Western Digital

Data Storage

ServoControlEngineer

$115–154k San Jose, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Servo Control Engineer at Western Digital. Skills: servo controller optimization, real-time servo firmware development, servo system architecture, servo design characterization and qualification. optimizing the high performance and robust positioning controller. real-time servo firmware development for enterprise-class hard disk drives”

What You'll Achieve.

optimizing the high performance and robust positioning controller; enhance robustness, minimize failures and optimize performance

Industry & Context.

Data Storage
Problems you'll solve

Demonstrated problem solving

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

MS or PhD in EE or ME, experience with servo-controller design for mechanical dynamic familiarity with design tradeoffs for feedback and feedforward solutions, experience with Matlab, coding C/C++

What You'll Do.

optimizing the high performance and robust positioning controller

real-time servo firmware development for enterprise-class hard disk drives

architect a robust servo system

compensating for environmental variables such as vibration

supply voltage and temperature

develop and maintain tools and equipment related to characterization and qualifying robust servo design

provide failure analysis support for integration teams

and reliability testing

engineer design improvements that enhance robustness

minimize failures and optimize performance in all usage conditions

evaluate feasibility of advanced technologies and their interaction with servo subsystems through simulation and prototyping

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with other teams to engineer design improvements

Communication Scope

Excellent global communication skills

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. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: * Responsible for optimizing the high performance and robust positioning controller, and real-time servo firmware development for enterprise-class hard disk drives. * Architect a robust servo system, compensating for environmental variables such as vibration, shock, supply voltage and temperature. * Research, design, develop and maintain tools and equipment related to characterization and qualifying robust servo design. * Provide failure analysis support for integration teams, manufacturing, and reliability testing. * Collaborate with other teams to engineer design improvements that enhance robustness, minimize failures and optimize performance in all usage conditions * Evaluate feasibility of advanced technologies and their interaction with servo subsystems through simulation and prototyping. This role is part of WD's early career development program. WD's early career development program i

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