United States - Rochester, MN

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The HGST Enterprise System Integration Group is seeking a system integration engineer to work in our System Integration Test (SIT) Lab located in Rochester, MN. The SIT Lab is a dynamic environment where test engineers work closely with drive development engineers and our customers' engineers during the process of bringing a drive to market. The SIT Lab supports the full HGST hard disk and solid state drive lines as well as HGST-branded products.

This is a technical position for a team which verifies the compatibility of enterprise (server) drives in our customers' operating environments. System integration engineers work closely with the product lead engineer, development engineers, and our customers' engineers to ensure successful bring-up, development, and verification of the product. System integration engineers are responsible for configuring the drives and systems for test, then monitoring and analyzing drive logs, system logs, bus signals, etc. to determine test status. Problems will be isolated, analyzed, and documented as they occur; this may require development of unique test scripts to exercise the drive and system in the area of problem occurrence. Responsibilities also include the creation of test schedules, writing reports, and communicating written and verbal status.

*Qualifications
Qualified candidates will have earned a BS degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science. Skills and prior experience should also include:
• Application-level programming or scripting (C++ / Tcl / etc.)
• Windows and UNIX / Linux server storage environments
• SCSI command set
• Strong verbal and written communication

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Provide front line customer support for qualification activity of Hard Disk Drives into Enterprise Customer platforms. Primary activities involve project managing all aspects of qualifications including microcode customization definition, qualification sample management, schedule definition and tracking and problem resolution when issues arise. Will be expected to generate weekly customer issue packages from multiple sources, assemble presentation, present to customer and drive meeting actions. Problem solver that owns all customer issues involving (procuring capital equipment, communicating engineering changes, managing microcode issue, addressing increased failure rates, generating detailed qualification plans and schedules, reporting customer status, working drive performance deficiencies and more).

*Qualifications
Must have detailed knowledge of Hard Disk Drives (HDD). Previous experience as customer support engineer. Self-starter that needs little direction. Ability to represent the customer across all areas of the business. Strong project management skills who can multiplex on several complex issues at once. Strong partnership with Sales to execute a consistent direction and strategy with all qualification. Seasoned with the ability to work with all levels of management within HGST. Ability to utilize core skills (Microsoft Office) and HGST HDD analysis tools. Good communicator who can build and develop trusting customer relationships.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

 HGST SIT Lab Student Engineer (Internship , 6 Months)

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
HGST's System Integration Technology (SIT) Lab located in Rochester, MN is seeking electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science students. We have full-time paid internship/co-op opportunities available for our 2013 May-December session, with exact dates flexible based on school schedules. These positions are created primarily as a growth opportunity for students as well as a means for HGST to identify and nurture candidates for future employment. Students work as part of a global engineering team responsible for the integration of HGST disk drive (HDD/SDD) products into our customers' products, mentored and guided by experienced HGST engineers. Our group in particular debugs and validates electrical and SATA/SAS/USB/PCI protocol compatibility between our products and computer systems from our customers. Students are responsible for assisting HGST engineers in executing measurements, documenting measurement results, and isolating and debugging product compatibility problems. Prior experience in disk drive technology or SATA/SAS/USB/PCI interfaces is not required for these positions.

*Qualifications
Qualified candidates should be of at least sophomore standing pursuing a BS or graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science from an accredited university. Professional business communication competency, both verbal and written, is required, as is competency with basic office technology (general PC use, email, spreadsheets, etc.). Interest in extensive hands-on computer and laboratory equipment use is expected. Candidates should possess, or be comfortable learning via self-education, rudimentary programming and scripting (Perl, Tcl/Tk, Java, etc.) skills. Prior experience in disk drive technology or SATA/SAS/USB/PCI interfaces is not required.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

SIT Lab Manager - 6736

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Lead and manage the Systems Integration and Test team responsible for test and integration of HDD and SSD product lines. Participate in product staging and technology development and support. Work with distributed technical teams at multiple development and factory locations worldwide. Directly provide project and program management support on HDD and SSD products by working with functional teams and customers for our products. Collaborate and drive new process development, documentation of existing processes, and improvement of current processes. Work effectively with the team and other managers to ensure our deliverables are met. Interface and communicate with customers and key stake holders. Coordinate and drive consistent practices with distributed functional teams. Ensure processes are sufficient to deliver consistent quality products to our customers.

