Applications Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Applications Engineer (HDD validation team)

• Focus: Test planning, validation, failure analysis, and cross-functional issue resolution

Description

You will join an HDD validation team to ensure drives meet high standards for reliability, performance, and compatibility across different drive platforms. The role involves designing comprehensive test plans, coordinating validation resources, and working with firmware developers to validate fixes and resolve critical issues.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop comprehensive test plans to identify firmware bugs, performance regressions, and reliability issues across platforms and customer configurations

• Identify and request required hardware and lab resources; coordinate test infrastructure and tool needs

• Collaborate with firmware developers and project teams to align test priorities, validate fixes, and drive resolution of critical issues

• Execute test cases, analyze failures using diagnostic tools, document root causes, and track issues through resolution with traceability

• Facilitate test result reviews with engineering teams, present findings to stakeholders, and drive resolution

• Contribute to continuous improvement, automation opportunities, and enhanced test coverage

Benefits

• Paid vacation time and paid sick leave

• Medical/dental/vision insurance

• Life, accident, and disability insurance

• Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts

• Employee assistance program

• Voluntary benefits (e.g., supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity)

• Tuition reimbursement and transit support

• Applause Program

• Employee stock purchase plan

• WD Savings 401(k) plan

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

• Collaborative team environment experience

• Excellent written and oral communication skills