Western Digital New College Grad System Test Engineer 

New Zealand, Canterbury, Christchurch 

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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

• Verify the compatibility of Western Digital storage drives in enterprise customer systems
• Work closely with development engineering and customer technical support to ensure the quality of the product's design and to verify that the product works flawlessly in the customer's systems
• Configure systems for test, then monitor and analyze drive logs, system logs, and bus traces to determine test status
• Isolate, analyze, and document test failures as they occur
• Develop and maintain test scripts and automation

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Computer), Computer Science, Physics, or Mathematics (Graduation dates between May 2024 - December 2024)
• Experience with application-level scripting (Python, Perl, Tcl, etc.)
• A hands-on approach to validating complex computer systems – get ready to work directly with cutting-edge technology!
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to collaborate effectively
• An ability to analyze failures in detail and independently investigate both hardware and software system issues
• Familiarity with storage interface protocols (SATA, SAS, NVMe)
• Application-level programming exposure (Java, C++, C#, etc.)
• Experience working with Windows and Linux

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.