Early Career Talent - Drive Integration Engineer (Role begins Summer 2026)

Western Digital•Irvine, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Position Overview Support the integration, validation, and launch of HDD products from development through high-volume manufacturing. Work with cross-functional teams to ensure drives meet performance, quality, and manufacturing requirements. This position is part of our Early Career program at WD. Our 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.

Requirements

Currently pursuing or recently completed Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work collaboratively in team environments
Familiarity with scripting/programming (C++,Python, MATLAB, TCL, or similar)
Exposure to statistical analysis or data visualization tools
Understanding of manufacturing processes or quality systems
Internship or project experience in hardware validation or integration
Basic understanding of storage systems, data acquisition, or test engineering

Responsibilities

Support system integration activities and help troubleshoot issues during validation
Assist in bringing up manufacturing test processes and implementing product features
Learn to identify patterns in HDD failures and contribute to corrective action plans
Help analyze test data to identify improvement opportunities
Support yield improvement initiatives under guidance of senior engineers
Track and report on key metrics related to drive performance and manufacturing quality
Work with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality teams to support manufacturing test milestones
Participate in technical reviews and status meetings
Communicate progress, issues, and learnings to team members and management
Assist in defining development phases, product requirements, and feature specifications alongside the HDD Program Management Team
Help document development processes and maintain technical documentation

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 Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan