Data Scientist - San Jose, United States - Western Digital

Western Digital

Verified Company

San Jose, United States

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Company Description

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.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest growth organizations in the world.

From energizing the most competitive gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world's biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Binge-watch any shows, use social media or shop online lately? You'll find Western Digital supporting the storage infrastructure behind many of these platforms.

And, that flash memory card that captures and preserves your most precious moments? That's us, too.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, storage devices and platforms for business and consumers alike. Our data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital, G-Technology, SanDisk and WD brands.

Today's exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It's You & Western Digital. Together, we're the next BIG thing in data.

Data Analytics team at Western Digital's Recording Sub-System (RSS) division is looking for a Data Scientist who has a passion to build data products and data systems.

The Data Analytics team makes the most use of a vast data (>10TB/day) acquired from our HDD manufacturing tests and internal logs HDD being operated.

As our experience and vision expand, the opportunity to make important contributions to the company and to our customers through data analytics is also expanding.

We seek a Data Scientist with practical experience in exploring big data opportunity at Western Digital.

As a Data Scientist, you will be responsible for utilizing disparate data sources in novel ways, with the aim of generating actionable insights.

The insights can create new offerings or improve the product reliability and performance and the efficiency of existing processes.

You will work closely with individual team leads to formulate problem statements and work through the lifecycle of delivering these insights to production.

You will design and organize large and complex data sets from varied sources, while thinking strategically about uses of data and issues such as scalability.

You will deliver mathematical and statistical models with proven predictive power.

Qualifications Responsibilities**:

Implement the applicable Machine Learning or statisticsbased algorithm for prediction and optimization and deliver the trained model to production
Design, build and support algorithms of data transformation, conversion, computation on Hadoop and other distributed Big Data Systems
Work closely with key business stakeholders.
Communicate key analytic findings within the business and to senior stakeholders.
Research, explore, and enable new quantitative techniques and technologies in data science.
Drive thought leadership and embrace emerging industry innovation.

Education
M.S. or B.S. of Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent

Additional Information
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.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; taxadvantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as su