Management responsibilities include personnel development, technical project management of the department, and other duties as assigned.

*Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineer, Electrical Engineering or Technical field preferred, Advanced degree a plus.
Minimum 5+ years experience with storage related technology and at least 2+ years of storage device test, architecture or firmware development.
Project and Program management Experience.
Ability to work independently as a self starter as well as with a team.
Good oral and written communications skills (presentation and documentation).
Ability to multi-task effectively under considerable pressure of deadlines and is easily adaptable/flexible within a fast-paced environment.
Must be open to domestic and/or international travel for technical consultation/presentation/support.
Demonstrated strong leadership skills.
SATA/SAS/PCIe/FC/ISCSI etc interface development background a plus.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Person will be a project manager for a system integration test lab for Hard Disk Drive products. Focus will be on sustaining products that are under customer qualification, product engineering change validation and regression testing. Weekly status reports will be created and communicated to upper management. Will need to work cross organizationally to resolve problems.

*Qualifications
Person should have good people skills, previous leadership positions, organized, reliable and responsive. Person will need to quickly come up to speed in order to take total ownership. An engineering background is required in order to understand technical details enough to ask questions to get down to root cause and corrective actions. Concise and easy to understand communications is required.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The HGST Enterprise System Integration Group is seeking a system integration engineer to work in our System Integration Test (SIT) Lab located in Rochester, MN. The SIT Lab is a dynamic environment where test engineers work closely with drive development engineers and our customers' engineers during the process of bringing a drive to market. The SIT Lab supports the full HGST hard disk and solid state drive lines as well as HGST-branded products.

This is a technical position for a team which verifies the compatibility of enterprise (server) drives in our customers' operating environments. System integration engineers work closely with the product lead engineer, development engineers, and our customers' engineers to ensure successful bring-up, development, and verification of the product. System integration engineers are responsible for configuring the drives and systems for test, then monitoring and analyzing drive logs, system logs, bus signals, etc. to determine test status. Problems will be isolated, analyzed, and documented as they occur; this may require development of unique test scripts to exercise the drive and system in the area of problem occurrence. Responsibilities also include the creation of test schedules, writing reports, and communicating written and verbal status.

*Qualifications
Qualified candidates will have earned a BS degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science. Skills and prior experience should also include:
• Application-level programming or scripting (C++ / Tcl / etc.)
• Windows and UNIX / Linux server storage environments
• SCSI command set
• Strong verbal and written communication

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The HGST Enterprise System Integration Group is seeking a system integration engineer to work in our System Integration Test (SIT) Lab located in Rochester, MN. The SIT Lab is a dynamic environment where test engineers work closely with drive development engineers and our customers' engineers during the process of bringing a drive to market. The SIT Lab supports the full HGST hard disk and solid state drive lines as well as HGST-branded products.

This is a technical position for a team which verifies the compatibility of enterprise (server) drives in our customers' operating environments. System integration engineers work closely with the product lead engineer, development engineers, and our customers' engineers to ensure successful bring-up, development, and verification of the product. System integration engineers are responsible for configuring the drives and systems for test, then monitoring and analyzing drive logs, system logs, bus signals, etc. to determine test status. Problems will be isolated, analyzed, and documented as they occur; this may require development of unique test scripts to exercise the drive and system in the area of problem occurrence. Responsibilities also include the creation of test schedules, writing reports, and communicating written and verbal status.

