Firmware Engineer Intern - Embedded HDD Tech

BlueGreen Alliance Inc

San Jose (CA)

On-site

USD 55,000 - 69,000

Part time

14 days+
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Job summary

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. is offering a summer internship on the firmware team in San Jose. You will work with experienced engineers to characterize HDD read/write performance, analyze data, and develop embedded firmware for cutting-edge storage technologies.

The role emphasizes collaboration across cross-functional teams, design reviews, and the preparation of design documents. The internship seeks candidates pursuing an engineering degree with strong analytical and coding

Qualifications

  • Pursuing an engineering degree or related field, ideally with graduate coursework.
  • Strong embedded coding, firmware design, implementation and debugging skills.
  • Self-starter with excellent analytical and communication abilities.
  • Familiarity with code analysis tools, compilers, and linkers.

Responsibilities

  • Characterize HDD read/write performance under workloads via data collection and firmware analysis.
  • Analyze test data against specs and report findings to the development team.
  • Enhance and develop high-quality embedded firmware.
  • Prepare design documents and participate in design reviews.

Skills

Embedded firmware
Analytical skills
Communication skills
Self-starter
Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree candidate

Tools

Interface bus analyzers
MATLAB
Python
SATA/SAS protocols

Job description

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. is offering a summer internship on the firmware team in San Jose. You will work with experienced engineers to characterize HDD read/write performance, analyze data, and develop embedded firmware for cutting-edge storage technologies.

The role emphasizes collaboration across cross-functional teams, design reviews, and the preparation of design documents. The internship seeks candidates pursuing an engineering degree with strong analytical and coding

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