Engineer / Senior Engineer, SSD Validation

Micron Technology, Inc; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Micron Technology, Inc is seeking a Systems Design Engineer 3 in Hyderabad, India. The role requires technical ownership of firmware architecture validation, oversight of test cycles, and collaboration with design teams to enhance product quality.

Ideal candidates should have 3+ years of validation experience, strong Python skills, and knowledge of PCIe SSDs and memory storage systems. The position emphasizes leadership, relationship building, and a proactive approach to technical challenges.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of validation experience with a track record in product test strategies.
• Deep knowledge of PCIe SSDs, NAND, Memory storage hierarchy and NVMe Protocol.
• Ability to analyze problems, diagnose to root cause, and apply corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Lead product test cycles and validate architecture and requirements.
• Define and implement validation strategies and test cases.
• Monitor test execution to align with planned validation flow.
• Manage defects by collaborating with upstream and downstream teams.

Skills

Validation experience

Python scripting

Technical leadership

PCIe SSDs knowledge

NAND and Memory storage hierarchy

Problem analysis

Education

BS in engineering or equivalent

Job description

Responsibilities

• Technical Ownership
  • Serve as the domain guide for validation on firmware architecture, product requirements, and associated industry and results.
  • Reviews and challenges current test plans, coverage, and testing activities to drive both increased effectiveness and efficiencies across the product portfolio.
  • Recommend and instrument new validation approaches that drive better end-to-end coverage, more accurate testing, and expanded testing services.
  • Apply technical, project, and delegation experience to actively lead product test cycles.
• Requirements Analysis
  • Study of product requirements in order to verify testability.
  • Identification of suitable testing equipment.
  • Feedback & influence product design for the definition and implementation of new requirements/performance.
  • Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope and delivery dates.
• Validation Strategy
  • Definition of test cases to verify that functional and non-functional requirements are complying to system requirements.
  • Working with product design for test cases developing coherently with FW and HW architecture to influence the CI/CD FW dev flow, gate-keep quality and shift left bug discovery.
  • Identification of PASS/FAIL criteria for test cases in terms of number of cycles, statistical and temperature.
  • Enable shift-left efforts to move detection of failures from customer tests to internal-developed and maintained test frameworks.
• Test Implementation
  • Define the Test Implementation Strategy and Software Architecture to encompass both development and debug.
  • Define, plan and implement a test automation strategy, to supply to the ongoing development of in-house automation frameworks/tools.
  • Constantly evaluate, refine and implement validation processes/methodologies.
• Test Execution
  • Supplying and Pre-formatting of samples for validation.
  • Execution of Product Validation flow to match programmed validation plan.
  • Monitoring of test time – Test time reduction.
  • Results analysis – Bin Pareto.
  • Report Generation - Report data in a clear format including concise comments about findings.
  • Track document revision to provide historical reference.
• Defect Management
  • Root-cause and drive failures coming from upstream/downstream validation teams, customers and other partners to closure, while also articulating the associated risk.
  • Implement systematic clear steps to reproduce failures while providing traceability to the bugs/gaps/escapes.
  • Collaborate with partner teams to assess test results and generate deviation.

Qualifications and Skills

• BS in an engineering subject area or equivalent.
• 3+ years of validation experience, with validated ability to craft and implement outstanding product test strategies.
• Deep knowledge of PCIe SSDs, NAND, Memory storage hierarchy and NVMe Protocol.
• Strong Python scripting experience.
• Demonstrated technical leadership experience with a proven track record to encourage and lead change.
• Ability to analyze problems, diagnose to root cause, and apply corrective actions.

Job Profile

Systems Design Engineer 3

Relocation level: (TBD)

Equal Opportunity Employment

Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.