Data Engineering Intern — Early Career Program

Westerndigital; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 18,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Western Digital is seeking a Data Engineering Intern to support our engineering operations team. The role covers schema design, data ingestion, API interfaces, template generation logic, and reporting dashboards across relational, time-series, and vector data.

You will assist in database schema design, develop ETL pipelines, build API interfaces, validate data quality, and maintain documentation. This internship is part of our Early Career program with onboarding planned for early 2027.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
• Expected internship onboarding/start date: Early 2027.

Responsibilities

• Assist in database schema design and documentation for an automation system supporting engineering test operations.
• Develop and maintain ETL pipelines for data ingestion and transformation workflows.
• Build basic API interfaces for data access and integration with engineering platforms and systems.
• Implement template parameter mapping and generation logic using templating frameworks.
• Support reporting and dashboarding development for engineering and operational metrics.
• Perform data quality checks and validation across structured and unstructured data sources.
• Maintain clear documentation for pipelines, schemas, and workflows.
• Participate in code reviews and maintain clean, well-documented code.

Skills

SQL

Python

REST API concepts

ETL pipelines

Templating frameworks

Documentation

SSH

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Science

Tools

Grafana

Power BI

Job description

Western Digital is seeking a Data Engineering Intern to support our engineering operations team. The role covers schema design, data ingestion, API interfaces, template generation logic, and reporting dashboards across relational, time-series, and vector data.

You will assist in database schema design, develop ETL pipelines, build API interfaces, validate data quality, and maintain documentation. This internship is part of our Early Career program with onboarding planned for early 2027.