Western Digital helps customers capture, preserve, access, and transform an ever-increasing diversity of data. As a Firmware Engineer Intern, you will develop firmware features to optimize hard disk drive performance while collaborating with a technical team on various projects.
Responsibilities
Development of real time firmware code required for hard disk drive performance optimization features
Directly participate in activities in firmware design, implementation, testing failure analysis, and documentation
Code quality refactoring and test development/enhancement including feature porting, unit testing, and manufacturing integration testing
Involvement in RSS (Recording Sub-system) feature algorithm development using AI/ML algorithms and/or manufacturing control learning loops
Collaborate and work effectively as a member of a multi-site agile engineering development team
Involve cross-functional efforts on solving complicated issues
Provide innovative solutions on development challenges
Qualification
Required
BS or MS degree candidate in the related areas of firmware/embedded system design (electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or computer science with projects on hardware control) and project to graduate in 2026
Solid understanding of electronic signal measurements, including time-domain and frequency domain analysis, fundamentals on digital filters and their applications, and AD/DA converting et al.
Excellent coding skills on C/C++, including FA (Failure Analysis) and debugging. A successful candidate is motivated on exploring hardware mechanisms
Strong technical skills in area of study
Interested in data storage industry
Self-motivated and a good team player
Using oscilloscope for signal measurements
Coding with C/C++
Excellent problem-solving abilities
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Preferred
Benefits
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
Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan
Western Digital helps customers capture, preserve, access, and transform an ever-increasing diversity of data.