*Qualifications
Qualified candidates will have earned a BS degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science. Skills and prior experience should also include:
• Application-level programming or scripting (C++ / Tcl / etc.)
• Windows and UNIX / Linux server storage environments
• SCSI command set
• Strong verbal and written communication

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The HGST Enterprise System Integration Group is seeking a system integration engineer to work in our System Integration Test (SIT) Lab located in Rochester, MN. The SIT Lab is a dynamic environment where test engineers work closely with drive development engineers and our customers' engineers during the process of bringing a drive to market. The SIT Lab supports the full HGST hard disk and solid state drive lines as well as HGST-branded products.

This is a technical position for a team which verifies the compatibility of enterprise (server) drives in our customers' operating environments. System integration engineers work closely with the product lead engineer, development engineers, and our customers' engineers to ensure successful bring-up, development, and verification of the product. System integration engineers are responsible for configuring the drives and systems for test, then monitoring and analyzing drive logs, system logs, bus signals, etc. to determine test status. Problems will be isolated, analyzed, and documented as they occur; this may require development of unique test scripts to exercise the drive and system in the area of problem occurrence. Responsibilities also include the creation of test schedules, writing reports, and communicating written and verbal status.

*Qualifications
Qualified candidates will have earned a BS degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science. Skills and prior experience should also include:
• Application-level programming or scripting (C++ / Tcl / etc.)
• Windows and UNIX / Linux server storage environments
• SCSI command set
• Strong verbal and written communication

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The HGST Enterprise System Integration Group is seeking a system integration engineer to work in our System Integration Test (SIT) Lab located in Rochester, MN. The SIT Lab is a dynamic environment where test engineers work closely with drive development engineers and our customers' engineers during the process of bringing a drive to market. The SIT Lab supports the full HGST hard disk and solid state drive lines as well as HGST-branded products.

This is a technical position for a team which verifies the compatibility of enterprise (server) drives in our customers' operating environments. System integration engineers work closely with the product lead engineer, development engineers, and our customers' engineers to ensure successful bring-up, development, and verification of the product. System integration engineers are responsible for configuring the drives and systems for test, then monitoring and analyzing drive logs, system logs, bus signals, etc. to determine test status. Problems will be isolated, analyzed, and documented as they occur; this may require development of unique test scripts to exercise the drive and system in the area of problem occurrence. Responsibilities also include the creation of test schedules, writing reports, and communicating written and verbal status.

*Qualifications
Qualified candidates will have earned a BS degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science. Skills and prior experience should also include:
• Application-level programming or scripting (C++ / Tcl / etc.)
• Windows and UNIX / Linux server storage environments
• SCSI command set
• Strong verbal and written communication

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
HGST's System Integration Technology (SIT) Lab located in Rochester, MN is seeking an experienced lead project engineer. SIT Lab team members work as part of a global engineering team responsible for the integration of HGST disk drive (HDD/SSD) products into our customers' products. Our group in particular debugs and validates electrical and SATA/SAS/USB/PCIe protocol compatibility between our products and computer systems from our customers. This scope includes product performance validation in customer environments with associated analysis and improvement actions. Engineers are responsible for planning and executing measurements, documenting measurement results, and isolating and debugging product compatibility and performance problems. Engineers work closely with our global R&D, product development, and customer account teams, influencing both current product launch success and future product design. This specific role is for an experienced engineering team leader or project manager to lead planning activities, coordinate plan execution, communicate progress relative to plan, and articulate organizational mission and value-add.

*Qualifications
Qualified candidates should have a BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or the physical sciences from an accredited university plus three or more years of experience in engineering team leadership or project management. Formal Project Management, Engineering Management, or MBA training is desired but not mandatory. Professional business communication competency, both verbal and written, is required, as is competency with basic office technology (general PC use, email, spreadsheets, etc.). Candidates should bring an interest in further project management education and in future personnel management. Prior knowledge of disk drive technology or SATA/SAS/USB/PCIe interfaces is beneficial but not required for this position.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
HGST's System Integration Technology (SIT) Lab located in Rochester, MN is seeking an experienced lead technical engineer. SIT Lab team members work as part of a global engineering team responsible for the integration of HGST disk drive (HDD/SSD) products into our customers' products. Our group in particular debugs and validates electrical and SATA/SAS/USB/PCIe protocol compatibility between our products and computer systems from our customers. This scope includes product performance validation in customer environments with associated analysis and improvement actions. Engineers are responsible for planning and executing measurements, documenting measurement results, and isolating and debugging product compatibility and performance problems. Engineers work closely with our global R&D, product development, and customer account teams, influencing both current product launch success and future product design. This specific role is for an experienced subject matter expert to lead laboratory debug, failure analysis, and mentoring activities.

