Western Digital Principal Engineer Firmware Verification Engineering 

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

582404989

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As Principal firmware verification engineer, you will be part of firmware verification team that design and develop white box and grey box tests in Python to verify SSD firmware designs for each firmware feature.

This position is specifically to focus on verification and validation of SSD firmware security features. You will be working closely with product security architects and firmware engineers to create a comprehensive firmware verification test for SSD security features. In this role, you will be contributing to test strategy, test development, integrating the tests using various development platforms, deploying it on firmware verification lab for regression runs and perform failure analysis.

Essential Duties and responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with firmware engineers & architects on product architecture and designs to define the comprehensive verification plan to validate each SSD security features.
• Design, Develop and Integrate the white box and gray box tests on SSD products in roadmap.
• Conduct test plan reviews and code reviews to ensure the tests are scalable and meeting the requirements.
• Participate in driving failure analysis and collaborate with integration/execution engineers for test deployment.
• Work with firmware engineers, understand the logs/events to triage and debug test failures.

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related field
• BS + 7 years or MS +6 years of related experience in storage, semiconductor, or non-volatile memory development
• Passion for Storage technology and secure product development.
• Demonstrated experience in product security engineering with a focus on validation of product security algorithms and feature sets.
  • Proficiency in security protocols or specification such as TCG Opal/Ruby/Pyrite, IEEE1667, SPDM etc.
  • Proficiency on applied cryptography and security including knowledge on secure boot, device attestation and user data encryption.
• Strong architectural review skills with the ability to provide guidance and review test development efforts and test coverage.
• Comprehensive understanding of embedded software fundamentals and Storage fundamentals with Knowledge on NVMe/PCIe specification
• Knowledge on Git, CI & source code management flow and agile development practices.
• Strong programming skills with experience in Python, C, or C++ programming
• 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.