Staff Engineer, Applications Engineering

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Company Description

The future. It’s on you. You & Western Digital.

We’ve been storing the world’s data for more than 50 years. Once, it was the most important thing we could do for data. Now we’re helping the world capture, preserve, access and transform data in a way only we can.

The most game-changing companies, consumers, professionals, and governments come to us for the technologies and solutions they need to capture, preserve, access, and transform their data.

But we can’t do it alone. Today’s exceptional data challenges require your exceptional skills. It’s You & Us. Together, we’re the next big thing in data.

Western Digital® data-centric solutions are found under the G-Technology™, HGST, SanDisk®, Tegile™, Upthere™, and WD® brands.

Job Description

AE is responsible to keep tracking all technical and design requirements from OEM customer, and ensure those are reviewed by the relevant team and
incorporated into product design in timely manner, which occasionally requires in-depth discussion and negotiation with Customer and/or Engineer team.
Coordination of such discussions is owned by AE as well.

AE also manages all qualification activities, starting from specification alignment, qualification sample forecasting and tracking of them,
open issue tracking(FA and Engineering discussion) and drives actions to closures.
Leading discussions with OEM customer for product design and requirement is another key role with AE, which requires relationship building with key customer stakeholders.

AE is accountable to deliver all qualification deliverables including but not limited to Qual reports, any product information required by Customer, FA report during qualification if there are any issues.
Before a new product qualification cycle starts, AE starts to work with relevant internal and external teams to prepare such deliverables ahead of time.

BOM management, including Custom labels and Firmware is also managed by AE working together with relevant manufacturing teams.

Additional Information

Because Western Digital thrives on the power of diversity and is committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect, and contribution, we are committed to giving every qualified applicant and employee an equal opportunity. Western Digital does not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their protected class status and complies with all federal and state laws against discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, as well as the laws and regulations set forth in the ’Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law’ poster.