QA Manager, Reliability Engineer

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Western Digital

πŸ“Remote - United States

Summary

Join Western Digital, a global technology leader, and contribute to the future of data storage. This role involves platform analysis, reliability assessment, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to develop flash storage products. You will be responsible for ensuring product reliability and quality, meeting company, customer, and governmental agency objectives. The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field with 5+ years of experience in reliability or system engineering. Strong communication and teamwork skills are essential. Western Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, health insurance, retirement plans, and more.

Requirements

  • Bachelor/Masters degree from Electrical/Electronics/Computer science preferred with 5+ years of experience in Reliability/Memory design/system engineering
  • Experience in storage platform design/characterization
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
  • Strong team player who can collaborate with colleagues

Responsibilities

  • Understanding platform specifications and requirements
  • Perform platform analysis and verification from product definition and planning through production and release
  • Perform platform reliability prediction (MTBF), reliability growth assessment, and derating analysis
  • Develop HASS/HALT methods and procedures for platforms products
  • Evaluates, from a reliability standpoint, the materials, properties, and techniques used in production
  • Determines reliability requirements of components and systems to achieve company, customer, and any governmental agency reliability objectives
  • May propose changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability
  • Understanding platform level behavior characterizations
  • Participate in cross functional meetings such as with memory, firmware and product line teams to develop flash storage products
  • Knowledge on the PLC process of a product
  • Provides feedback on new system features for next generation platform developments
  • Participate in RCA, 8D, process improvements
  • Understanding of manufacturing operations and product/test engineering flow
  • Making sure product is meeting the reliability and quality spec

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of Semiconductor physics and Computer Architecture
  • Knowledge on factory operations and Agile methodology
  • Experience in platforms reliability and testing

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
  • Annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents
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