Servo Control Engineer

Job description

Essential Duties & Responsibilities: • Responsible for optimizing the high performance and robust positioning controller, and real-time servo firmware development for enterprise-class hard disk drives. • Architect a robust servo system, compensating for environmental variables such as vibration, shock, supply voltage and temperature. • Research, design, develop and maintain tools and equipment related to characterization and qualifying robust servo design. • Provide failure analysis support for integration teams, manufacturing, and reliability testing. • Collaborate with other teams to engineer design improvements that enhance robustness, minimize failures and optimize performance in all usage conditions • Evaluate feasibility of advanced technologies and their interaction with servo subsystems through simulation and prototyping. This role is part of WD's early career development program. WD's early career development program is ideal for individuals at the early stages of their professional career. Participants receive foundational training through structured onboarding, mentorship, and a curated development curriculum. The responsibilities of this role are typically aligned with candidates who have approximately 0–2+ years of relevant professional experience, though candidates of all experience levels are encouraged to apply. Role begins Summer 2026 Required: • Currently pursing or recently completed a MS or PhD in EE or ME • Must have experience with servo-controller design for mechanical dynamic system; familiarity with design tradeoffs for feedback and feedforward solutions. • Must have experience with Matlab and experience in coding C/C++ Skills: • Demonstrated strong problem solving and initiative • Excellent global communication skills • Good organizational skills Salary Range: 115,200.00-153,600.00 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.