Data Scientist – AI & Predictive Analytics
About The Position
As an Engineering Data Scientist, you'll work alongside software engineers, hardware engineers, and data scientists to develop predictive diagnostic technologies for enterprise hard disk drives deployed in hyperscale cloud environments. You'll help transform more than 10 TB of manufacturing and telemetry data generated each day into intelligent systems that improve storage reliability and customer uptime. This role is part of WD's early career development program, ideal for individuals at the early stages of their professional career. Participants receive foundational training through structured onboarding, mentorship, and a curated development curriculum. The responsibilities of this role are typically aligned with candidates who have approximately 0–2+ years of relevant professional experience, though candidates of all experience levels are encouraged to apply.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a Ph.D. Computer Science, Data Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related engineering discipline
- Python (required)
- Machine learning
- Data analytics
- Statistical analysis
- SQL or NoSQL databases
- Analytical problem solving
- Software development fundamentals
- Engineering mindset
Nice To Haves
- Hadoop
- Hive
- Ruby
- Front-end development
- Web applications
- Data visualization
- Interest in storage systems and HDD technology
Responsibilities
- Building machine learning models that identify early indicators of drive degradation.
- Developing automated diagnostic algorithms using Python.
- Analyzing large-scale telemetry from enterprise storage systems.
- Creating data visualization and engineering analysis tools.
- Supporting root cause investigations using statistical analysis.
- Improving existing diagnostic software through automation and code refactoring.
- Collaborating with engineering teams across hardware, firmware, and software disciplines.
- Deploying predictive analytics solutions into production environments.
Benefits
- 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
- the WD Savings 401(k) Plan
- overtime pay
- shift differential pay
- bonuses under either WD’s Short Term Incentive Plan (“STI Plan”) or the Sales Incentive Plan (“SIP”)
- annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents
- RSU awards to eligible new hires
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
