Senior Firmware Test Architect: NVMe Automation & AI

Micron Technology; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

Paid time-off

Paid holidays

Income protection programs for illness

Paid family leave

Job summary

Micron Technology seeks a Principal Test Development Engineer to lead firmware validation and drive automation improvements across NVMe front-end features. You will mentor engineers, define validation strategies, and promote testability with firmware architects, leveraging AI-enabled workflows for efficiency.

The role emphasizes scalable Python-based automation, CI/CD integration, and rigorous failure analysis across multiple SSD programs, in a collaborative hardware/software environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field with 10+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 8+ years, or a PhD with 6+ years
• Expert-level Python programming experience with proven success building production-quality test automation frameworks
• Strong experience validating NVMe front-end features, including SMART, Admin Commands, Namespace Management, and OCP functionality
• Demonstrated expertise in failure analysis, root-cause investigation, log analysis, and defect documentation
• Deep understanding of test architecture, automation strategy, validation methodologies, and AI-enabled engineering tools

Responsibilities

• Lead verification strategy, test planning, automation, and coverage closure for NVMe front-end firmware features across multiple product lines
• Architect and enhance scalable Python-based test automation frameworks, CI/CD integration, regression infrastructure, and reporting capabilities
• Drive root-cause analysis and failure triage using firmware traces, protocol analyzers, system logs, and structured debug methodologies
• Define validation standards, review test code, mentor engineers, and promote standard methodologies in automation and quality
• Partner with firmware architects and multi-functional teams to influence testability requirements, communicate risks, and leverage AI-enabled workflows to improve efficiency

Skills

Python programming

NVMe front-end features validation

Failure analysis

AI-enabled engineering tools

Rust or C

Linux/Windows administration

CI/CD tooling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Protocol analyzers

Job description

Micron Technology seeks a Principal Test Development Engineer to lead firmware validation and drive automation improvements across NVMe front-end features. You will mentor engineers, define validation strategies, and promote testability with firmware architects, leveraging AI-enabled workflows for efficiency.

The role emphasizes scalable Python-based automation, CI/CD integration, and rigorous failure analysis across multiple SSD programs, in a collaborative hardware/software environment.