Senior Engineer, SSD System
Micron
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Job summary
Micron Technology is seeking an SSD System Design Engineer in Singapore to own end-to-end system design for SSD solutions from concept to high-volume manufacturing. You will drive system-level architecture, integration, validation, and cross-functional leadership across firmware, hardware, NAND, and validation teams.
You will define performance, power, thermal, and reliability targets, lead debug across FW, hardware, and NAND, and coordinate product qualification and ramp.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 6–10 years of relevant experience in SSD, storage, or system engineering.
- Experience in product development lifecycle from design through manufacturing.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive system-level architecture and design specifications for SSD products.
- Translate product requirements (MRD, customer, OCP) into system-level design and trade-offs.
- Determine performance, power, thermal, and reliability targets.
- Lead system integration across the full product lifecycle.
- Drive product characterization including: Performance and power characterization.
- Margin analysis and system behavior evaluation.
- Prepare systems for silicon bring-up, product qualification, and production ramp.
- Lead complex system-level debug across FW, hardware, and NAND domains.
- Perform failure analysis and root cause identification.
- Drive issue resolution with cross-functional teams.
- Develop and apply common debug methodologies and best practices.
- Define system-level validation strategy and test approach.
- Ensure alignment between system design and test coverage.
- Drive development and improvement of test plans and Master Test Plan.
- Improve system testability and validation efficiency.
- Lead technical alignment across global teams (firmware, hardware, validation, ASIC, manufacturing).
- Drive architecture reviews, design decisions, and risk mitigation.
- Influence system trade-offs balancing performance, cost, schedule, and reliability.
- Provide system-level technical support to internal teams and external customers.
- Support customer engagements, audits, and field issue resolution.
- Drive improvements in product yield, reliability, and manufacturability.
- Contribute to standardization of system engineering processes and methodologies.
- Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and engineering procedures.
- Integrate AI-assisted tools and data-driven insights into system analysis, debug, and validation workflows to improve efficiency and decision-making.
- Identify opportunities to leverage AI for system modeling, failure analysis, and process improvement and share best practices within the team.
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Job description
Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.
Join an inclusive team passionate about one thing: using their expertise in the relentless pursuit of innovation for customers and partners. The solutions we build help make everything from virtual reality experiences to breakthroughs in neural networks possible. We do it all while committing to integrity, sustainability, and giving back to our communities. Because doing so can fuel the very innovation we are pursuing.
As an SSD System Design Engineer at Micron Technology, you will be responsible for end-to-end system design, architecture definition, and product execution of Solid State Drive (SSD) solutions from concept through high-volume manufacturing.
This role focuses on system architecture, integration, and cross-functional technical leadership, ensuring SSD products meet performance, power, reliability, and customer requirements. You will collaborate across firmware, hardware, NAND, validation, and manufacturing teams to drive system-level design decisions, product characterization, and issue resolution.
- Define and drive system-level architecture and design specifications for SSD products
- Translate product requirements (MRD, customer, OCP) into system-level design and trade-offs
- Determine performance, power, thermal, and reliability targets
- Ensure subsystem integration across firmware, ASIC, hardware, and NAND
- Lead system integration across the full product lifecycle
- Drive product characterization including: Performance and power characterization
- Margin analysis and system behavior evaluation
- Prepare systems for silicon bring-up, product qualification, and production ramp
- Lead complex system-level debug across FW, hardware, and NAND domains
- Perform failure analysis and root cause identification
- Drive issue resolution with cross-functional teams
- Develop and apply common debug methodologies and best practices
- Define system-level validation strategy and test approach
- Ensure alignment between system design and test coverage
- Drive development and improvement of test plans and Master Test Plan
- Improve system testability and validation efficiency
- Lead technical alignment across global teams (firmware, hardware, validation, ASIC, manufacturing)
- Drive architecture reviews, design decisions, and risk mitigation
- Influence system trade-offs balancing performance, cost, schedule, and reliability
- Provide system-level technical support to internal teams and external customers
- Support customer engagements, audits, and field issue resolution
- Drive improvements in product yield, reliability, and manufacturability
- Contribute to standardization of system engineering processes and methodologies
- Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and engineering procedures
- Integrate AI-assisted tools and data-driven insights into system analysis, debug, and validation workflows to improve efficiency and decision-making
- Identify opportunities to leverage AI for system modeling, failure analysis, and process improvement and share best practices within the team
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Minimum 6-10 years of relevant experience in SSD, storage, or system engineering
- Experience in product development lifecycle from design through manufacturing
- Strong understanding of SSD architecture (controller, NAND, DRAM)
- Knowledge of PCIe / NVMe (preferred), SATA or SAS interfaces
- Experience with system-level debug, failure analysis, and integration
- Experience with performance characterization and system analysis
- Programming skills in Python and/or C
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven mindset
- Effective communication skills for cross-functional collaboration across global teams
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced development environment
- Strong ownership, initiative, and accountability
- Attention to detail with focus on quality and execution
- Ability to apply baseline digital fluency and AI literacy to use AI-enabled tools responsibly for analysis, problem-solving, and productivity improvement
- Experience with enterprise or datacenter SSD products
- Experience with PCIe Gen5/Gen6 or advanced NVMe features
- Familiarity with system modeling or performance simulation tools
- Experience in high-volume manufacturing (HVM) environment
- Experience in cross-site collaboration with global engineering teams
- People - Respect, develop, and empower others
- Innovation - Drive continuous improvement and breakthrough thinking
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