Senior Technologist, NAND System Engineering

Company Description

The future. It’s on you. You & Western Digital.

We’ve been storing the world’s data for more than 50 years. Once, it was the most important thing we could do for data. Now we’re helping the world capture, preserve, access and transform data in a way only we can.

The most game-changing companies, consumers, professionals, and governments come to us for the technologies and solutions they need to capture, preserve, access, and transform their data.

But we can’t do it alone. Today’s exceptional data challenges require your exceptional skills. It’s You & Us. Together, we’re the next big thing in data.

Western Digital® data-centric solutions are found under the G-Technology™, HGST, SanDisk®, Tegile™, Upthere™, and WD® brands.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create architecture and design documents pertinent to the various phases of NAND development.
• Drive system level architecture decisions across one or more storage technologies (eHDD, NAND).
• Become the subject matter expert, owner for NAND system engineering and provide technical leadership.
• Responsible for mentoring and innovation and defining the technical strategy.
• Follow Agile methodologies in development.
• You'll be on a scrum team responsible for NAND products. This includes innovation, design, implementation and debug of algorithms, data structures, drivers needed for our large and complex environment.
• Deliver on cutting-edge storage products.
• Work with cross functional teams to develop NAND solutions and products.
• Self-motivated to work both unsupervised and as part of an agile team. Collaborate to develop self and others within group.
• Participate in planning and coordinating significant technical investigations from problem statement to conclusions.
• Understand end to end product lifecycle.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelors +15 yrs experience or Master +13 yrs experience or PhD with 10+ yrs experience in CS, CE, EE, EC or equivalent required.
• Strong knowledge in Object oriented programming, Data Structure, Algorithms, Multi-threaded programming, STL, Templates, Design Pattern.
• Proven experience as a software designer and/or architect.
• Demonstrated ability to rapidly learn new technologies, complex code and developing system, architecture view.
• Strong aptitude and penchant for problem solving, algorithm design, system design, and complexity analysis skills.
• You are comfortable and enjoy working with dynamic and ever evolving environments.
• Experience with mitigating design risks using research and proof of concept methods.
• Technical mindset with great attention to detail and an ever positive, can-do attitude.
• Demonstrate use of out-of-box thinking for creative solutions to highly sticky problems.
• You have excellent interpersonal skills, including written and verbal communication.
• You'll be a fun and enthusiastic teammate who enjoys a challenge and celebrates success.

Preferred

• Familiarity with NAND architecture, embedded systems.
• Previous RTOS experience. (e.g. uCOS/ThreadX/MQX/VxWorks/Embedded Linux).
• Knowledge and experience in the use of bus analyzers, JTAG, emulators and other debugging tools.

Additional Information

Because Western Digital thrives on the power of diversity and is committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect, and contribution, we are committed to giving every qualified applicant and employee an equal opportunity. Western Digital does not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their protected class status and complies with all federal and state laws against discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, as well as the laws and regulations set forth in the 'Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law' poster.