University Recruiter (Contract)

The Western Digital Early Career Recruiting team is hiring a Contract University Recruiter that is focused on hires pursuing Bachelors, Masters and PhD. Opportunity is also open to hybrid or remote worker pending on location. Ideal candidate location is San Jose, California.

As a Contract University Recruiter, you will partner with both hiring managers and our core university partners to support university recruitment experience.

Recruitment

You will be a key partner to help identify and hire university talent for Western Digital. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Full life-cycle recruitment for new college graduates and interns across multiple functions, including: building the talent pipeline, interviews, and offers 
• Developing strong university partnerships to proactively build a pipeline of new college grads and interns for existing and future needs of the organization    
• Promoting our Western Digital brand throughout the recruitment cycle
• Communicate fearlessly to build trust; you will bring a strong perspective that inspires and motivates hiring partners and candidates
• Collaborate amongst teammates and cross functional teams to meet deadlines and achieve goals
• Ability to travel domestically, during peak recruiting cycles
• Support recruitment programs which help define and provide a comprehensive university experience
• Partnering with internal stakeholders to define an all-encompassing candidate experience
• Developing presentations and reports

• Minimum of 2 years of demonstrated relevant experience -- previous experience in university/campus recruiting preferred
• Creative, self-motivated, self-learner with superior teamwork skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work on the resolution of any issue and to interact with various interdepartmental engineering and support organizations
• Demonstrated project driving skills, capable of managing projects with set milestones and timeline
• Ability to execute with minimal supervision
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and past ATS experience required

Western Digital 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.

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.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 01/13/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update