*Qualifications
Qualified candidates should have a BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited university plus five or more years of experience with the PC hardware industry and SATA, USB, SAS, or related storage interfaces. Professional business communication competency, both verbal and written, is required, as is competency with basic office technology (general PC use, email, spreadsheets, etc.). Expertise in extensive hands-on computer and laboratory equipment use is expected. Candidates should possess, or be comfortable learning via self-education, rudimentary programming and scripting (Perl, Tcl/Tk, Java, etc.) skills. Prior knowledge of disk drive technology is desirable but not mandatory.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
HGST's System Integration Technology (SIT) Lab located in Rochester, MN is seeking new college graduate and experienced engineers and computer scientists. Team members work as part of a global engineering team responsible for the integration of HGST disk drive (HDD/SSD) products into our customers' products. Our group in particular debugs and validates electrical and SATA/SAS/USB/PCIe protocol compatibility between our products and computer systems from our customers. This scope includes product performance validation in customer environments with associated analysis and improvement actions. Engineers are responsible for planning and executing measurements, documenting measurement results, and isolating and debugging product compatibility and performance problems. Engineers work closely with our global R&D, product development, and customer account teams, influencing both current product launch success and future product design.

*Qualifications
Qualified candidates should have a BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science from an accredited university. Professional business communication competency, both verbal and written, is required, as is competency with basic office technology (general PC use, email, spreadsheets, etc.). Interest in extensive hands-on computer and laboratory equipment use is expected. Candidates should possess, or be comfortable learning via self-education, rudimentary programming and scripting (Perl, Tcl/Tk, Java, etc.) skills. Experienced candidates should bring an interest in project management or personnel management. A background in distributed storage ("cloud storage"), distributed file systems, or general distributed computing is of great interest to us. Prior knowledge of disk drive technology or SATA/SAS/USB/PCI interfaces is desirable but not required for these positions.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
New College Graduate or Experienced Professional

HGST's System Integration Technology (SIT) Lab located in Rochester, MN is seeking new college graduate and experienced engineers and computer scientists. Team members work as part of a global engineering team responsible for the integration of HGST disk drive (HDD/SSD) products into our customers' products. Our group in particular debugs and validates electrical and SATA/SAS/USB/PCIe protocol compatibility between our products and computer systems from our customers. This scope includes product performance validation in customer environments with associated analysis and improvement actions. Engineers are responsible for planning and executing measurements, documenting measurement results, and isolating and debugging product compatibility and performance problems. Engineers work closely with our global R&D, product development, and customer account teams, influencing both current product launch success and future product design.

*Qualifications
Qualified candidates should have a BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science from an accredited university. Professional business communication competency, both verbal and written, is required, as is competency with basic office technology (general PC use, email, spreadsheets, etc.). Interest in extensive hands-on computer and laboratory equipment use is expected. Candidates should possess, or be comfortable learning via self-education, rudimentary programming and scripting (Perl, Tcl/Tk, Java, etc.) skills. Experienced candidates should bring an interest in project management or personnel management. A background in distributed storage ("cloud storage"), distributed file systems, or general distributed computing is of great interest to us. Prior knowledge of disk drive technology or SATA/SAS/USB/PCI interfaces is desirable but not required for these positions.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
New College Graduate or Experienced Professional

HGST's System Integration Technology (SIT) Lab located in Rochester, MN is seeking new college graduate and experienced engineers and computer scientists. Team members work as part of a global engineering team responsible for the integration of HGST disk drive (HDD/SSD) products into our customers' products. Our group in particular debugs and validates electrical and SATA/SAS/USB/PCIe protocol compatibility between our products and computer systems from our customers. This scope includes product performance validation in customer environments with associated analysis and improvement actions. Engineers are responsible for planning and executing measurements, documenting measurement results, and isolating and debugging product compatibility and performance problems. Engineers work closely with our global R&D, product development, and customer account teams, influencing both current product launch success and future product design.

