Early Career Talent - Software Development Engineer (Firmware)

Irvine, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

Western Digital is a company focused on powering global innovation through technology. They are seeking an Early Career Talent to design and ship embedded firmware for enterprise storage products, providing foundational training and mentorship in their structured Early Career program.

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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

Qualification

Required

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

Preferred

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

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
Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan

For more than 55 years, WD has built the storage infrastructure that powers the world’s data.

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