Staff Engineer, Software Development Engineering

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Western Digital High Volume BackEnd Hard Disk Drive Manufacturing is an industry recognized leading process thanks to the high-level of automation and efficiency for maximized throughput.The successful candidate will join the BE Manufacturing Code Development team to work with a team of highly qualified software and firmware architects and engineers to develop a common flexible and abstracted platform across both Enterprise and Client space.The candidate will participate in the design and implementation of Host Application software as well as Manufacturing Firmware features using advanced development environment and tools based on C and Python / TCl / Perl scripts. This project exposes the team to Machine Learning, Secure Drive technology and a number of other advanced techniques.The significant positive financial impact and improved factory efficiency will be a great reward.The candidate should have good working knowledge of S/W / F/W Object Oriented Embedded programming and System Interlock design.Knowledge of the SAFe Development process, specifically as a Product Owner or Scrum Master, and strong verbal / written communication / team player skills are advantages.This position requires some experience in leading projects, develop requirements and drive project from development to deployment while working with cross-functional teams.Domestic or international travel may be required