Early Career Talent Software Development Engineering (Apps)

Every hard drive we ship goes through rigorous validation. The tools behind that validation determine how fast we innovate and how reliably we deliver. Youll build the automation and internal applications that help engineers test validate and improve our products. Your code wont sit in a sandboxit will directly support product quality and engineering efficiency.

What Youll Do

• Automate validation testing  write Python/MATLAB scripts that replace manual workflows and speed up product testing cycles
• Build internal engineering tools  develop web-based applications used daily by validation and product teams
• Collaborate with validation engineers  translate their workflows into code that saves time and reduces errors
• Improve lab efficiency  identify repetitive tasks and build tooling to eliminate them
• Contribute to full-stack development  work on both backend automation and frontend interfaces
• Support CI/CD pipelines  help integrate automated tests into continuous deployment workflows
• Work with storage protocols  interact with SATA-based testing environments and validation systems
• Participate in technical reviews  share ideas improve processes and learn from cross-functional teams

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 or equivalent experience
• Right to work in the US without requiring Western Digital to commence or sponsor an immigration case in order to employ you at any point in the future required
• C/C programming experience  comfortable writing debugging and optimizing code
• Scripting experience  proficient with Python MATLAB Bash or similar languages
• Built a web application  could be a school project hackathon entry or internship work
• Software development fundamentals  understand version control debugging and writing clean code
• Problem-solving mindset  you see manual processes and think theres a better way
• Strong communication skills  can explain technical decisions and collaborate across teams

Bonus experience (not required):

• Test automation frameworks or CI/CD tools (Jenkins GitLab CI GitHub Actions)
• Hardware testing validation environments or storage protocols (SATA/SAS)
• Full-stack development (frontend backend)
• MATLAB for data analysis or test automation
• Internship in software or systems engineering

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 gender-related 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 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.

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.

Based on our experience we anticipate that the application deadline will be 04/15/2026 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.
• If your position is non-exempt you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws.  You may also be eligible for shift differential pay depending on the shift to which you are assigned.

• You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either Western Digitals Short Term Incentive Plan (STI Plan) or the Sales Incentive Plan (SIP) 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 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; 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.
• 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.

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 :

Full-time