*Qualifications
Qualified candidates should have a BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science from an accredited university. Professional business communication competency, both verbal and written, is required, as is competency with basic office technology (general PC use, email, spreadsheets, etc.). Interest in extensive hands-on computer and laboratory equipment use is expected. Candidates should possess, or be comfortable learning via self-education, rudimentary programming and scripting (Perl, Tcl/Tk, Java, etc.) skills. Experienced candidates should bring an interest in project management or personnel management. A background in distributed storage ("cloud storage"), distributed file systems, or general distributed computing is of great interest to us. Prior knowledge of disk drive technology or SATA/SAS/USB/PCI interfaces is desirable but not required for these positions.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

Architecture/Performance Engineer - Co-Op or Intern - 6471 (Internship)

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
This is a Coop position in the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Systems Architecture team supporting team members modeling and developing tools. Responsible for supporting the definition, analysis, simulation, implementation and optimization of advanced architectures for disk drives, hybrid drives and SSD's. This position will demand close collaboration with Research groups and the Core System Engineering teams. Work areas include:

Adaptive caching and queuing algorithm design and simulation.
Firmware performance analysis and optimization.
Design and implementation of prototype firmware.
Workload analysis including SAS and SATA protocols. Responsible for creating and executing firmware/software Enterprise HDD's or consumer storage devices.

*Qualifications
Junior or Senior in the following majors: BS/MSEE, BS/MSCE, or BS/MSCS
Software development background proficient in C/C++ , TCL knowledge a plus.
Background in optimization a big plus.
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to solve problems quickly and make strong individual contributions while working on a small fast moving team

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

Architecture/Performance Engineer - Co-Op or Intern - 6472

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
This is a Coop position in the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Systems Architecture team supporting team members modeling and developing tools. Responsible for supporting the definition, analysis, simulation, implementation and optimization of advanced architectures for disk drives, hybrid drives and SSD's. This position will demand close collaboration with Research groups and the Core System Engineering teams. Work areas include:

Adaptive caching and queuing algorithm design and simulation.
Firmware performance analysis and optimization.
Design and implementation of prototype firmware.
Workload analysis including SAS and SATA protocols. Responsible for creating and executing firmware/software Enterprise HDD's or consumer storage devices.

*Qualifications
Junior or Senior in the following majors: BS/MSEE, BS/MSCE, or BS/MSCS
Software development background proficient in C/C++ , TCL knowledge a plus.
Background in optimization a big plus.
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to solve problems quickly and make strong individual contributions while working on a small fast moving team

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Collaborate with database developers in defining and maintaining databases and data systems that will ensure accuracy and access to data which can be analyzed for process and product metrics
•Compile data from internal and external data sources
•Optimize metrics generation
•Ensure data quality and accuracy
•Prepare graphs, reports, metrics dashboards and presentations
•Generate routine and ad hoc reports

*Qualifications
Associates Degree or Demonstrated Data Analyst Experience
•Technical expertise in database design development, SQL
•Proficient in use of Excel, SQL, Word, Access, Powerpoint
•Programming skills, adept at queries, macros and report writing
•Experience in data mining techniques
•Comprehensive data analysis skills and experience, charting and graphing

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities will be to design, execute and support Device driver Testing for upcoming newer SSD product lines.
Algorithm design/development, working with OS suppliers and with internal design teams.

