Summer 2025 Intern Chemical Integration Engineer
Summer 2025 Intern Chemical Integration Engineer
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Job Description
Hard Disk drives are remarkable devices in which the reader/writer flies approximately 1nm above a disk at speeds up to 80 miles per hour in a sealed enclosure. Reliable longterm drive operation does not happen by accident. Chemical Integration is responsible for ensuring the materials in the drive are chemically compatible over the life of the drive which requires selecting materials that produce minimal amounts of outgassing and particle generation engineering the ability to filter out chemicals and particles before they cause trouble and developing strategies to maintain gas and humidity content of the drive environment within specified limits for several years. WD is hiring an engineering intern for Chemical Integration activities in our HDD Product Development Engineering team. Ideal candidates will have recently earned or are pursuing a BS or advanced degrees in related scientific fields.
The Chemical Integration internship responsibilities include:
- Learn and understand disk drives and components.
- Measure gas composition in sealed disk drives and in test containers.
- Perform analytical measurements on particle and organic filtration inside the drives.
- Interact with the mechanical team to optimize the design for best filtration performance.
Qualifications :
Applicants should have three or more years in college toward a degree in Material Science Chemical Engineering Chemistry or related scientific fields. Candidates for an advanced degree in the related fields are preferred.
Applicant should have had exposure to concepts of absorption adsorption and equilibrium versus ratedependent phenomena and should have strong handson laboratory experience. Exposure to particle size and particle counting measurement equipment is a plus.
Experience in programming and mathematical tools will be helpful.
Additional Information :
Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race color ancestry religion (including religious dress and grooming standards) sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions breastfeeding or related medical conditions) gender (including a persons gender identity gender expression and genderrelated appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons assigned sex at birth) age national origin sexual orientation medical condition marital status (including domestic partnership status) physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information protected medical and family care leave Civil Air Patrol status military and veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our nondiscrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.
Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees our company our customers and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging respect and contribution.
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Compensation & Benefits Details
- An employees pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills ability knowledge of the job; (3) performance contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
- The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California Colorado New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
- If your position is nonexempt you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay depending on the shift to which you are assigned.
- You will be eligible to participate in Western Digitals ShortTerm Incentive (STI) Plan which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance you may be eligible to participate in our annual LongTerm Incentive (LTI) program which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires subject to Western Digitals Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life accident and disability insurance; taxadvantaged 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 Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
- Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
