Early Career Talent, HDD Applications Engineer (Role Begins Summer 2026)
About The Position
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Accountable for Customer Qualifications of Enterprise HDDs Interlock with the Cross-Functional Team Including Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Marketing, Sales and Customer Technical Support to Promote Alignment with the Customer Qualification Strategy Partner with a Senior Application Engineer(AE) to Prepare & Deliver Product Introduction/Concept/Design Reviews, Customer Spec Gap Analysis, Development Status Updates and Qualification Failure Analysis Reports Coordinate the Customer Sample Plan Including Gathering of Requirements, Interlocking with Manufacturing and Delivery to the Customer Manage Customer Communication & Qualification of Product Changes (ECs/PCNs) Represent CTS on the Product Core Team
Requirements
- Masters Degree in Engineering or Core Science (For Ex, EE, ME, Physics, etc)
- Can-do attitude
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills
- Ability to Quickly Ascertain a Situation and Determine What is Needed
- Strong Communication and Presentation Ability
Responsibilities
- Accountable for Customer Qualifications of Enterprise HDDs
- Interlock with the Cross-Functional Team Including Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Marketing, Sales and Customer Technical Support to Promote Alignment with the Customer Qualification Strategy
- Partner with a Senior Application Engineer(AE) to Prepare & Deliver Product Introduction/Concept/Design Reviews, Customer Spec Gap Analysis, Development Status Updates and Qualification Failure Analysis Reports
- Coordinate the Customer Sample Plan Including Gathering of Requirements, Interlocking with Manufacturing and Delivery to the Customer
- Manage Customer Communication & Qualification of Product Changes (ECs/PCNs)
- Represent CTS on the Product Core Team
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Industry
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
