Staff Engineer Firmware Verification Engineering
Staff Engineer Firmware Verification Engineering
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Job Description
As a Staff Engineer in Firmware Verification Engineering you will design and implement test cases for specific FW feature sets and verify product functionality and robustness across different scenarios with a focus on whitebox testing methodologies. You will work hand in hand with a product development team to understand product architecture and internal features and ensure product testability is considered throughout the design phase. As the product progresses you will contribute to test strategy work on test deployment and help in performing failure analysis to debug FW/test issues to harden product FW. You are an independent problem solver with excellent communication skills who can work effectively as part of a crossfunctional team. You have good proficiency in C and Python and are familiar with the PCIe/NVMe specs.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Own test modules through all phases of development: from analyzing requirements writing test plans conducting reviews and implementing tests to performing failure analysis and driving test deployment in a production environment.
- Collaborate with the FW team on feature design reviews to identify key risk areas and create a comprehensive test strategy to validate the feature.
- Develop tests to thoroughly validate FW features as part of a worldclass validation team.
- Work on validation initiatives with our internal partners to improve testing capability efficiency and robustness including the development and deployment of new test infrastructure and automation.
- Support automated testing on PCIe/NVMe storage products with FW/test builds and triage failures effectively to the root cause whether it is a product tests infrastructure automation or other.
- Participate in bug swarm meetings. Seek to understand problems propose effective designofexperiment to debug to root cause and create new solutions/tests that succinctly resolve isolate and validate.
Qualifications :
REQUIRED:
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or related field
- BS 4 years or MS 3 years of related experience in HDD SSD semiconductor or nonvolatile memory development
SKILLS:
- Strong programming skills with experience in Python C or C programming
- Experience with Agile development process
- Understanding of embedded programming
- Ability to learn quickly and work independently
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Have a growth mindset and drive to continuously improve
- PCIe/NVMe protocol familiarity
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
- Windows and Linux server storage environments
Additional Information :
Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee 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 Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.
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.
Based on our experience we anticipate that the application deadline will be 02/19/2025 (3 months from posting) although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.
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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 :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
