Senior Datacenter SSD Qualification Engineer

Kioxia; Folsom (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth opportunities

Flexible work options

Excellent medical benefits

401(k) matching

Pet insurance

Job summary

KIOXIA America, Inc. seeks a Staff Customer Qualification Engineer to support qualification of datacenter SSD products. You will develop and execute test plans, analyze failures, and report status, coordinating across customers and internal teams.

You will manage complex qualification infra, drive schedule-aligned qualifications, and triage issues to resolution while delivering clear, detailed test status reports. Strong communication is essential.

Qualifications

• BS degree in computer engineering or equivalent field with 7+ years hands-on technical experience with SSDs or related storage devices
• Advanced understanding of computer system architecture fundamentals
• Platform-level troubleshooting skills to include run/break/fix capabilities and issue isolation
• Experience triaging issues in Windows and/or Linux server operating systems
• Familiar with data manipulation/analysis (spreadsheets or more advanced tools)
• Good technical communication skills providing both detail and clarity in complex scenarios

Responsibilities

• Manage complex qualification infrastructure from multiple customers
• Plan and drive execution of customer qualifications according to schedule
• Work with the Product Support lead to ensure alignment of tasks
• Perform failure triage on any issues found during qualifications
• Drive issues to resolution in a timely manner
• Write test status reports on a regular basis

Skills

SSD/storage expertise

Windows/Linux triage

Data analysis

Technical communication

Test infra coordination

Education

BS in computer engineering

Tools

PCIe/NVMe protocol tools

SSD performance tools

Job description

KIOXIA America, Inc. seeks a Staff Customer Qualification Engineer to support qualification of datacenter SSD products. You will develop and execute test plans, analyze failures, and report status, coordinating across customers and internal teams.

You will manage complex qualification infra, drive schedule-aligned qualifications, and triage issues to resolution while delivering clear, detailed test status reports. Strong communication is essential.