Summer Co-Op - Software Engineer

Job Description

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support and maintain a hardware abstraction layer and special purpose engineering commands related to channel hardware applications
• Firmware integration of vendor channels to optimize HDD read/write performance and other necessary magnetic recording functions
• Develop validation scripts to be applied as developer and debug tools
• Create test scripts to be deployed within a Continuous Integration environment
• Follow Agile methodologies and be a contributing member of a scrum team that supports Enterprise level HDDs
• Plan, perform, summarize, and present findings with respect to channel verification, channel operations, technical experiments, and failure analysis results
• Be a reference for basic read/write channel functionality and applications
• Work in concert with suppliers’ technical support teams and WDC internal product teams
• Provide problem solving, algorithm design, risk mitigation, and complexity analysis to support the channel applications within drive firmware
• Work with internal product development teams and external suppliers to provide firmware and test script abstractions of the channel hardware into HDDs on various platforms
• Provide firmware and tools support to integrate new channel features, perform failure analysis, and evaluate performance for an advanced digital signal processing chip used for Hard Disk Drive (HDD) magnetic recording

This position is part of our Early Career program  Early Career program is designed to support individuals beginning their professional career by providing the foundational training through a structured onboarding, mentorship, and development curriculum.

REQUIRED

• Currently working towards BS/MS in Electrical / Computer Engineering or Computer Science
• Proficiency with C/C++ and Python programming languages
• Basic knowledge of object-oriented programming
• Willingness to learn basic signal processing concepts and rapidly learn new technologies
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work well within a team
• Self-motivated with an aptitude for continuous improvement
• Persistence on problem/issue resolution

PREFERRED

• Experience with embedded firmware and hardware / software applications
• Proficiency with TCL programming languages
• Strong knowledge of HDD functionality and applications
• Proficiency with oscilloscopes and their applications

SKILLS

• Strong statistical analysis skills

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Based on our experience, we anticipate that the Final date to receive applications will 5/6/26, although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the Final date to receive applications. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the Final date to receive applications, we will update this posting with a new anticipated Final date to receive…