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Staff Engineer, Electronic Design Engineering

Western Digital 🇺🇸 Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America

Onsite $96,500 - $128,600 Full-time Senior

The engineer will design high-performance storage enclosures and servers, managing the full PCBA development cycle from specification to production. They will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet regulatory and manufacturing requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the design of enterprise class storage enclosures and servers
  • Be responsible for the development of PCBAs through the entire design cycle
  • Work closely with other organizations within Western Digital, including product management, procurement, quality, and manufacturing engineering
  • Conduct design and feature reviews, be accountable for tracking schedules, issues and resolutions
  • Work with international suppliers and manufacturing locations

Requirements

  • BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering
  • At least 0-5+ years of PCBA development experience in computing, storage or related fields
  • Be well organized with strong attention to detail
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Willingness to work individually, and as a team member, to ensure commitments are met
  • Able to effectively coordinate and guide the activities of others to meet goals
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills, capable of interfacing effectively with peers on other teams
  • Digital circuit design expertise
  • Understanding of high-speed circuit concepts applicable to current generations of PCIe, Ethernet, and SAS/SATA bus architectures

Benefits

  • Comprehensive package of benefits including 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
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Transit
  • The Applause Program
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • The WD Savings 401(k) Plan

Key Skills

Electrical engineering PCBA development Digital circuit design High-speed circuit concepts PCIE Ethernet SAS/SATA bus architectures Communication Collaboration Leadership Project management Microsoft Office Suite Cadence Allegro Design Entry Capture Allegro PCB Designer

About Western Digital

For more than 55 years, WD has built the storage infrastructure that powers the world’s data. Now, as WD, we’re driving certainty for the AI-driven data economy—delivering the scale, reliability, and economics required to turn data into intelligence.

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