Technologist, Systems Design Engineering Job

Req ID: 33891

SanDisk®, a Western Digital brand, has been expanding the possibilities of data storage for more than 25 years—giving businesses and consumers the peace of mind that comes from knowing their data is readily available and reliable, even in the most challenging environments. Our products are used in the world’s leading-edge data centers, embedded in game-changing smartphones, tablets, and laptops, and entrusted by consumers around the world. As a vertically-integrated storage solution company, we are able to quickly deliver innovative, high-quality solutions with less time from research to realization. From mobile devices to hyperscale data centers, SanDisk storage solutions make the incredible possible.

The Platform Integration Engineer (a.k.a. System Engineer) is a part of the Platform Integration Engineering and Requirements Management organization. The successful candidate will excel at problem solving and critical thinking at the system level to enable the investigation, planning, and implementation of test systems and methods, vet architectural direction and provide practical implementation methods, as well as provide overall system guidance that enables Western Digital to produce the best enterprise SSDs in the storage market.

Responsibilities

• Apply critical thinking to all platform and product requirements (from marketing, functional teams, customers, etc.) and provide solutions to technical issues.
• Identify and fill system gaps to ensure all teams’ output integrate in an optimal manner.
• Vet architectural decisions and directions and provide practical implementation methods that span a variety of potential products related to a platform.
• Devise experiments and critically evaluate test results.
• Effectively document work, the results of experiments, and conclusions drawn, as well as provide training documentation for system tools.
• Use broad skill base to support the above activities. These skills include hardware design and analysis, diagnostic and application software and firmware development, data analysis and reporting.

Requirements

• Engineering or related technical degree.
• Minimum ten years industry experience.
• Ability to work well with multiple teams of various disciplines.
• HW/ASIC/FPGA development (one or more of the following)
  • HW design and schematic development
  • ASIC design
  • HDL coding and design experience
  • FPGA/ASIC build and timing closure
• PCB development (one or more of the following)
  • PCB schematic capture
  • PCB layout and/or reviewer knowledge
  • PCB signal integrity modeling or measurement
• Software development (one or more of the following)
  • Diagnostic and/or production test software development
  • Coding in one or more of the following: Java, Visual Basic, C/C++/C#, Python, Perl
  • Web client, GUI internal software tool development
• Firmware development (one or more of the following)
  • Code development that drives hardware directly
  • Assembly language coding experience
  • Code development that does not require an operating system
• Hands-on laboratory experience using equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, and analyzers.
• Good verbal and written communications skills.
• Disciplined approach to problem solving, running experiments, documentation and presenting results.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office tool suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook).
• Mechanical design experience is a plus.
• Control systems experience is a plus.
• Flash experience, NAND or NOR, or other non-volatile memory technologies is a plus.
• Storage experience in development, testing and/or failure analysis is a plus.

Western Digital offers a highly competitive compensation package and great benefits. Western Digital provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status.

Posting Notes: United States (US) || Hardware Engineering; Software Engineering || Experienced || Salt Lake City, UT || [[custInternType]] ||.||