Hardware Engineer (Early Career, ASIC/Hardware/Firmware/Systems/Mechanical/Equipment/SoC)

Quick Facts

• Role: Hardware Engineer (Early Career)

• Focus areas: ASIC engineering, hardware development, firmware, systems integration, mechanical design, equipment/automation, and SoC engineering

Description

Join an early-career development path building next-generation data storage technology. You’ll contribute across design, simulation/verification, validation/testing, debugging, and optimization to improve performance, power, reliability, and manufacturability.

Responsibilities

• Design and verify ASIC architectures and digital logic

• Build simulations and validate complex hardware designs

• Support the ASIC/SoC development lifecycle through synthesis, place-and-route, and timing closure

• Optimize performance, power, and reliability

• Develop and debug embedded firmware for advanced storage devices

• Integrate firmware with analog and digital hardware; troubleshoot hardware-software interactions

• Define system requirements and integrate hardware, firmware, and software components

• Create validation strategies and automated test solutions; perform reliability, stress, and performance testing

• Analyze circuits and hardware components; improve products from prototype through manufacturing

• Design mechanical components/assemblies/packaging and validate designs through testing

• Improve manufacturing equipment uptime, reliability, and process performance; investigate failures and implement corrective actions

Requirements

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. degree in a relevant engineering or technical discipline

• Experience building relevant technical skills through coursework, internships/co-ops, research, lab work, capstone projects, hackathons, or personal projects

• Familiarity with one or more technical areas such as programming, digital logic, embedded systems, electronics, CAD, manufacturing/automation, testing, simulation, verification, debugging, or systems integration

• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional environments

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and common software development tools (e.g., Git, Linux) is a plus

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including paid vacation and sick leave; medical/dental/vision; life and disability insurance; flexible spending and health savings accounts; and employee assistance

• Tuition reimbursement and voluntary benefits (e.g., legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness)

• WD Savings 401(k) Plan

• Eligibility for bonuses (STI or SIP) and potential long-term incentives/RSUs depending on role