*Qualifications
Experience in, and detailed understanding of, test methodlogies and SW environments.
Experience with test design and execution for device drivers.
Sound SW Engineering concept/methodology (process).
Ability to work independently as a self starter as well as with a team.
Good oral and written skill (presentation and documentation).
Ability to multi-task effectively and is easily adaptable/flexible within a fast-paced environment.
Must be open to domestic travel for technical consultation/presentation/support.
PCIe interface firmware development background a plus.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
This is an experienced position on a firmware development team. The work is developing host bus interface code, based on the SAS interface, for the next generation of SSD storage products. The work will focus on attaching a SSD based adapter using standard protocols over the SAS host bus. The candidate will be supporting the team with bench level verification, failure analysis and fixes.

*Qualifications
BS in EE, CE or CS
5+ year experience
Knowledge of SAS host bus interface highly desired
C/C++ required
Strong knowledge of code development methods and debug techinques
Knowledge of typical lab equipment such as bus analyzers and in line firmware debug tools is required

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
- Members of the Firmware Test Team work closely with Firmware Design Engineers to assist in the development of the latest hard disk drive (HDD) and solid state drive (SSD) products. The team's primary goal is to verify firmware behavior by developing custom test cases and automation scripts to interact with the drives. The team always strives to come up with innovative ways to test firmware.

- Firmware Test engineers work in a team atmosphere in the HGST Development Lab, where there is full access to, and collaboration with, the firmware development and firmware tools engineers.

- The position of FW Test Engineer will focus on defining and developing a suite of test cases for HDD/SSD products, defining test plans, debugging test failures, and developing automation software. The engineer will support the product through it's life cycle, from early development to end of life.

*Qualifications
- The candidate must be highly motivated and have excellent communication, organization, time management skills, with the ability to work independently.

- Programming/scripting experience

- Knowledge of testing best-practices

- Experience with PC setup and configuration is desired

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Responsible for executing and analyzing firmware/software development tests for Enterprise HDD's or consumer storage devices. This includes configuring hardware test cases to simulate the operating environment, supporting existing tools, and creating. cataloging, and maintaining new tools for future development. Most tools are PC based and written in C or TCL. Test environment is both Windows and Linux. Knowledge of software development tools, lab debug tools (logic analyzers, bus analyzers, and scopes), device drivers, and SCSI/ FCAL/ SAS/ SATA interfaces is a plus.

*Qualifications
BSEE, BSCE, or BSCS with 0-2 years experience
Knowledge of Storage Benchmark Suites (such as IOMeter) a plus.
Knowledge of C/C++ development and TCL scripting preferred
Knowledge of SCSI/SAS/SATA preferred
Knowledge of Ethernet a plus
Knowledge of test equipment suppliers, set-up, and test case writing and debugging skills preferred
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to solve problems quickly and make strong individual contributions while working on a small fast moving team

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Interns on the Firmware Test and Tools Team work closely with Firmware Design Engineers to assist in the development of the latest hard drive and solid state drive products. Interns on this team work on the same type of tasks as our full time engineers, side by side with their mentors. Some of the roles that interns fill include software development of in-house tools used to interact with the drives, creating test cases to exercise and find bugs in the drive firmware, analyzing drive failures, working with firmware design engineers to fix the problem, and expanding the support of the firmware team's web based tools. The primary programming languages used on the Firmware Test and Tools Team include C++, scripting languages such as TCL, and web programming languages such as PHP, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, and MySQL. Interns work in a team atmosphere in the HGST Development Lab, where there is full access to, and collaboration with, the firmware development, test, and tools engineers.

*Qualifications
2+ years toward an accredited bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
This is an experienced position in a firmware development team to develop drive control firmware. The candidate is expected to own an assigned area of code with responsibility for the design, implementation, bench-level verification, support, and documentation of new firmware, using a structured code development process.

*Qualifications
MS/BSEE, MS/BSCE, or MS/BSCS - Software development background proficient in C/C++ with an emphasis on, or experience in, real time environments. - Strong knowledge of structured code development methods and debug techniques - Knowledge of and experience using typical lab equipment such as bus analyzers, and in line firmware debug tools is required. - Ability to solve problems as part of multi-site organization and cross functional team - Ability to provide accurate and timely scheduling and resource information to team leads and managers, and meet scheduled commitments

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

Intern-SoC Integration - 6488

Company Statement
HGST, a Western Digital company, is a market leader in enterprise hard disk drives and develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and external storage solutions and services that are used by large and sophisticated technology companies to store, preserve and manage data. HGST storage solutions have a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Our drives are trusted by the world's high-transactional enterprises, Internet services companies, creative professionals, and consumer electronics and automotive system manufacturers to store the avalanche of new content resulting from cloud computing and services, virtualization, social networks, HD video and mobile platforms.

