# AI Application Engineer, Product Engineering

WD is building the infrastructure behind the AI-driven data economy. As AI scales, so does data. Every interaction, every model, every system generates data that must be stored, managed, and made accessible over time. That’s where we come in. We combine deep engineering expertise with global-scale manufacturing to deliver the storage systems that make AI possible, powering hyperscale data centers, cloud platforms, and enterprise infrastructure worldwide. This isn’t theoretical work. It’s real systems, at real scale, people solving some of the hardest challenges in technology today. We’re looking for people who want to build, solve, and operate at that level. Join us and let’s shape the future of data. Job Summary We are looking for an AI Application Engineer to develop AI-powered solutions for HDD manufacturing data analysis. You will apply software engineering, AI Agent technologies, data analytics, and other related technologies to build reliable LLM-powered data analysis systems and AI Agents that automate repetitive engineering analysis and improve data-driven decision-making in HDD and component manufacturing. You will join a cross-disciplinary team, work with experienced men

- **Id**: 4268559
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/western-digital-ai-application-engineer-product-engineering>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Shenzhen, China
- **Countries**: CN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T10:46:13Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T18:44:07Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7195
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Enterprise Storage Systems, Digital Storage

## Company

- **Id**: 8924
- **Name**: Western Digital
- **Domain**: wdc.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/wdc>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 30
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.8
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 36
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Technologies

- **Agentic Workflows** — Optional: no
- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **FastAPI** — Optional: no
- **Function Calling** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **LangChain** — Optional: no
- **LangGraph** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Model Context Protocol** — Optional: no
- **Pandas** — Optional: no
- **Prompt Engineering** — Optional: no
- **pySpark** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **RAG** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Structured Outputs** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no
- **Spark** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Upper-Intermediate (B2); Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T17:04:15Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 36
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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