Job Description

Western Digital

The next big thing in data is you!

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Western Digital is a one of the worlds most sophisticated, foundational technology companies. A Fortune 150 company and the worlds largest maker of hard drives & flash memory products, we literally create the space upon which the digital world is built. Think about it. If not for our products, there would be no computing, social media or streaming media. We develop the technologies and make the products that make all of those things possible!

At Western Digitals Consumer Solutions group we design, build and ship hardware and software that enhances the digital lives of more than 300 million customers every year. With more than 350,000 points of sale worldwide, we help consumers in more than 113 countries connect with their content, so they get more enjoyment and value from the digital lives.

Our three brands, SanDisk, WD and G-Technology offer consumers new ways to aggregate, organize, secure, and share the content that really matters to them, no matter where the content is created, or where it resides. As our digital world and capabilities expand, we evolve to meet the needs of this highly dynamic and constantly changing environment. Whether that means creating personal cloud experiences that seamlessly pull all of your pictures, music, video, documents together or developing state-of-the-art encryption technologies that protect your most valuable content, were committed to putting consumers in control over every aspect of their digital world.

Core part of our strategy is delivering My Cloud personal cloud devices that help customers store and enjoy their content. Millions of these devices are already in users homes and our roadmap calls for many more. These devices offer robust Linux-based system with features such as configuration interfaces, security, RAID and system updates.

As a software development lead, you will influence the direction and success of the Linux platform on these devices. The platform includes core Linux, user space, many custom-built daemons and libraries. You will responsible for ensuring platform components are architected with maintainability, security, testability and flexibility in mind. You will help with implementation and delivery of these components, including developing code as necessary.

This role can be in either our Milpitas or Irvine, CA office.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Lead development of the My Cloud Linux based NAS OS
* Translate business requirements into technical requirements and architecture by working with product management team and leads from other teams
* Design various Linux daemons and other user-space components that work with open source software such as glibc, ffmpeg, mdadm etc.
* Communicate with cross-functional teams such as cloud, devops, middleware and clients
* Implement software components when necessary
* Deliver solutions on time with high quality
* Enforce best practices and coding standards on Device Platform team by conducting design and code reviews

REQUIRED:

* 12+ years of experience in developing embedded systems
* Expert-level expertise in any one of the popular programming languages such as C, C++, golang, Python
* Past experience in delivering robust, high-performance and secure solutions
* Strong computer science fundamentals such as operating systems, multi-threading, inter process communication (IPC), networking etc.
* Strong experience in architecting products with Open Source Software Integration.
* Experience in developing solutions that take security, analytics and automation testing into consideration
* Working knowledge of HTTP, Web apps and cloud
* Experience with arm & x86 hardware architectures and designing embedded systems with HDDs and SSDs is highly preferred
* Past experience collaborating with Taiwan-based System-on-ship (SoC) vendors to develop & sustain platform BSPs is a plus
* Knowledge of Linux Kernel and Linux-based OSes like Debian & Yocto
* Experience with RAID & filesystems like EXT4, NTFS, HFS+, SMB is a plus
* Experience in Docker framework internals & Linux Containers is a plus

ABOUT WESTERN DIGITAL

The future. Its on you. You & Western Digital.

Weve been storing the worlds data for more than 50 years. Once, storage was the most important thing we could do for data. Now, were helping the world capture, preserve, access and transform data in a way only we can.

The most game-changing companies, consumers, professionals, and government organizations come to us for the technologies and solutions needed to bring meaning and value to their ever-increasing diversity of data.

But we cant do it alone. Todays exceptional data challenges require your unique skills. You can be the next big thing in data.

Western Digital data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital, G-Technology, SanDisk and WD brands.

Western Digital is an equal opportunity employer.

Western Digital does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a persons gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

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