Senior Firmware Test Engineer, NVMe & PCIe

Samsung Semiconductor; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Charitable matching

Paid time off

Fertility/adoption support

Medical insurance

Onsite gym & café

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Samsung Semiconductor in San Jose, CA is seeking a firmware test engineer to develop black-box functional test coverage for NVMe SSDs, debug issues with the FW team, and drive test methodology improvements across on-site teams.

Candidates should have a CS/EE background with 8+ years' experience at Masters or 10+ years with a Bachelor's, strong Python/Bash/Linux skills, NVMe/PCIe knowledge, and excellent communication. The role offers a competitive base pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelors and 10+ yrs or Masters and 8+ yrs with focus in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong programming experience, demonstrated proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, Linux shell scripts etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work individually and in teams.
• Prior NVMe, PCIe knowledge or experience with one or more of the following storage-related technologies: NVM Express, PCI Express, NAND Flash/FTL.
• Knowledge of Enterprise storage/server systems, and proficiency in Linux.

Responsibilities

• Develop black-box functional test coverage and test methodologies for NVMe SSD's.
• Debug, triage failures and work with FW Team to reproduce problems, design and run experiments.
• Analyze customer field issues and improve Functional test coverage where gaps are identified.

Skills

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Linux

NVMe PCIe

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Bachelors in CS/CE/EE

Masters in CS/EE/CE

Job description

Samsung Semiconductor in San Jose, CA is seeking a firmware test engineer to develop black-box functional test coverage for NVMe SSDs, debug issues with the FW team, and drive test methodology improvements across on-site teams.

Candidates should have a CS/EE background with 8+ years' experience at Masters or 10+ years with a Bachelor's, strong Python/Bash/Linux skills, NVMe/PCIe knowledge, and excellent communication. The role offers a competitive base pay and benefits.