Technologist, Test Engineering – System Test

Western Digital

full-time

Posted on: 9/25/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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💰 $134,100 - $178,800 per year

SeniorLead

LinuxPython

About the role

Own product validation: test plan definition, test plan execution, and primary lead in failure analysis
Primary lead in performing performance characterization of product and tracking down anomalies
Contribute to overall test schedule development
Write test plans for new product features, generate test matrices, test reports, and other test documentation
Define new tests based on customer feedback and defect fixes
Execute existing/regression test cases throughout product development cycle
Work closely with system test, hardware, ASIC and firmware engineers to improve test methodology and develop new tests and strategies
Configure customer hardware and software systems and troubleshoot problems to root cause
Maintain customer and test equipment to current revision
Instrument changes in Linux Kernel and guide automation/script reviews
Support security-related features (Secure Boot, Secure Firmware Download, Secure Debug, Authentication, Attestation, Data-in-Flight Encryption)

Bachelors degree or Masters degree in Engineering, Computer Science, other related discipline
A minimum of 8-10 years of experience in Ethernet Storage/Networking
Experience with Networking protocols and Storage NVMe
Programming experience utilizing Python or other scripting languages
Comfortable instrumenting changes in Linux Kernel
Experience with Secure Boot, Secure Firmware Download, Secure Debug, Authentication, Attestation
Experience with Data in Flight Encryption including IPsec (transport and tunnel mode), TLS 1.3, Asymmetric (Public-Private key) Cryptography, Symmetric Cryptography (e.g., AES-GCM), Quantum-safe (Post-Quantum) Cryptography
Experience in performance characterization and failure analysis
Experience defining and executing test plans, regression tests, and writing test matrices and reports
Ability to configure customer hardware and software systems and troubleshoot to root cause
Experience collaborating with system test, hardware, ASIC and firmware engineers
Guide for Automation and Script reviews (expert)
Bonus: Secure development process and penetration testing experience