Senior Principal Systems Engineer — PCIe NVMe eSSD Validation

SK hynix memory solutions America Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

401(k) match

Onsite gym

Cafeteria

Job summary

SK hynix memory solutions America Inc. is seeking an experienced test engineer to design and execute validation plans for PCIe NVMe enterprise SSDs.

You will lead test development, oversee progress, and coordinate with SOC, FW, and HW teams to triage and resolve failures, ensuring adherence to customer specs and quality standards. The role emphasizes hands-on automation in Python/C/C++, proficiency with protocol analyzers, and deep knowledge of PCIe/NVMe stack.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on enterprise storage or semiconductor experience.
• Proven experience with physical protocol analyzers and trace evaluation tools.
• Mastery of low-level storage protocols, including PCIe (Gen 4/5/6/), NVMe 2.0+, NVMe-MI, and SMBus / I2C.
• Python / C / C++ for hardware test automation and interacting with PCIe configuration registers / firmware registers.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and execute comprehensive test plans for PCIe and NVMe eSSDs.
• Manage test plans, oversee testing progress, identify issues, and report findings to ensure conformity with specs.
• Perform initial triage of failures and collaborate with SOC, FW, and HW teams to resolve issues.
• Perform test gap analysis to ensure integration and reliability.
• Work with FAE/CAE to address customer inquiries and debug issues.
• Foster open communication to enhance product quality.

Skills

Python

C

C++

Tools

PCIe protocol

NVMe

SMBus/I2C

Trace evaluation tools

Physical protocol analyzers

Job description

SK hynix memory solutions America Inc. is seeking an experienced test engineer to design and execute validation plans for PCIe NVMe enterprise SSDs.

You will lead test development, oversee progress, and coordinate with SOC, FW, and HW teams to triage and resolve failures, ensuring adherence to customer specs and quality standards. The role emphasizes hands-on automation in Python/C/C++, proficiency with protocol analyzers, and deep knowledge of PCIe/NVMe stack.