Senior NVMe SSD Validation Engineer (Linux)

Virtium LLC; Rancho Santa Margarita (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtium LLC in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA seeks a hands-on Senior SSD System Test Engineer for Linux environments to join our storage validation and system integration team. You will lead system-level validation for enterprise NVMe SSDs, debug kernel and driver issues, and drive automation across hardware, firmware, and software layers.

The role focuses on enterprise SSD validation, failure analysis, and root-cause debugging, reporting to the Senior Director of Engineering.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in SSD system validation or Linux storage testing.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or related field.
• Strong experience with Linux-based SSD validation and system-level testing.
• Solid understanding of NVMe architecture and command sets.
• Strong understanding of PCIe protocol and link behavior.
• Experience with Linux storage stack, block layer, and kernel fundamentals.
• Scripting or programming skills in Python or Bash.
• Familiarity with test automation and CI environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and maintain system-level test plans for enterprise NVMe SSD products in Linux environments.
• Perform system validation and qualification testing for PCIe/NVMe SSDs across Linux servers and clients.
• Debug SSD issues involving Linux kernel, device drivers, PCIe, NVMe, and storage subsystems.
• Analyze and resolve system crashes, kernel panics, I/O failures, performance degradation, timeouts, and data integrity problems.
• Drive root-cause analysis and support issue closure for SSD-related problems in Linux environments.
• Collaborate with firmware, hardware, kernel, and platform teams to isolate and resolve cross-layer issues.
• Develop and enhance automated test frameworks and scripts for regression, stress, endurance, and reliability testing.
• Use Linux debugging/trace tools like dmesg, ftrace, blktrace, perf, iostat, nvme-cli, smartctl, and kernel logs.
• Validate SSD functionality including power management, thermal behavior, endurance, error recovery, hot-plug, PCIe link stability.
• Perform interoperability testing across Linux distributions, kernels, servers, and storage platforms.
• Create detailed test reports, bug tracking documents, and validation summaries.

Skills

NVMe SSD validation

Storage subsystem analysis

SSD firmware interaction

System stress testing

Python

Bash

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Computer Science

Tools

fio

vdbench

iozone

Job description

Virtium LLC in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA seeks a hands-on Senior SSD System Test Engineer for Linux environments to join our storage validation and system integration team. You will lead system-level validation for enterprise NVMe SSDs, debug kernel and driver issues, and drive automation across hardware, firmware, and software layers.

The role focuses on enterprise SSD validation, failure analysis, and root-cause debugging, reporting to the Senior Director of Engineering.