Western Digital Staff Engineer Firmware Engineering 

Philippines, Baguio 

231767212

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data.

Job Description

In this position, the individual will be responsible for following:

• Architect, Design, implement, debug firmware for the next generation of Enterprise SSDs
• Design and implement firmware algorithms needed to achieve best in class performance goals
• Design and develop HW Interface drivers (DDR, I2C, GPIO, etc), algorithm design and implementation
• Contribute to the SSD firmware and play a significant role in delivering next generation Enterprise SSDs to market
• Work with the firmware Architects, ASIC and flash media teams on a daily basis
• Typically program in high level languages (C)
• Report the status of the project execution on a regular basis to senior management
• Develop characterization and evaluation programs for new products
• Support failure analysis on test systems

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills and team player
• Proven ability to work as part of a global team in multiple geographies
• Bachelor of Technology, Master of Technology or Engineering equivalent in Computer Science or Software / Computer / Electrical Engineering
• 5 to 10 years hands on experience of SSD Firmware development including Storage Protocols like NVMe, etc.
• Expertise on Security protocols (TCG, Opal, etc) is an advantage
• Experience with scripting automation using Python is an added advantage
• Experience with debug and performance optimisation of complex embedded systems
• Multi-disciplinary experience, including familiarity with Firmware and ASIC design
• Must have strong problem solving skills; experience using logic and protocol analyzers is preferred
• Previous patent filing – advantage
• Previous scientific publications – advantage
• Previous experience with storage systems, protocols, and NAND flash – strong advantage
• Ability to work effectively cross-functionally
• Ability to troubleshoot and analyze complex problems.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Experience of having delivered " End to End Storage Stack" on Leading Edge/NEW hardware will be preferable.

Job Description

In this position, the individual will be responsible for following:

• Architect, Design, implement, debug firmware for the next generation of Enterprise SSDs
• Design and implement firmware algorithms needed to achieve best in class performance goals
• Design and develop HW Interface drivers (DDR, I2C, GPIO, etc), algorithm design and implementation
• Contribute to the SSD firmware and play a significant role in delivering next generation Enterprise SSDs to market
• Work with the firmware Architects, ASIC and flash media teams on a daily basis
• Typically program in high level languages (C)
• Report the status of the project execution on a regular basis to senior management
• Develop characterization and evaluation programs for new products
• Support failure analysis on test systems

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills and team player
• Proven ability to work as part of a global team in multiple geographies
• Bachelor of Technology, Master of Technology or Engineering equivalent in Computer Science or Software / Computer / Electrical Engineering
• 5 to 10 years hands on experience of SSD Firmware development including Storage Protocols like NVMe, etc.
• Expertise on Security protocols (TCG, Opal, etc) is an advantage
• Experience with scripting automation using Python is an added advantage
• Experience with debug and performance optimisation of complex embedded systems
• Multi-disciplinary experience, including familiarity with Firmware and ASIC design
• Must have strong problem solving skills; experience using logic and protocol analyzers is preferred
• Previous patent filing – advantage
• Previous scientific publications – advantage
• Previous experience with storage systems, protocols, and NAND flash – strong advantage
• Ability to work effectively cross-functionally
• Ability to troubleshoot and analyze complex problems.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Experience of having delivered " End to End Storage Stack" on Leading Edge/NEW hardware will be preferable.