Hardware Development Engineer

Summary

Join Western Digital's Spacing Control & Integration Group as a Mechanical Integration Test Engineer. You will develop and perform mechanical integration tests, analyze data, and present results. This role requires strong laboratory skills and experience with various testing equipment. Familiarity with metrology is preferred. You will collaborate with colleagues to ensure new designs meet performance and reliability requirements. The position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• BS and 3+ years, experimental lab work experience including setup and running test apparatus, i.e., AFM, Raman, LDV, Oscilloscope etc
• Experience of characterization of contact, vibration and wear phenomena, i.e., Head and Disk Interface (HDI) field preferred
• Experience of Spin-stand tester (Tribo-Tester preferred)
• Strong team-player who can collaborate with colleagues
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications

Responsibilities

• Develop various Mechanical Integration (MI) test methodologies to support new technologies
• Perform MI reliability tests & study Magnetic performance for new Thermal Mechanical (TM) design and new Back-End Process
• Verify if new designs meet company performance budget, but also satisfy HDD Reliability requirements
• Support all products and issues that have Head Disk Interface related matters
• Conduct experiments, acquire and analyze data and summarize results to present

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with various Metrology

Benefits

• Paid vacation time
• Paid sick leave
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Life, accident and disability insurance
• Tax-advantaged 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
• The Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan
• Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance
• Annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents
• RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards