WesternDigital

Principal Engineer Test Engineering

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At a Glance

Location
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Employment
Full-time
Posted
2026-03-13T16:17:59.068Z

Key Requirements

Domain Knowledge

  • Automation
  • Embedded Systems
  • Engineering

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance

ave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insuranc

Requirements

REQUIRED SKILLS

B.S. and or Masters in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Requires Extensive experience in test automation and quality assurance

Developing Test Plans based on requirements/design documentation

Extensive understanding of test methodologies

Skill in failure analysis correlating test failures with firmware and software logs

Compensation & Benefits

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their 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 person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s 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 "

Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

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Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Responsibilities

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled

Test Automation Engineer

with a good foundation in storage to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in test automation using pytest, as well as a deep understanding of storage related to SAS, SCSI, NVMe, NVMeOF and networking paradigms of TCP and RoCE . This role requires a collaborative mindset to work closely with cross-functional teams and ensure our storage systems are both performant and secure.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Expertise of Storage QA which will involve validation of firmware and storage subsystems, including automation.

About the Company

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, WD_BLACK™, and SanDisk® Professional brands.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage