Principal Engineer, Software Development Engineering

Western Digital Corp•Irvine, CA

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About The Position

Western Digital High Volume BackEnd Hard Disk Drive Manufacturing is an industry recognized leading process thanks to the high-level of automation and efï¬ciency for maximized throughput. The successful candidate will join the BE Manufacturing Code Development Staging and Architecture team to work with a team of highly qualiï¬ed software and ï¬rmware architects and engineers to develop a common ï¬exible and abstracted platform across both Enterprise and Client space. The candidate will participate in the design and implementation of Host Application software as well as Manufacturing Firmware features using advanced development environment and tools based on C++ and Python / TCl / Perl scripts. This project exposes the team to Machine Learning, Secure Drive technology and a number of other advanced techniques. The signiï¬cant positive ï¬nancial impact and improved factory efï¬ciency will be a great reward. The candidate should have good working knowledge of S/W / F/W Object Oriented Embedded programming and System Interlock design. Knowledge of the SAFe Development process, speciï¬cally as a Product Owner or Scrum Master, and strong verbal / written communication / team player skills are advantages. This position requires signiï¬cant experience in leading projects, develop requirements and drive project from development to deployment while working with cross-functional teams. Domestic or international travel may be required Good team player with very good oral and written communication skills Require robust ability to perform problem analysis and speedy resolution using systematic methodology with a high-level of efï¬ciency Familiar with SAFe Software and Firmware Development Process. Experience in the role of Product Owner or Scrum Master is highly desired Good attitude towards the application of the Software / Firmware Development cycle in the design of Manufacturing Host Application and Firmware Ability to organize tasks and deliverables efï¬ciently as appropriate to each assigned project Ability to develop validation / test plan and foresee test points needs ahead of feature design Exposure and familiarity with multiple Code Management systems including SVN, GIT / GERRIT / JENKINS

Requirements

6+ years' experience with embedded systems with focus high-quality Software and Firmware design and implementation with effective ability for problem solving
BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or related curriculum Experience programming embedded microcontrollers in C/C++ and assembly
Hand-on experience of script programming such as TCL, Python and Perl script
Hand-on experience using hardware debug instrumentation such as oscilloscopes and bus analyzers
Ability to work on ï¬rmware projects alone or partnered with members of a team. In such case, collaboration to promote success for both individual as well as other team members is necessary

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of the SAFe Development process, speciï¬cally as a Product Owner or Scrum Master, and strong verbal / written communication / team player skills are advantages.
Familiar with SAFe Software and Firmware Development Process. Experience in the role of Product Owner or Scrum Master is highly desired

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