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The successful applicant will be performing electronics hardware circuit validation and testing, primarily in a laboratory setting. Early electronics bring up, failure analysis, and proactive problem solving will be normal day to day activities for this position

*Qualifications
Must have 2 years of electrical or computer engineering courses completed. Should have electronics lab experience and familiarity with high level programming languages and linux

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
The position of PCIe SSD Tools Developer will focus on enhancing support of the tool suite for SSD products. These tools will need to support products with both PCIe and SAS interfaces, and will aid in the development, failure analysis and performance testing of future SSD products.
Members of the Firmware Tools Team work closely with Firmware Design Engineers to assist in the development of the latest solid state drive (SSD) products.

*Qualifications
-MS/BSEE, MS/BSCE, or MS/BSCS
- Software development background proficient in C/C++, and scripting languages such as TCL
- Strong knowledge of structured code development methods and debug techniques
- Ability to solve problems as part of multi-site organization and cross functional team
- Ability to provide accurate and timely scheduling and resource information to team leads and managers, and meet scheduled commitments

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

Performance Development Engineer - 5090

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Responsible for monitoring op rate and throughput performance of HDD products, and working with performance team leads to formulate and drive plans to achieve performance targets. Resolve shortfalls identified by customer teams and test teams with failure analysis, explanatory reports, and corrective action plans. This position will demand close collaboration with HDD Firmware and Servo teams. Work areas include:

Summary and analysis of performance benchmarking data from lab and manufacturing test measurements, and comparison with objectives.

Identification of anomalies and shortfalls, and their causes.

Collaborate with HDD Firmware, Servo, and/or Test teams as appropriate to resolve shortfalls.

Use basic statistical analysis methods to draw conclusions on experimental data.

Utilize, maintain and develop analysis method using Excel or MatLab.

Workload analysis including SAS and SATA protocols.

*Qualifications
- Candidates must demonstrate relevant experience, interest and aptitude in both analytical and practical aspects of the above topics as well as HDD Mechanical & Firmware architectures, and a clear understanding of magnetic recording technology.
- Education: BS/MS in EE, ME, Physics, or related field
- Experience: 1- 3 years experience in the HDD/data storage industry; new college grads considered.
- Experience using Excel and MatLab for data analysis is a plus.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

6397 - Read/write Channel Integration Engineer

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
- Read/write integration using Vendor channels to optimize HDD SER, and other necessary magnetic recording functions
- Lab skills = uses oscilloscopes, signal gens, analyzers to enable channel function verification and failure analysis
- Plans, performs, summarizes, and presents findings in regard to channel verification, channel operations, technical experiments, & failure analysis results
- Algorithm development to help identifying recording performance issues/root causes with regard to the data channel function
- Develop more effective bench level testing tools to enhance FA capability
- Software skills req'd to help write manufacturing level special commands and/or update test scripts to utilize the read/write channel's features and functions
- Basic understanding of read/write hardware functions
- Works in concert with supplier technical support teams and our HGST internal product teams (our internal customer)
- Works with suppliers hardware functional evaluation/validation teams

*Qualifications
-Basic understanding on magnetic recording & signal processing
-Basic understanding on various signal-to-noise, non-linearity effects on recording performance
-Being persistent on problem/issue resolution
-Solid statistical analysis skills
-Strong communication skills and good team player
-Strong lab skills
-Strong programming skills (C/C++, TCL, etc.) preferred
-Strong knowledge of HDD is desirable

