Sr. SSD Application Engineer , Milpitas, California, Full Time/Per , (MK)

Central Business Solutions, Inc; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSU for eligible employees

Annual merit increases

Year-end bonus

Invention and Patent Awards

401(k) Employer Matching

Length of Service Awards

Comprehensive health insurance

Job summary

VSV WINS in Milpitas, CA seeks an experienced Sr. SSD Application Engineer to develop and debug front-end firmware for SSD products. You will work with customers and hardware teams to meet specifications, resolve issues, and drive platform adoption.

The role requires solid C/C++ skills and PCIe/NVMe expertise, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and problem solving. Base salary ranges from $150,000 to $200,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS.
• 3+ years of software/firmware applications engineering experience.
• Experience with SSD controller/firmware architecture.
• Experience with PCIe and NVMe protocols in firmware development and debugging.
• Experience in analyzing PCIe protocol traces to identify root causes.
• Experience in storage industry (SSD/HDD/storage systems).
• Strong C/C++ programming and data structures knowledge.
• Experience with Git or similar version control tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop firmware features for SSD product specs.
• Modify firmware per PCIe/NVMe requirements.
• Debug host interface issues during firmware testing.
• Perform root-cause analysis and implement fixes.
• Collaborate with hardware designers to resolve issues.
• Engage with customers to manage SSD debug/qualification tasks.
• Advocate customer needs to internal teams and drive design-in decisions.
• Lead internal teams to meet customer expectations.
• Participate in customer meetings as technical adviser.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Data structures

Communication skills

Team player

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields

Tools

JTAG/ICE debuggers

Git version control

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

Bus protocol analyzer

Job description

Sr. SSD Application Engineer , Milpitas, California, Full Time/Per , (MK)

• Milpitas, California

Bounty Description

Industry:Semiconductors
Job Category:Engineering

• Develop front-end firmware features necessary to meet the product specification and customer requirements.
• Develop and modify existing firmware for SSD product requirements following PCIe and NVMe protocols.
• Debug host interface related problems encountered during internal or customer firmware testing.
• Perform root cause analysis and make appropriate changes to correct the problem.
• Work directly with hardware designers to efficiently resolve customer issues.
• Working with customers to manage SSD debug and qualification requirements in collaboration with SMI Engineering Teams, driving technical design-in/-win, and debug hardware, firmware, and other platform-related barriers to adoption.
• Interfacing with customers and internal platform partners to resolve product issues and leverage those learning to shape future product (controller / Firmware) definition.
• Evangelizes technical benefits of SMI Enterprise controllers and various business models at the platform level; creates preference for SMI products within the platform; enables customer and end-user adoption of solutions; and supports ecosystem and tools enabling to drive controller solution adoption.
• Advocating technical customer needs to internal stakeholders
• Driving internal teams to deliver to customer expectations
• Participates in customers meetings and presentations, acting as technical adviser, consultant, analyst, and program manager for customer technical interactions in collaboration with SMI PM teams.
• The AE will work closely with customers and partners to establish strong relationships that deliver results and team business objectives in the data center / enterprise segments

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields.
• At least 3 years work experience in each of the following:
• Software/firmware applications engineering
• Experience in SSD controller/firmware architecture
• Experience with PCIe and NVMe protocols in firmware development and debugging, including but not limited to host reset, power management, namespace, MSI-X, SMBus, ARP, NVMe commands etc.
• Experience in analyzing PCIe protocol traces to identify the root cause for front end issues.
• Experience in the storage industry in SSD, HDD, storage systems, or a related technology.
• Strong experience in C/C++ programming and data structure
• Hands on experience with JTAG/ICE debuggers
• Experience with version control software like Git.
• Competent to work independently as well as in a small team collaboration environment.
• Must be willing to learn fast and execute as a team player.
• Good oral, written and presentation skills for communication and
• documentation.
• Ability to work independently with a minimum of day‑to‑day supervision.
• The ability to operate logic analyzer, oscilloscope and bus protocol analyzer is valuable.
• Experience with hardware peripherals, features, and development environments is also valuable.
• Compute and/or Storage System hardware and/or software using both Windows and Linux based operating systems in the data center/enterprise.
• HDD/SSD systems/protocols and/or SAS/SATA/PCIe (NVMe).
• Familiarity with Datacenter architecture and interfaces, PCIe Switches, RAID controllers, HBAs, Expanders, and JBODs/JBOFs.
• Knowledge of SSD hardware and firmware architecture.
• Microsoft and Linux datacenter OS debug experience.
• Fluent in reading and writing Mandarin preferred.

Benefits, Rewards and Culture

Employees are eligible to be recognized in the following ways:

• Highly competitive salaries differentiated by performance
• Annual merit increases
• RSU for eligible employees
• Year-end bonus
• Invention and Patent Awards
• 401(k) Employer Matching
• Length of Service Awards

We offer comprehensive health insurance plans for eligible employees and dependent

Security Clearance Required:No

Visa Candidate Considered:No

Compensation

Base Salary -USD $150,000 to $200,000

Full-time

Benefits -Full

Relocation Assistance Available -Yes

Commission Compensation -No

Bonus Eligible -No

Overtime Eligible -No

Interview Travel Reimbursed -No

Candidate Details

Seniority Level -Mid-Senior

Management Experience Required -No

Minimum Education -Bachelor's Degree

Willingness to Travel -Never

Employer Name

VSV WINS

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