Mechanical Design Engineer

Summary

Join Western Digital as a Mechanical Design Engineer and contribute to the design, analysis, and evaluation of electromechanical components for hard disk drives. You will own the design process from concept to manufacturing, collaborating with suppliers and internal teams. This role requires a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, at least 5 years of relevant experience, and expertise in various design and manufacturing processes. You will be responsible for tolerance analysis, reliability testing, and failure analysis. International travel may be required. Western Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, health insurance, retirement plans, and other perks.

Requirements

• Hold a Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering
• Have a minimum of 5 years of experience in mechanical and electromechanical component designs
• Possess board-to-board or other connector system design experience for PCBA and FCA applications
• Have working knowledge of high-volume manufacturing methods such as plastic injection molding, sheet metal stamping and metal forming, flexible printed circuit fabrication and assembly processes, connector assemblies, and component fabrication tooling requirements
• Have hands-on experience performing tolerance analyses, DFM reviews, component testing using basic test instrumentation, reliability validation, and failure analyses
• Possess solid fundamental mechanical and electromechanical design engineering skills with experience using 3D CAD software and analysis tools
• Have project or work experience demonstrating technical capability in areas of mechanical design, basic finite element analysis (FEA), tolerance stack-up analysis, and knowledge of various engineering materials

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for all aspects of design, analysis, and evaluation of electromechanical components including connectors and flexible printed circuits, as well as various other mechanical components and assemblies for hard disk drives
• Own the design throughout the entire development cycle, including the creation of solid models and drawings, tolerance analysis, hands-on design validation, reliability demonstration, data analysis, failure analysis, and rigorous design optimization to achieve superior performance and cost
• Work directly with suppliers, SQE, and internal Manufacturing teams and Procurement partners to ensure designs are robust, cost effective and optimized for high-volume manufacturing
• Work cross-functionally throughout the Development and Operations Teams to deliver world class solutions to demanding technical challenges
• Some international travel may be required

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrate ability in creative problem solving and innovation
• Be a strong team player with effective communication skills and be highly motivated

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