Western Digital Staff Engineer Software Development Engineering 

Philippines, Baguio 

2817358

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

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and develop new test scripts to validate new WD Enterprise HDD firmware and hardware features.
• Help maintain our vast library of 1000s of test scripts to be compatible with the latest and greatest generational products as well be compliant with the latest industry standards and customer specifications.
• Assist in failure analysis and debugging of firmware failures to help develop and improve firmware quality robustness.
• Help develop and improve our internal processes to improve our efficiency and performance.
• Participate in planning and coordinating technical investigations from problem statement to conclusions.
• Participate in Scrum & Agile processes to bring up new hardware and develop embedded firmware for data storage products.
• Be part of the team to deliver next gen cutting-edge storage products with SAS, SATA and PCIe interfaces.

REQUIRED

• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Computer/Electronics Engineering or equivalent required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Proficient in scripting languages (TCL, Python) as well other code developing languages (C, C++, etc).

SKILLS

• Able to work as an individual contributor as part of a Agile scrum team.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s 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.
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital’s Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, 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 Digital’s 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 Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.