Western Digital Principal Engineer systems design engineering 

Canada, British Columbia, Area H (Cultus Lake/Columbia Valley) 

567696829

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

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide multi-disciplinary technical leadership for the development of storage enclosures and storage servers consisting of mechanical chassis, hard drives, fans, power supplies, firmware, and printed circuit board assemblies with high-speed communication interfaces
• Develop System Specifications starting from customer and architectural requirements, providing detailed mechanical, electrical, functional, and environmental specifications and requirements for all major subsystems, interfaces between subsystems, and external interfaces
• Develop product requirements for manufacturability and engage with the manufacturing team to ensure the product can be effectively manufactured
• Coordinate cross-functional design reviews and oversee the development of system and subsystem verification plans
• Lead system integration activities during the prototype phase and oversee root cause resolution of specification and design defects
• Collaborate effectively cross-functionally with FW, EE, ME, product management, program management, verification engineering and manufacturing engineering to ensure that the designed system meets all product and regulatory requirements and can be effectively verified, manufactured and tested
• Assist with training the sales team, work directly with early customers, and provide technical support to the NPI team during the production ramp
• Provide mentorship to other SE engineers as needed

• BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (or related field)
• 8+ years of experience with storage and server product systems design & development
• Very familiar with Computer architecture and components including motherboards, memory, and x86 CPUs
• Experience with systems integration activities
• Experience with Hard drive and flash-based devices
• Familiar with High-speed communication protocols such as PCIe, DDR, Ethernet and SAS/SATA, and NVMe
• Server management experience including UEFI, BIOS, BMC, IPMI, Redfish, and OS/driver installation
• Current knowledge of the latest networking standards and best practices
• Expertise in board level and system level troubleshooting
• Expert understanding of the use of test equipment such as analyzers, high-speed real-time scopes, pattern generators and BERT equipment
• Demonstrated ability in creative problem solving and innovation
• Strong team player, effective communication skills, and highly motivated
• Knowledge of agile development and self-managed development teams from design to production

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.