Summer 2026 Intern R&D Engineering
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Job Location:
Copenhagen - Denmark
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Emerging System Architectures group vision is to build the next-generation systems adopted at scale. We are at the forefront of Western Digitals impact in the storage industry creating the systems and architectures that will drive the future needs of storage. For example in 2020 Western Digital launched the Zoned Storage initiative and brought the first ZNS SSD to market. We are now actively scaling our team to meet the overwhelming demands to adopt this and other imminent technologies.
As a summer intern you will work on projects critical to adopting these addition you will engage the industry internally and externally enable open-source software that drives the worlds data centers and collaborate closely with the largest cloud providers and storage systems providers in the industry. Hence we need our researchers to be versatile display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new programs across the entire system stack as we continue to push the industry forward.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Develop and technical lead adoption of technologies from the early prototype stage to large-scale production in collaboration with key customers.
- Collaborate across the company to enable said technologies from aiding engineering to build the appropriate hardware for our customers to enable that hardware through software integrations.
- Engage with the industry to enable adoption. For example by standardization and upstreaming work into major open-source software communities.
- Debug and solve software issues across the entire system stack.
Qualifications :
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Five years of software development experience including development in C/C or other low-level languages.
- Solid Linux ecosystem experience and ability to quantify performance (evaluation analysis or optimization).
- Experience in technical leadership leading project teams or setting technical direction.
Preferred qualifications:
- Graduate-level degree (MSc or Ph.D.) in Computer science Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering or related.
- Highly entrepreneurial with a strong sense of ownership and autonomy
- Self-motivated and focused on getting things done.
- Comfortable working on large-scale software projects such as the Linux kernel file-systems database systems distributed systems and orchestration of these.
- Experience with upstreaming work into large-scale open-source projects.
Additional Information :
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 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.
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 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.
Notice To Candidates: Please be aware that Western Digital and its subsidiaries will never request payment as a condition for applying for a position or receiving an offer of employment. Should you encounter any such requests please report it immediately to Western Digital Ethics Helpline or email .
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Intern
Key Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Public Relations
- Google Docs
- Data Collection
- MailChimp
- Microsoft Word
- Dermal Fillers
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Research Experience
- Microsoft Excel
- Adobe Photoshop
- Writing Skills
About Company
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 ... View more
