About the role#
This summer internship program is designed for students early in their professional careers. You will join one of several engineering tracks, including System Tools, Applications, Data Analytics, Firmware, or Systems Design and Integration. This role provides foundational training through structured onboarding, mentorship, and a development curriculum. We hire interns to work on real systems and solve technical challenges.
What you'll do#
Depending on your assigned team, your work may include:
- Designing and developing system software, utilities, and engineering tools.
- Building and enhancing operating systems, compilers, databases, and networking tools.
- Writing clean, maintainable code in languages like C, C++, Python, Java, Go, or JavaScript.
- Designing and developing data pipelines, warehouses, and automation tools for data analysis.
- Creating dashboards and reports to support business decisions.
- Developing and debugging embedded firmware for high-performance systems.
- Collaborating with hardware and software engineers to integrate subsystems and ensure compatibility.
- Defining system requirements and troubleshooting technical issues.
- Creating documentation to support software deployment and maintenance.
What you'll need#
- Current enrollment in a Bachelor's or Master's degree program in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience building technical skills through coursework, research, personal projects, or previous internships.
- Familiarity with software fundamentals, including debugging, data structures, algorithms, and operating systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills for team collaboration.
- Experience with software development tools such as Git, Linux, or common IDEs is a plus.
- An interest in areas such as storage technologies, semiconductors, cloud computing, AI, or embedded systems.
Location & details#
- Term: Summer 2027.
- Modality: On-site.
- Locations: San Jose, California; Irvine, California; Fremont, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Longmont, Colorado; and Rochester, Minnesota.
- Employment: This is a paid, full-time internship position.
About Western Digital
Western Digital builds storage infrastructure for data management. The company produces hardware including hard disk drives and solid state drives for cloud storage and data centers. It operates as a public company based in San Jose, California. The organization employs over 22,000 people.
How to get in at Western Digital
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