Western Digital · 15 hours ago
Principal Test Engineer - System Test
Roseville, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
5+ years expWestern Digital is a global innovator in data storage solutions, striving to push the boundaries of technology. The Principal Test Engineer will utilize sound test engineering principles to ensure product functionality and readiness, lead product validation and performance characterization, and collaborate with various engineering teams to enhance testing methodologies.
Big DataComputerHardwareManufacturingSoftware
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelors degree Masters degree in Engineering, Computer Science, other related Engineering discipline
A minimum of 5+ years of experience in Storage and Networking
Programming experience utilizing Python, or other scripting languages
Networking protocols
Storage NVME
Working Knowledge in Linux
Experience in Automation
Experience with the below: 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
Preferred
Secure development process
Penetration testing 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 Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan
Company
Western Digital
Western Digital helps customers capture, preserve, access, and transform an ever-increasing diversity of data.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$901.37M2023-10-31Post Ipo Debt· $1.37M
2023-01-31Post Ipo Equity· $900M
2015-09-30Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Sesh Tirumala
SVP, CIO
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Alvin B. Phillips
Founder
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