Reliability & Failure Analysis Engineer, HDD

WD; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Transit benefits

Job summary

WD is seeking a Drive Failure Analysis and Reliability Integration Engineer to join the Hyperscale HDD Development Team in California. You will help identify causes of HAMR and ePMR HDD failures by analyzing manufacturing and reliability data, interfacing with hardware engineering and product development to deliver actionable insights.

This early career role provides onboarding, mentorship, and a structured development curriculum.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Right to work in the US without sponsorship.
• Experience with data analysis, electronics testing, reliability, hardware, manufacturing, or technical problem solving.
• Familiarity with programming/analysis tools such as MATLAB, TCL, Python, R, C, or C++.
• Strong organization, problem solving, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to multitask and collaborate within a technical team.

Responsibilities

• Analyze failures from manufacturing, engineering validation, and reliability testing to support root‑cause determination.
• Define analysis plans with HDD Development Engineering, Manufacturing, Customer teams, and Reliability partners.
• Use bench electrical failure analysis measurements, data and manufacturing data to determine likely failure causes.
• Document failure analysis data, summarize findings, and communicate conclusions to stakeholders.
• Apply programming and data analysis skills to improve reporting and trend analysis.
• Support corrective action discussions to improve product reliability and prevent recurrence.

Skills

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

Data analysis

Problem solving

Communication

Education

BS in Computer Engineering

BS in Computer Science

BS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

WD is seeking a Drive Failure Analysis and Reliability Integration Engineer to join the Hyperscale HDD Development Team in California. You will help identify causes of HAMR and ePMR HDD failures by analyzing manufacturing and reliability data, interfacing with hardware engineering and product development to deliver actionable insights.

This early career role provides onboarding, mentorship, and a structured development curriculum.