Field Application Engineer
Field Application Engineer
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Job Description
Western Digital is seeking a Senior Field Application Engineer to join our technical support team. We are looking for candidates that can work in a fastgrowing and dynamic environment and are able to build strong relationships with customers.
As a Field Applications Engineer you will be part of a high performing team supporting key Cloud accounts. Candidate will be responsible for driving qualification activities working with customer and cross functional teams on getting WDC products qualified. This includes gathering customer requirements failure analysis and debug coordinating technical meetings driving technical escalations.
Candidates for this role needs to be highly motivated selfsufficient and demonstrate good leadership. Individuals should possess excellent technical and communication skills able to articulate technical issues and requirements. Occasional domestic or international travel. This position is fulltime and located in Milpitas CA.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage product qualification and activities.
- Work with customers on defining qualification plans sample requirements design/feature requirements and communicate internally.
- Understand customer qualification processes and applications.
- Lead qualification and technical meetings with customer.
- Coordinate and work with product and development teams on Concept and Design Reviews.
- Lead the team in resolving technical issues and work with cross functional teams on resolution.
- Represent and advocate customer needs and priorities to internal teams.
- Provide technical support and documentation.
- Debug and 1st level failure analysis.
Qualifications :
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience in related field.
- More than ten years experience in a technical customerfacing role.
- Familiar with cloud storage architectures and concepts such as erasure coding distributed file systems object storage Linux OS.
- Working knowledge of SSD and NAND along with SAS/SATA/NVME interfaces.
- Experience with debugging analyzing and resolving storage related issues.
- Experience with protocol analyzers a plus.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Excellent project management skills.
- Experience with creating failure analysis reports and 8D reports.
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.
Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
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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.
- 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 :
Yes
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Remote
