Early Career Talent - Media Tribology Design Engineer

Western Digital•San Jose, CA

3h•Onsite

About The Position

As a Media Tribology idesign engineer, you will be part of the tribology team responsible for improving the head-media interface reliability. This role requires: 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 Ph.D. in material science, physics, chemistry, EE, mechanical engineering, optical engineering, or equivalent required.
Knowledge or Experience in Tribology, interface design, tribology testing, material analysis and instrument
Knowledge in head/media interface and ePMR and HAMR technology
Possess data analytics and statistics skillset
Excellent problem-solving skills, solutions oriented with a positive, can-do attitude.
Excellent interpersonal skills, including written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

Investigate media thermal, optical, mechanical, and magnetic property impacts to media interface.
Set up evaluation systems to investigate media surface properties and tribology performance
Work with lube design engineer, COC design engineer to provide interface enablers for new product interface designs, including ePMR and HAMR.
Work with HDD tribology integration team to qualify the tribo designs
Provide analysis support to understand the failure.

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