Electronics Design Engineering

Validate mixed-signal chips for hard disk drives by characterizing next-gen Preamp technology using high-frequency RF test gear. Automate testing workflows through TCL scripts and partner with designers to debug signal integrity issues on prototype boards.

Responsibilities

• Characterize next-gen Preamp chips using high-frequency RF test gear (Network Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers)
• Automate testing workflows – write/modify TCL scripts to speed up validation cycles
• Debug signal integrity issues on prototype boards; run failure analysis and publish findings
• Partner with chip designers and vendors – test theories, verify fixes, optimize HDD performance
• Build test plans from scratch – design experiments, collect data, document what works (and what doesn't)

Requirements

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Right to work in the US without requiring WD to commence or sponsor an immigration case in order to employ you at any point in the future
• Solid analog fundamentals – you understand RF design, transmission lines, and signal integrity
• Hands-on lab skills – comfortable with oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and high-speed measurement setups
• Coding for automation – can write test scripts (TCL preferred, but adaptable)
• Verilog/SystemVerilog, VHDL, or FPGA experience
• PCB layout tools (KiCAD, Altium, etc.)
• HDD architecture knowledge
• ModelSim simulation experience

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 WD Savings 401(k) Plan

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