Servo Control Engineer

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.

About the role

This role is part of WD's early career development program, ideal for individuals at the early stages of their professional career. Participants receive foundational training through structured onboarding, mentorship, and a curated development curriculum. Responsibilities are typically aligned with candidates who have approximately 0–2+ years of relevant professional experience.

Role begins Summer 2026.

Responsibilities

• Optimize 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.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a MS or PhD in EE or ME.
• Experience with servo-controller design for mechanical dynamic systems; familiarity with design tradeoffs for feedback and feedforward solutions.
• Experience with Matlab and coding in C/C++.

Skills

• Demonstrated strong problem-solving and initiative.
• Excellent global communication skills.
• Good organizational skills.

Pay

Salary range: $115,200.00 - $153,600.00. An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, ability, knowledge of the job, performance, contribution, results, geographic location, shift, internal and external equity, and business and organizational needs.

Benefits

• Paid vacation time and sick leave.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life, accident, and disability insurance.
• Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Employee assistance program.
• Other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Transit benefits.
• Applause Program.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• WD Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Eligibility for bonuses under WD’s Short Term Incentive Plan (STI Plan) or the Sales Incentive Plan (SIP), depending on role and performance.
• Eligibility to participate in the annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, subject to plan terms.