Servo Control Engineer

Western Digital•San Jose, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Responsible for optimizing the high performance and robust positioning controller, and real-time servo firmware development for enterprise-class hard disk drives. Architect a robust servo system, compensating for environmental variables such as vibration, shock, supply voltage and temperature. Research, design, develop and maintain tools and equipment related to characterization and qualifying robust servo design. Provide failure analysis support for integration teams, manufacturing, and reliability testing. Collaborate with other teams to engineer design improvements that enhance robustness, minimize failures and optimize performance in all usage conditions Evaluate feasibility of advanced technologies and their interaction with servo subsystems through simulation and prototyping. This role is part of WD's early career development program. WD's early career development program is ideal for individuals at the early stages of their professional career. Participants receive foundational training through structured onboarding, mentorship, and a curated development curriculum. The responsibilities of this role are typically aligned with candidates who have approximately 0–2+ years of relevant professional experience, though candidates of all experience levels are encouraged to apply.

Requirements

Current MS/PhD EE or ME Graduating March 26 - May 26
Must have experience with servo-controller design for mechanical dynamic system; familiarity with design tradeoffs for feedback and feedforward solutions.
Must have experience with Matlab and experience in coding C/C++
Demonstrated strong problem solving and initiative
Excellent global communication skills
Good organizational skills

Responsibilities

optimizing the high performance and robust positioning controller, and real-time servo firmware development for enterprise-class hard disk drives.
Architect a robust servo system, compensating for environmental variables such as vibration, shock, supply voltage and temperature.
Research, design, develop and maintain tools and equipment related to characterization and qualifying robust servo design.
Provide failure analysis support for integration teams, manufacturing, and reliability testing.
Collaborate with other teams to engineer design improvements that enhance robustness, minimize failures and optimize performance in all usage conditions
Evaluate feasibility of advanced technologies and their interaction with servo subsystems through simulation and prototyping.

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 WD Savings 401(k) Plan