Senior Manager, Security Firmware

Job Description

Western Digital's Flash Security Platform team is currently seeking a passionate Senior Manager for our security firmware engineering function which develops innovative and high-performance security firmware for its Solid State Drive (SSD) memory controllers. As a key member, you will mentor a team in evaluating, building, and testing firmware for our security solutions. Collaborating with engineers from various backgrounds, including but not limited to architects, firmware engineers, firmware test engineers, system hardware design engineers, product engineers, memory design engineers, and production engineers, you will contribute to the resolution of multi-functional product development challenges.

Join us in shaping the future of secure storage solutions!

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead a team of firmware engineers responsible for the development and design process of security technology. Take full responsibility for the entire process, encompassing planning, design, development, validation, and communication with senior management.

• Collaborate closely with security architects to define, implement, and integrate security features and protocols, ensuring optimal partitioning between hardware and software.

• Establish efficient workflows that facilitate rapid feature development while maintaining high quality and stability. This involves managing release cycles, implementing continuous integration, and conducting regression testing.

• Provide assistance for pre-silicon validation activities, such as simulation, emulation, and FPGA prototyping.

• Support post-silicon validation, performance characterization, system integration, and debugging efforts.

• Assist in establishing test and calibration capabilities for storage controllers in ATE, module, and product factories.

• Contribute to the Security Development Lifecycle of the firmware by supporting its development at various stages, including design, threat analysis, implementation, validation, vulnerability testing, certification, and audit.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

To qualify for this position, an ideal candidate would have

• A degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field.

• 10+ years of experience in engineering management, including previous leadership roles overseeing firmware teams that have a proven track record in high-volume production.

• Comprehensive understanding of embedded software fundamentals, encompassing design and development processes, real-time constraints, concurrency, multi-processor systems, caching, and virtual memory.

• Technical expertise in applied cryptography and firmware/hardware security, including knowledge of data encryption, trusted execution environment, secure boot, and device attestation.

• Knowledge of storage controller architectures and security protocols, such as TCG Opal/Ruby/Pyrite, IEEE 1667, SPDM, and IDE.

• Detailed knowledge of RISC-V Instruction Set Architectures (ISA)

• Proficiency in HW/SW architecture and design partitioning, along with expertise in requirements analysis, memory, and performance estimation.

• Hands-on experience with build infrastructure, automation, and CI/CD testing frameworks.

• Thorough knowledge of design strategies focused on maintainability, scalability, and code reuse.

• Successful leadership of large and complex projects, including feature planning, prioritization, status tracking, and issue triage and reporting.

• Exceptional organizational skills, demonstrated through experience in leading teams.

• Outstanding written and oral communication skills, enabling effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate 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 Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

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.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee's pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.

• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.

• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/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; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.

• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.