Principal Engineer Test Engineering

Western Digital • Colorado Springs, CO

9d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled Storage Engineer in QA with a good foundation in networking to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in storage interoperability validation, implementation, and management, as well as a deep understanding of storage related to NVMe, NVMeOF and networking paradigms of TCP and RoCE . This role requires a collaborative mindset to work closely with cross-functional teams and ensure our storage systems are both performant and secure.

Requirements

• B.S. and or Masters in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• Requires in-depth years of industry experience in Storage/Networking/Server domains

Nice To Haves

• White box testing knowledge is a plus
• Understand Software development Life Cycle
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Ability to achieve results in a fast moving, dynamic environment
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
• Self-motivated and Self-driven
• Experience with the below will be a huge bonus :
• Data in Flight Encryption
• IPsec, in Transport and Tunnel mode
• Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3

Responsibilities

• Expertise of Storage QA which will involve validation activities of firmware and storage subsystems, including automation.
• Experience of Storage Servers, Storage Arrays – JBOD, JBOFs, NAS, SAN validation.
• Requires In-depth knowledge of SAS, SCSI, PCIe protocols. Trace Analysis of SAS/Ethernet/PCIe.
• Experienced knowledge and use of Secure Boot, Secure Firmware Download
• Working knowledge on SSD and debugging skills is a plus.
• Solid working knowledge of operating systems: Windows / Linux including trouble shooting issues/problems with those systems
• Understand Hardware and Software interaction
• Install and configure various hardware and software components
• Perform bug verification and drive issues to resolution

Benefits

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including 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; and the WD Savings 401(k) Plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal