Internship - Software Development (Embedded)
Western Digital2 days ago
Petaling Jaya, MalaysiaIntern
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, integrate, and maintain firmware for enterprise hard disk drives.
- Implement data structures, software algorithms, data paths, and drivers for hardware cores using C++ and Python.
- Conduct technical investigations from problem statement through conclusions.
- Create design documents for firmware development phases.
- Develop strategies for functionality and compatibility testing of complex drive features.
Requirements
- Be a current student pursuing a bachelor's degree in computer science, computer/electronics engineering, or a related field.
- Have knowledge of C, object-oriented programming such as C++ and Python, data structures, algorithms, and multithreaded programming.
- Demonstrate problem-solving, algorithm-design, and complexity-analysis ability.
- Be able to learn new firmware, hardware, systems, tools, and technologies quickly.
- Familiarity with ARM or ARC microcontroller architecture, embedded firmware development, and RTOS is advantageous.
- Knowledge of data analytics, data visualization, or machine learning is advantageous.
Benefits
- Paid internship with on-the-job and supplemental training.
- Mentorship and professional development training with industry professionals.
- Executive exposure and networking events with interns and Western Digital employees.
- Collaboration opportunities with cross-geographical and cross-cultural teams, especially in Japan and the United States.
- The position is based at the Western Digital Tech and Regional Center in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
About Western Digital
Western Digital designs and manufactures data storage devices and platforms, including hard disk drives and solid-state drives, for consumer electronics, enterprises, and hyperscale data centers. The public company, founded in 1970 and headquartered in San Jose, sells under the Western Digital and SanDisk brands through OEM and retail channels, and supplies cloud platforms and PC markets worldwide.