Staff Engineer, Software Development Engineering

Staff Engineer, Software Development Engineering

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Company Description 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.

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• Western Digital High Volume Back End Hard Disk Drive Manufacturing is an industry recognized leading process thanks to the high-level of automation and efficiency for maximized throughput.
• The successful candidate will join the BE Manufacturing Code Development team to work with a team of highly qualified software and firmware architects and engineers to develop a common flexible and abstracted platform across both Enterprise and Client space.
• The candidate will participate in the design and implementation of Host Application software as well as Manufacturing Firmware features using advanced development environment and tools based on C++ and Python / TCl / Perl scripts. This project exposes the team to Machine Learning, Secure Drive technology and a number of other advanced techniques.
• The significant positive financial impact and improved factory efficiency will be a great reward.
• The candidate should have good working knowledge of S/W / F/W Object Oriented Embedded programming and System Interlock design.
• Knowledge of the SAFe Development process, specifically as a Product Owner or Scrum Master, and strong verbal / written communication / team player skills are advantages.
• This position requires some experience in leading projects, develop requirements and drive project from development to deployment while working with cross-functional teams.
• Domestic or international travel may be required

• 5+ years’ experience with embedded systems with focus high-quality Software and Firmware design and implementation with effective ability for problem solving
• BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or related curriculum Experience programming embedded microcontrollers in C/C++ and assembly
• Hand‑on experience of script programming such as TCL, Python and Perl script
• Hand‑on experience using hardware debug instrumentation such as oscilloscopes and bus analyzers
• Ability to work on firmware projects alone or partnered with members of a team. In such case, collaboration to promote success for both individual as well as other team members is necessary

• Good team player with very good oral and written communication skills
• Require robust ability to perform problem analysis and speedy resolution using systematic methodology with a high-level of efficiency
• Good attitude towards the application of the Software / Firmware Development cycle in the design of Manufacturing Host Application and Firmware
• Ability to organize tasks and deliverables efficiently as appropriate to each assigned project
• Ability to develop validation / test plan and foresee test points needs ahead of feature design
• Exposure and familiarity with multiple Code Management systems including SVN, GIT / GERRIT / JENKINS

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 person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s 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…