New College Grad, Software Development Engineering (Apps)
Irvine, CA
Full-time
Onsite
$64K/yr - $91K/yr
New Grad, Entry Level
Western Digital helps customers capture, preserve, access, and transform an ever-increasing diversity of data. The role involves developing and implementing firmware for disk drives, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and troubleshooting complex issues.
Perform new firmware and customer features from the design, development, integration, trouble-shooting to customer deployment
Develop technical methodologies and provide essential input on technical strategy
Participate and provide input in critical requirements review, code reviews and design reviews as well as cross functional meetings with management in order to resolve development issues
Participate and contribute in a cross-functional team as firmware representative
Responsible for delivery of complex level algorithms with little guidance
Perform failure analysis and debugging failures
Develop embedded firmware for disk drives, as well as write technical documents
Perform feature design and implementation as well as customer design review calls
Determine root cause for disk drives that have failed for apparent firmware related issues
Investigate and solve complex customer and factory issues
Develop and validate solutions for issues related to disk drive firmware
Documents technical findings of engineering analyses and investigations
Implement and validate new firmware features for disk drives
Create design documents pertinent to the various phases of firmware development
Prepare and deliver presentations for internal meetings
Identify problems with multiple variables, identifying risks, generating alternatives, and recommending and implementing solutions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering
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
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Interest in HDD, semiconductor, components, nonvolatile memory industry
Strong C/C++ development skills
Perform new firmware and customer features from the design, development, integration, trouble-shooting to customer deployment;
Clear understanding of basic Boolean logic, be familiar with C syntax
Work on a variety of difficult and complex technical problems of moderate scope with little guidance
Apply discretion and independent decision-making in matters of critical importance to the company, such as in evaluating and interpreting the significance of technical or scientific data
Identify problems, generates alternatives and recommends solutions to difficult technical problems
Familiar with micro-processors and microcontrollers, knowledge of ARM a plus
Familiarity with real time operating systems (RTOS) and embedded firmware
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.
