Summer 2026 Intern - Failure Analysis Engineering
About The Position
Work as part of the Hyperscale HDD Development Team to identify causes of both HAMR and ePMR HDD failures Analyze failures from Manufacturing, Engineering Validation and Reliability Testing Work with experienced Failure Analysis Engineers as well as other HDD Development Engineering, Manufacturing, and Customer teams to determine analysis plans and next steps Use bench Electrical Failure Analysis measurement/characterization and Manufacturing Data to determine fail cause Document FA data and summarize findings Utilize programming skills for data analysis and reporting 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 BS/MS degree in (CE, CS or EE) or equivalent experience
- Familiar or some experience with: Electronics Test Equipment Data Extraction, Data Analysis and Statistics MatLab, TCL, Python, R, C, or C++
- Strong organization & problem-solving skills
- Ability to multitask, take direction, and work within a team
- Strong communication and presentation abilities
- Experience with Microsoft Office applications
Responsibilities
- Identify causes of both HAMR and ePMR HDD failures
- Analyze failures from Manufacturing, Engineering Validation and Reliability Testing
- Work with experienced Failure Analysis Engineers as well as other HDD Development Engineering, Manufacturing, and Customer teams to determine analysis plans and next steps
- Use bench Electrical Failure Analysis measurement/characterization and Manufacturing Data to determine fail cause
- Document FA data and summarize findings
- Utilize programming skills for data analysis and reporting
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
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
