Technologist, Hardware Development Engineering

Western Digital; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 171,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Western Digital in San Diego is seeking a Technologist, Hardware Development Engineering to advance high-performance hardware from concept to production. This hands-on role focuses on cutting-edge design and integration across silicon, packaging, and boards in a data-centric environment.

The ideal expert hardware engineer will own complex hardware development and debug at system level, coordinating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable storage solutions for AI-driven data centers.

Qualifications

• Professional hardware engineering experience.
• Hands-on lab bring-up and root-cause analysis across silicon, package, and board.
• Experience with board schematics, layout, bring-up, and manufacturing support.

Responsibilities

• Own board/system hardware design from concept to production.
• Lead ASIC I/O decisions, packaging, PI/SI co-design, and tape-out support.
• Debug across silicon, package, and board to resolve issues.
• Integrate and debug 100G/200G Ethernet and PCIe interfaces.

Skills

Board/system hardware design

ASIC I/O integration

High-speed interfaces

Ethernet/PCIe integration

Job description

Technologist, Hardware Development Engineering

• Full-time
• Job Type (exemption status): Exempt position - Please see related compensation & benefits details below
• Salary Range: 170,600.00-227,400.00
• Business Function: Hardware Development

WD is building the infrastructure behind the AI-driven data economy.

As AI scales, so does data. Every interaction, every model, every system generates data that must be stored, managed, and made accessible over time. That’s where we come in.

We combine deep engineering expertise with global-scale manufacturing to deliver the storage systems that make AI possible, powering hyperscale data centers, cloud platforms, and enterprise infrastructure worldwide.

This isn’t theoretical work. It’s real systems, at real scale, people solving some of the hardest challenges in technology today.

We’re looking for people who want to build, solve, and operate at that level.

Join us and let’s shape the future of data.

We are seeking anExpert-level Hardware Engineerwho is equally strong inboard-level hardware designandASIC interface / integration(I/O, package, power integrity, DFT/test, analog, and signal integrity). This is ahands-onrole for a recognized subject matter expertise in delivering complex hardware from concept through production, including deep lab bring-up and root-cause complex issues, able to debug across silicon, package, and board.

REQUIRED

• Professional hardware engineering experience.
• Demonstrated, hands-on experience spanningboth:
• Board/system hardware design(schematic ownership, layout partnership, bring-up, debug, standards compliance, manufacturing support)
• ASIC I/O and integration(I/O architecture decisions, package/substrate considerations, PI/SI co-design, tape-out support, DFT/test hooks)
• Cutting-Edge High-Speed Interfaces
• Hands-on experience integrating and debuggingleading-edge Ethernet and PCIe interfaces, including:
• 100G/200G Ethernet PAM4 transceivers (system/channel design, equalization concepts,