Embedded Firmware Engineer for High-Performance Storage

Western Digital Corporation; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Western Digital Corporation is seeking a Software Development Engineer (Embedded) to design, develop, test, and maintain firmware for eHDDs at the KL COE Office. The role emphasizes C/C++ and Python, data structures, and hardware drivers within an Agile framework.

The position requires a degree in Computer Science or Electronics Engineering and strong problem-solving, multitasking, and collaborative skills in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master in Computer Science, Computer/Electronics Engineering or related field.
• Knowledge in C, Object-oriented programming (e.g. C++, Python), Data Structure, Algorithms. Multi-threaded programming.
• Ability to rapidly learn new technologies, complex code.
• Capable of quickly learning new firmware, hardware, systems, tools, and methodologies.
• Strong aptitude for problem solving, algorithm design, and complexity analysis.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including written and verbal communication.
• Comfortable in a dynamic and evolving environment.
• Self-motivated to work both supervised and unsupervised.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, integrate and maintain quality firmware for eHDD using best practices like unit test, CI and Agile methodologies.
• Design and implementation of data structures, software algorithms, data path, and drivers for hardware cores using latest standards C++ and Python.
• Participate in significant technical investigations from problem statement to conclusions.
• Create design documents pertinent to the various phases of firmware development.
• Devise strategies for in-depth functionality and compatibility testing of complex drive features.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Data structures

Algorithms

Multi-threaded programming

Education

Bachelor or Master in Computer Science, Computer/Electronics Engineering or related field

Job description

Western Digital Corporation is seeking a Software Development Engineer (Embedded) to design, develop, test, and maintain firmware for eHDDs at the KL COE Office. The role emphasizes C/C++ and Python, data structures, and hardware drivers within an Agile framework.

The position requires a degree in Computer Science or Electronics Engineering and strong problem-solving, multitasking, and collaborative skills in a fast-paced environment.