Senior SSD Firmware Test Engineer

SKHMS Corporation; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401(k) match

Onsite gym

Cafeteria

Job summary

SK hynix memory solutions America Inc. in San Jose, CA is seeking an experienced SSD firmware test engineer to own verification across NVMe, enterprise SSD protocols, and customer specs.

You will design automated tests (white/grey/black-box) in Python, run end-to-end validations on diverse platforms including simulation, FPGA prototyping, and prototype SSD hardware, and collaborate with firmware teams to improve architecture and test coverage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 5 years of post-baccalaureate experience.
• SSD firmware testing and/or development experience.
• SSD or NAND Flash development industry experience.
• Storage protocols NVMe, ONFI, and TCG Opal.
• Awareness of Agile development and Git workflows.
• Test automation, testing methodologies and test tools.
• Automated build, continuous integration, and test automation systems.

Responsibilities

• Create comprehensive firmware verification plans covering NVMe standards, enterprise SSD protocols, and customer specifications.
• Design and deploy white-box, grey-box, and black-box automation tests using Python.
• Execute and own end-to-end testing across simulation, FPGA prototyping, and prototype SSD hardware.
• Analyze weekly regression failures, root-cause complex firmware bugs, and drive issue resolution.
• Partner with firmware teams during code reviews to improve software architecture and test coverage.
• Own test reporting and communicate technical challenges, solutions, and mitigation plans to engineering teams and management.

Skills

SSD firmware testing

Agile development

Test automation

CI / Git workflows

Python automation

NVMe / ONFI protocols

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering / Computer Science / related field

Tools

Python

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

SK hynix memory solutions America Inc. in San Jose, CA is seeking an experienced SSD firmware test engineer to own verification across NVMe, enterprise SSD protocols, and customer specs.

You will design automated tests (white/grey/black-box) in Python, run end-to-end validations on diverse platforms including simulation, FPGA prototyping, and prototype SSD hardware, and collaborate with firmware teams to improve architecture and test coverage.