Failure Analysis Engineering Intern
Summer 2023
Posted on 5/13/2023
INACTIVE
Western Digital

10,001+ employees

Disk drive & data storage manufacturer
Company Overview
Western Digital’s mission is to be at the cusp of innovation and to push the boundaries of innovation to make what you think was once impossible, possible. The company has been at the forefront of innovation with the first hard drives and now continues to work on advancements in 3D NAND along with their reliable data solutions business.
Data & Analytics
Hardware

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$932M

Founded

2014

Headquarters

San Jose, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

5%
Locations
San Jose, CA, USA
Experience Level
Intern
Desired Skills
Python
MATLAB
CategoriesNew
Software Engineering
Requirements
  • Material Science, Mechanical Engineering, or Chemistry Majors only
  • Graduating between December 2023 - June 2024
  • Experience with one or more of the following tools: optical microscope, scanning electron microscope, surface analyzer microscope
  • Knowledge or Exposure to analytical tools/techniques such as SEM, AFM, Raman, Tof-SIMs etc
  • Matlab or Python
  • Experience working in a materials characterization or analysis setting
Responsibilities
  • Responsible for hands on teardown of HDD during product development phase
  • Review electrical FA and determine next cause of action to investigate cause of failure
  • Work in a Class 100 clean room environment
  • Physical teardown of drives, collecting and interpreting possible cause of failure and next step of FA characterization/ analysis
  • Document images in our FA database system
  • Effectively document and present FA findings /conclusion to program team
  • Work with functional teams to prevent recurrence of similar issues