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
- Read/write integration using Vendor channels to optimize HDD SER, and other necessary magnetic recording functions
- Lab skills = uses oscilloscopes, signal gens, analyzers to enable channel function verification and failure analysis
- Plans, performs, summarizes, and presents findings in regard to channel verification, channel operations, technical experiments, & failure analysis results
- Algorithm development to help identifying recording performance issues/root causes with regard to the data channel function
- Develop more effective bench level testing tools to enhance FA capability
- Software skills req'd to help write manufacturing level special commands and/or update test scripts to utilize the read/write channel's features and functions
- Basic understanding of read/write hardware functions
- Works in concert with supplier technical support teams and our HGST internal product teams (our internal customer)
- Works with suppliers hardware functional evaluation/validation teams

*Qualifications
-Basic understanding on magnetic recording & signal processing
-Basic understanding on various signal-to-noise, non-linearity effects on recording performance
-Being persistent on problem/issue resolution
-Solid statistical analysis skills
-Strong communication skills and good team player
-Strong lab skills
-Strong programming skills (C/C++, TCL, etc.) preferred
-Strong knowledge of HDD is desirable

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

Senior Firmware Development Engineer - 6454

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
This position is for a candidate with at least 3 years of embedded C/C++ development experience who will join the firmware group working on next-generation server-class storage products. The primary development environment is Windows with some Linux-based software development tools. Debugging involves use of typical lab equipment such as logic analyzers, bus analyzers, debuggers, and scopes. Knowledge of device drivers, TCL, software development, and debuggers is a plus. The ideal candidate will have a BS &/or MS Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, with a focus on coding and/or testing firmware in C/C++ at the system level. Excellent communication skills are required to interface within the team, outside the team across various disciplines, and across multiple sites. The successful candidate will work in a small, fast-paced, multi-site team so strong teamwork and proactive communication are fundamental to success.

*Qualifications
MS/BSEE, MS/BSCE, or MS/BSCS with 3 or more years experience. Experience with Real-Time Embedded Firmware Development.
Experience with ARM architecture a plus.
Experience with storage protocols such as SAS/SATA.
Software development/test background with proficiency in C/C++, with system emphasis. TCL knowledge a plus.
Strong knowledge of structured code development methods and debug techniques.
Knowledge of and experience using typical lab equipment such as logic analyzers, bus analyzers, debuggers, and scopes is required.
Ability to solve problems as part of multi-site organization and cross functional team.
Ability to provide accurate and timely scheduling and resource information to team leads and managers, and meet scheduled commitments.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Must have 2 years of electrical or computer engineering courses completed. Should have at least 1 year of RTL design language coursework. Good communication skills are required. Lab experience and programming skills are an asset as well.

*Qualifications
The successful applicant will be performing ASIC verification and possibly RTL design. Verification model development, simulation test case development and maintenance, as well as design debug will be the critical components of the co-op experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.

Contact:

hgstcareers@hgst.com

Location:

Rochester, MN

Details:

The company employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world. We have manufacturing locations in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and China. Development laboratories are located in San Jose, CA and Rochester, MN, USA; and in Odawara and Fujisawa, Japan. Our sales and technical support offices are strategically located throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

*Responsibilities
Members of the Firmware Tools Team work closely with Firmware Design Engineers to assist in the development of the latest hard disk drive (HDD) and solid state drive (SSD) products. Members of this team develop the in-house software tools used to interact with the drives and test their performance. Firmware Tools engineers work in a team atmosphere in the HGST Development Lab, where there is full access to, and collaboration with, the firmware development, test, and tools engineers.

*Qualifications
A significant responsibility for the Firmware Tools Team is maintaining the World Wide Firmware Team's in-house websites and web based tools in several languages. The Website Developer position works closely with Firmware Engineers to design, deliver, and maintain functional web-tools used to streamline various product development tasks. The necessary background for this position includes HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, C#, and MySQL. Exposure to Linux operating systems is preferred. Proficiency in written Japanese is a plus.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the intent of HGST, Inc. to hire the best-qualified candidates for opportunities within the company, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of HGST, Inc. management, and is based on job performance, contribution, and business requirements.