Servo Control Engineer - San Jose, United States

Originally posted 14 May 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 18 August 2026.

About the role

Western Digital is seeking a Servo Control Engineer responsible for optimizing positioning controllers and real-time servo firmware development for enterprise-class hard disk drives.

What you'll do

- Architect a servo system compensating for environmental variables such as vibration, shock, supply voltage, and temperature. - Develop and optimize real-time servo firmware and positioning controllers. - Research, design, develop, and maintain tools and equipment for characterization and qualification of servo designs. - Provide failure analysis support for integration teams, manufacturing, and reliability testing. - Evaluate the feasibility of advanced technologies and their interaction with servo subsystems through simulation and prototyping. - Collaborate across teams to engineer design improvements that optimize performance and minimize failures.

What you'll need

- Currently pursuing or recently completed an MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering. - 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++. - 0 to 2+ years of relevant professional experience.

Skills: servo-controller design, real-time servo firmware, Matlab, C/C++, failure analysis