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Customer Failure Analysis Engineer
Western Digital Technologies INC · 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, US
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 176 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 56 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Western Digital Technologies INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles35 certified filings for “Staff Engineer, Hardware Development Engineering” (Industrial Engineers) in CA: $120k–$163k, median $145k. Most were filed at wage level II (44%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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The US Department of Labor certified 176 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 56 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Join our dynamic and collaborative team to help with WD failure analysis automation and data analytics in support of requests from our customers teams. As Data Analytics / LLM / AI / SQL Engineer in Failure Analysis Team, you will be responsible for helping define requirements and plans and own implementation of Data Analytics / LLM and AI/ SQL and dashboard projects. You will collaborate with local FA team and other teams to drive the progress of the projects. These projects will create enhancements to the analytics and reporting dashboards, automate Electrical and Mechanical FA work and improve turn-around time of FA. You will review failure analysis report formats in the existing system and use them as reference for automating generation of FA reports. These reports are used to communicate key lab data and causes of failure to the customers, field application engineers, quality managers, manufacturing, or development teams. You will use Data Analytics, SQL, Apache Superset, PowerBI, Devin, Dremio and Python to create dashboard improvements used by FA Teams. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • The ML / LLM / AI Engineer in Failure Analysis will: • Help define and document requirements for Data Analytics / LLM (Large Language Models) FA projects as well as helping implement it. • Help Electrical and Mechanical lab Engineers automate their processes. • Help with migration of visualizations from Spotfire to Apache Superset or Microsoft Power BI • Use Machine Learning, SQL and Python to create FA dashboard improvements. • Collaborate with local FA team and other teams to drive the progress of these projects. • Support any future additional Machine Learning / AI projects. • Be FA Team resident expert and spokesperson for DA / LLM / AI / SQL / dashboard technical topics. • You will effectively communicate results and status with management and team members and help resolve project challenges REQUIRED • Knowledge and experience with Data Analytics, Python, C++ and SQL • Knowledge of LLM (Large Language Models)/AI • BS/MS in Computer Science/Data Science or equivalent with Machine Learning coursework completed. SKILLS • Proven problem-solving skills • Good interpersonal and teamwork skills • Leadership skills • Effective at multi-tasking, organization and time management • Self-motivated and responsible • Demonstrates patience, confidence, and composure • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Experience: Prior industry experience a plus • Experience with Apache Superset, Devin, Power BI is a plus WD is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee 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 " Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal ” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available HERE . WD thrives on