Staff Engineer, Firmware Development (SSD)

DEVELOP AND TEST FIRMWARE

• SSD products: Develop firmware IP subsystems for SSD products that meet or exceed the requirements of the technical spec matrix including, but not limited to: Performance, Endurance, Capacity, Functionality, and Quality/Reliability.

• Firmware Quality Assurance: Develop a firmware unit and functional tests that ensures the firmware subsystem meets the quality, functional, and performance requirements required at each integration breakthrough in the product development lifecycle.

COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY

• Dedicatedly provide management, multi-functional team members, and the firmware team with consistent, detailed, and accurate summaries of activities within firmware development.

DEVELOP PEOPLE

• Multi-functional Collaboration: Develop and maintain collaborative, open and, constructive relationships with peers and management

• Team Development: Provide technical capability that continuously improves team involvement, morale, and productivity

• Personal Development: Work to continuously improve your technical capability and communication skills

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

• Integrates AI-assisted tools and insights into daily work to improve efficiency, quality, or effectiveness, exercising sound judgment and complying with organizational standards and legal requirements.

• Contributes to a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, testing, and sharing AI-enabled enhancements within one's scope of work.

REQUIREMENTS

• Masters/Bachelors in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering

• In-depth knowledge and minimum 4 years experience in embedded firmware development and debugging

• More than 2 years recent experience in storage industry, storage systems, or a related technology is an advantage

• Expertise in programming languages (eg. C, RUST), programming tools & environments

• Ability to work independently with a minimum of day-to-day supervision

• Experience with team leadership and/or supervising/mentor engineers

• Experience programming in Python will be viewed as an advantage

• Experience working with storage interfaces ideally PCIE/NVMe is considered a plus

• Experience with NAND flash and other non-volatile storage can be a plus

• Experience in conduct analysis, designs, performs programming, debugs, and modifies software

• Proficiency in resolving code problems for firmware applications

• Excellent communication skills.

• Ability to apply baseline digital fluency and role‑appropriate AI literacy to use AI‑enabled tools responsibly and effectively for research, analysis, content creation, problem‑solving, operational tasks, and achieving business outcomes

  Conducts analysis, designs, performs programming, debugs and modifies software. Troubleshoots code for firmware applications. Utilizes analog and digital hardware and software operating systems. Typically programs in machine language, assembly language and high level languages, (e.g., C, Python)