Early Career Talent - Software Development Engineer (Firmware)
About The Position
Why this role matters: You'll design and ship embedded firmware that powers enterprise storage products—writing C/C++ code that directly impacts how data centers and cloud infrastructure perform. Join our structured Early Career program where you'll learn our stack, deliver real features, and work alongside experienced firmware engineers. This position is part of our Early Career program at WD. Our Early Career program is designed to support individuals beginning their professional career by providing the foundational training through a structured onboarding, mentorship, and development curriculum. If terms like ARM, microcontroller, Raspberry Pi, or Arduino excite you—not intimidate you—you're ready for this role.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing or recently completed BS/MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Embedded systems fundamentals – understand how software interacts with hardware
- C++ coding experience – comfortable writing, debugging, and testing code
- Python familiarity – can write scripts or willing to learn
Nice To Haves
- Curiosity – you ask "why" and dig into how things work
- Tenacity – you don't give up when code breaks or bugs hide
- Motivation – you want to learn fast and deliver real impact
Responsibilities
- Design and implement embedded system components using best-practice development methodologies
- Validate and maintain firmware – write tests, debug issues, ensure code quality before customer delivery
- Triage and resolve issues – perform first-level investigation on host and performance problems
- Collaborate with core firmware engineers – integrate code, participate in reviews, learn the full product lifecycle
- Own your assignments – after training, independently deliver tasks that ship to customers
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
