools to bring up maintain and enhance the functionality of new or existing SoCs read channels and/or power drivers.
- Collaborating with other organizations both within the company and with external vendors to design and develop new SoCs and features for the servo channel/signal processing and/or power driver & preamps.
- Validating the drive hardware platform used to perform the SelfServoWrite function including SoC power driver motor and mechanics.
- Analyzing large amounts of data collected from hard disk drive manufacturing processes extracting critical parameters and visualizing them to help engineers identify trends issues and potential root causes of failures or degradations or used for system design optimization decisionmaking or prediction. This includes developing optimization and robust feedback motion control systems and parameter optimization for product quality and yield improvement.
- Documenting sharing and exchanging ideas solutions and information.
Qualifications :
Required:
- At least a masters degree preferably a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or related fields with experience and a strong interest in developing realtime embedded firmware or software.
- Candidates who do not meet the degree requirements but have demonstrated strong research and development capabilities directly related to the work will also be considered.
- Experience with Control Systems or Digital Signal Processing is preferred.
- Basic knowledge of interfacing firmware digital hardware and analog electronics.
- Experience or expertise using Matlab.
- Realtime development background in C/C (objectoriented design experience is a strong plus).
Preferred:
- Experience with ARM processors RTOS Assembly and Lua.
- The ability to use firmware debug tools and lab equipment for design and troubleshooting.
- A hardware design background is also valuable.
Skills:
- Good teamwork strong analytical and communication skills and an Agile/Lean mindset are important.
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 persons gender identity gender expression and genderrelated appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons 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 nondiscrimination 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: Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision ()
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 08/28/2025 (3 months from posting) 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 employees 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 Digitals ShortTerm 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 LongTerm 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 Digitals 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; taxadvantaged 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.
- Note: 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 Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
