New College Graduate – Electrical Failure Analysis Engineering
| Company | Western Digital |
|---|---|
| Location | San Jose, CA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related engineering field with a graduation date before July 2025.
- Right to work in the US without requiring Western Digital to commence or sponsor an immigration case to employ you at any point in the future required (for example, H-1B or other employment-based immigration case)
- Candidates who will not require relocation to the San Jose, CA will be preferred
- Electrical testing experience
- Electrical failure analysis experience with enterprise or client hard drives highly desired
- Detailed knowledge of Hard Drives and knowledge of factory processes
- Knowledge and experience with automation, Python, C is a plus
- Proven problem-solving skills
- Demonstrates patience, confidence, and composure
- Proven leadership skills
- Effective at multi-tasking, organization and time management
- Self-motivated
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal and teamworking skills
- Candidates must demonstrate relevant experience, interest and aptitude in both analytical and practical aspects of the above topics.
Responsibilities
- Perform and manage Electrical FA tests in the lab and identify key findings and provide Electrical FA analysis conclusions for customer returned drives.
- Collaborate closely with other FA lab analysts.
- Summarize Electrical FA results based on key lab findings.
- Pro-actively engage with subject matter experts in PCBA, Firmware, FA Tools, Customer Technical Support and Customer Quality Managers, Factory FA and Quality teams on customer and qualification issues.
- Follow department/work group processes.
- Develop, improve, and document failure analysis procedures, processes, and requirements.
- Participate in selected customer issue resolution meetings.
- Effectively present information, ideas, and your perspective to peers, team members and managers.
- Create and meet schedules for high priority process improvements.
- Brainstorm, be open to inputs and recommend team improvements and team process improvements.
- Interact with Development teams to understand new technology, develop associated failure analysis tools, processes, and documentation.
- Define and work on tool improvements related to FA.
- Learn about product failures from development teams.
- Effectively communicate results and status with management and team members and participate in resolving product and customer issues by providing meaningful insights.
Preferred Qualifications
- Electrical failure analysis experience with enterprise or client hard drives highly desired
- Knowledge and experience with automation, Python, C is a plus