Software Engineering Intern

Summary

Join Western Digital's team as a Firmware Developer and contribute to cutting-edge technologies powering high-volume hard disk drives. You will design, implement, validate, and maintain firmware components using best-practice methodologies. Collaboration and code reviews are integral to ensuring quality. This role requires a strong background in firmware development and relevant programming languages. Western Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including various insurance options, paid time off, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• BS/MS or higher in CS, CE, EE or related field
• Fluency with programming languages such as C/C++/Python
• Interest in HDD, flash, semiconductor, components, nonvolatile memory industry

Responsibilities

• Design firmware components
• Implement firmware components
• Validate firmware components
• Maintain firmware components using best-practice firmware development methodologies
• Participate in design reviews
• Participate in test plan reviews
• Participate in code reviews

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduation between December 2025 - May 2026
• 3.0 or higher in major courses
• Exposure to TCL
• Exposure to MATLAB
• Exposure to Debugging
• Exposure to SAS/SATA Bus Trace Analysis
• Exposure to JTAG ICE (using GHS probes and Arium probes)
• Exposure to TCG
• Exposure to FIPS
• Exposure to SVN
• Exposure to Git
• Exposure to Gerrit
• Exposure to Jenkins
• Exposure to JIRA
• Exposure to Confluence
• Exposure to MS Office
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

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
• Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program (restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents)