Principal Engineer Test Engineering

Western Digital•Colorado Springs, CO

7d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled Test Automation Engineer with a good foundation in storage to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in test automation using pytest, as well as a deep understanding of storage related to SAS, SCSI, NVMe, NVMeOF and networking paradigms of TCP and RoCE . This role requires a collaborative mindset to work closely with cross-functional teams and ensure our storage systems are both performant and secure.

Requirements

B.S. and or Masters in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
Requires years of industry experience in test automation and quality assurance
Detailed understanding of test methodologies
Developing Test Plans based on requirements/design documentation
Skill in failure analysis correlating test failures with firmware and software logs
Understand Software development Life Cycle
Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
Ability to achieve results in a fast moving, dynamic environment
Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
Self-motivated and Self-driven

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of REST and experience testing REST APIs
Experience writing automated tests using the pytest framework
Experience with Fabric Switches
Experience with using AI to enhance productivity
Comfortable working in a lab/data-center

Responsibilities

Expertise of Storage QA which will involve validation of firmware and storage subsystems, including automation.
Experience of Storage Servers, Storage Arrays – JBOD, JBOFs, NAS, SAN validation.
Requires In-depth knowledge of SAS, SCSI, PCIe protocols. Trace Analysis of SAS/Ethernet/PCIe.
Working knowledge of HDD and SSD debugging is a plus.
Solid working knowledge of operating systems: Linux (with Windows as a plus) including trouble shooting issues/problems with those systems
Understand Hardware and Software interaction
Install and configure various hardware and software components
Perform bug verification and drive issues to resolution

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 WD Savings 401(k) Plan