Summer 2026 Co-Op - Software Engineer
About The Position
Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Support and maintain a hardware abstraction layer and special purpose engineering commands related to channel hardware applications Firmware integration of vendor channels to optimize HDD read/write performance and other necessary magnetic recording functions Develop validation scripts to be applied as developer and debug tools Create test scripts to be deployed within a Continuous Integration environment Follow Agile methodologies and have a willingness to become a contributing member of a scrum team that supports Enterprise level HDDs Plan, perform, summarize, and present findings with respect to channel verification, channel operations, technical experiments, and failure analysis results Be a reference for basic read/write channel functionality and applications Work in concert with suppliers’ technical support teams and WDC internal product teams Provide problem solving, algorithm design, risk mitigation, and complexity analysis to support the channel applications within drive firmware Work with internal product development teams and external suppliers to provide firmware and test script abstractions of the channel hardware into HDDs on various platforms Provide firmware and tools support to integrate new channel features, perform failure analysis, and evaluate performance for an advanced digital signal processing chip used for Hard Disk Drive (HDD) magnetic recording
Requirements
- Working towards degree in Electrical / Computer Engineering or Computer Science
- Proficiency with C/C++ and Python programming languages
- Basic knowledge of object-oriented programming
- Willingness to learn basic signal processing concepts and rapidly learn new technologies
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work well within a team
- Self-motivated with an aptitude for continuous improvement
- Persistence on problem/issue resolution
Nice To Haves
- Experience with embedded firmware and hardware / software applications
- Proficiency with TCL programming languages
- Strong knowledge of HDD functionality and applications
- Proficiency with oscilloscopes and their applications
- Strong statistical analysis skills
Responsibilities
- Support and maintain a hardware abstraction layer and special purpose engineering commands related to channel hardware applications
- Firmware integration of vendor channels to optimize HDD read/write performance and other necessary magnetic recording functions
- Develop validation scripts to be applied as developer and debug tools
- Create test scripts to be deployed within a Continuous Integration environment
- Follow Agile methodologies and have a willingness to become a contributing member of a scrum team that supports Enterprise level HDDs
- Plan, perform, summarize, and present findings with respect to channel verification, channel operations, technical experiments, and failure analysis results
- Be a reference for basic read/write channel functionality and applications
- Work in concert with suppliers’ technical support teams and WDC internal product teams
- Provide problem solving, algorithm design, risk mitigation, and complexity analysis to support the channel applications within drive firmware
- Work with internal product development teams and external suppliers to provide firmware and test script abstractions of the channel hardware into HDDs on various platforms
- Provide firmware and tools support to integrate new channel features, perform failure analysis, and evaluate performance for an advanced digital signal processing chip used for Hard Disk Drive (HDD) magnetic recording
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
Career Level
Intern
