Summer 2026 Intern - HAMR thermal-device fabrication Internship (Ph.D.)

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. We are inviting applications for an internship on the device-fabrication team in the Advanced HAMR Platform Team, where our mission is to continue the advance of Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR). This is an opportunity to work where magnetic, optical and plasmonic devices converge on a nanoscale.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a PhD candidate in Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Physics or similar majors
• Cleanroom experience, exposure to wafer processes such as lithography, wet etching, ion milling, reactive etching, thin-films and characterization are all desirable

Benefits

• 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
• 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
• The WD Savings 401(k) Plan