Western Digital

Data Storage

Internship-SoftwareDevelopment(Embedded)

Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia INTERNSHIP
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The Brief

“Internship - Software Development (Embedded) at Western Digital. Skills: Firmware Development, C++, Python, Algorithms. Design firmware. Develop firmware”

What You'll Achieve.

deliver high performance; cost-efficient enterprise Hard Disk Drive (eHDD) products

Industry & Context.

Data Storage
Problems you'll solve

problem solvers; problem statement to conclusions; problem solving; complexity analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, C, Object-oriented programming, C++, Python, Data Structure, Algorithms, Multi-threaded programming

Nice to Have

micro-controller architecture (ARM or ARC), embedded firmware development, RTOS, data analytics, data visualization, machine learning, Agile practices

What You'll Do.

Design data structures

Technical investigations

Create design documents

Devise testing strategies

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

working in an Agile development environment; working with the globally diverse R&D team; working both supervised and unsupervised as part of the team

Communication Scope

written communication; verbal communication

Process & Methodology

Agile methodologies

Full Job Description

At WD, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible. At our core, WD is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole. We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, and WD_BLACK™. We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, WD is fueling a brighter, smarter future. Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage. What We Do We are focused on design and development of next generation firmware architecture and algorithms to deliver high performance and cost-efficient enterprise Hard Disk Drive (eHDD) products. As part of the globally diverse R&D team, you will be working in an Agile development environment with opportunity to learn and grow in multiple disciplines. This position is based in Western Digital Tech and Regional Center (M), which is a Center of Excellence located in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. What You Will Do ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES * Design, develop, test, integrate and maintain quality firmware for eHDD using best practices like unit test, CI and Agile methodologies. * Design and implementation of data structures, software algorithms, data path, and drivers for hardware cores using latest standards C++ and Python. * Participate in significant technical investigations from problem statement to conclusions. * Creat

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