Servo Development Engineer

Summary

Join Western Digital and contribute to the future of data storage! This role focuses on optimizing high-performance positioning controllers and real-time servo firmware for enterprise-class hard disk drives. You will architect robust servo systems, develop related tools, provide failure analysis support, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate possesses a strong background in servo-controller design, experience with Matlab and C/C++, and excellent problem-solving and communication skills. Western Digital offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, health insurance, retirement plans, and more.

Requirements

• MS/PhD EE or ME
• Must have 5+ years servo-controller design experience for mechanical dynamic system; experience with design tradeoffs for feedback and feedforward solutions
• Must have 5+ years of experience in Matlab
• Experience in coding C/C++
• Good organizational skills
• Demonstrated strong problem solving and interpersonal skills
• Excellent global communication skills

Responsibilities

• Responsible for optimizing the high performance and robust positioning controller, and real-time servo firmware development for enterprise-class hard disk drives
• Architect a robust servo system, compensating for environmental variables such as vibration, shock, supply voltage and temperature
• Research, design, develop and maintain tools and equipment related to characterization and qualifying robust servo design
• Provide failure analysis support for integration teams, manufacturing, and reliability testing
• Collaborate with other teams to engineer design improvements that enhance robustness, minimize failures and optimize performance in all usage conditions
• Evaluate feasibility of advanced technologies and their interaction with servo subsystems through simulation and prototyping

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
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital’s Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance
• Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan
• RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards