System Test Technologist

Summary

Join Western Digital, a global technology leader, as a Test Engineer. You will be responsible for ensuring product quality through rigorous testing and validation. This role requires extensive experience in storage and networking technologies, as well as proficiency in scripting languages like Python. You will define test plans, execute tests, analyze failures, and collaborate with other engineers. The ideal candidate possesses expertise in secure boot, firmware download, and various cryptographic methods. Western Digital offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and more.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, other related discipline and a minimum of 15-20 years of experience in Storage/Networking
• Programming experience utilizing Python, or other scripting languages
• Networking protocols, Storage NVME

Responsibilities

• Using sound test engineering principles, knowledge of the product and technology to ensure the product meets functional and customer requirements and is ready to ship on schedule
• Owns product validation regarding test plan definition, test plan execution, and primary lead in failure analysis
• Primary lead in performing performance characterization of product and tracking down any observed anomalies
• Contributes to overall test schedule development
• Writes the test plans for new product features, generates test matrices, test reports, and other relevant test documentation that is required for flawless program execution
• Defines new tests based on customer feedback and defect fixes
• Executes existing/regression test cases for the project during the entire product development cycle
• Works closely with the other system test, hardware, ASIC and firmware engineers to improve test methodology and develop new tests and new strategies
• Configures customer hardware and software systems; troubleshoot problems to get to root cause
• Maintains customer and test equipment to current revision
• Comfortable instrumenting changes in Linux Kernel
• Be an expert Guide for Automation, Script reviews

Preferred Qualifications

• Secure development process
• Penetration testing experience
• Secure Boot
• Secure Firmware Download
• Secure Debug
• Authentication
• Attestation
• Data in Flight Encryption
• IPsec, in Transport and Tunnel mode
• Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3
• Asymmetric (Public-Private key) Cryptography
• Symmetric Cryptography (i.e. AES-GCM)
• Quantum-safe (Post-Quantum) Cryptography

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