WHAT WE DO
Western Digital India Team represents Engineering R&D, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Strategy, Business Functions and Communications. We have a large R&D presence in Bengaluru and sales offices across the country.
WD Bangalore is a Center of Excellence and within R&D, our team is focused on enterprise Hard Disk Drive Engineering. It is a growing team that has been responsible for key enterprise products and has been instrumental in design, development of next generation architecture and products.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
As senior manager you will grow and manage a highly achieving team developing and operating a variety of business critical development and CI/CD tools and work closely with IT in coordinating the infrastructure needs for continuous automation.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Manage and lead cross functional teams in the Test development/Validation of eHDD (Opti-NAND).Experience in architecting & implementation of white box/grey/ Blackbox Tests and Validation. Products with a special emphasis on key technologies (Simulation, NAND etc), qualification testing and processes.
• Primary Responsibility to lead team own’s DVT [Device Verifications Test] Development which include Directed test and Random workload test development and Validation.
• Software engineering and disciplines in design, development, test, source-code management, and CI/CD practices.
• Experience in Test/Validation of complex software/firmware systems, hardware products.
• Active participation in technical discussions with architects and key technical leaders.
• Ensure that program objectives and deliverables are accomplished in a timely fashion to meet product ramp requirements and build contingency plans.
• Support agile team Test development processes and Validation, helping to resolve roadblocks and impediments.
• Measure and monitor the quality and progress of the work of the team and adjust accordingly
• Hire, coach, and manage staff as needed. Provide career development and performance coaching.
• Collaborate with peer managers to lead broader organizational initiatives
• Create a team culture that supports open communication, collaboration across teams and across sites,and empowerment to employees.
• Having knowledge of multiple test-frameworks to architect and devise validation efficiencies
• Exposure to TDD would be preferred , provided knowledge is applied in real-world implementation
• Having worked in SaFE would be a plus
• Proven track record of contributions to Innovation and new-age technology adoption (ML, AI).