SSD Firmware Test & Security Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401(k) Match

Cafeteria

Onsite Gym

Job summary

SK hynix memory solutions America Inc. is seeking a firmware verification engineer to develop comprehensive plans for NVMe/Solid-State Drive testing, including SMART and OCP specs.

You will design white/grey/black-box tests with Python, validate across simulations, FPGA prototypes, and SSD hardware, and lead root-cause analysis of regressions. You will collaborate with firmware teams to enhance architecture, broaden test coverage, and report results clearly to engineering and management,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Digital Sciences, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• SSD firmware testing and/or development.
• SSD or NAND Flash development industry.
• Storage industry protocols including NVMe, ONFI, and TCG Opal.
• Agile development, GIT development flow, Branch management and tools.
• 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 (e.g., SMART, Trim, Get Log Page, OCP).
• Design and deploy white-box, grey-box, and black-box automation tests using Python to validate security protocols and firmware functionality on a module-by-module basis.
• Execute and own end-to-end testing across diverse platforms, including simulation, FPGA prototyping, and prototype SSD hardware.
• Utilize deep SSD domain expertise to analyze weekly regression failures, root-cause complex firmware bugs, and drive issue resolution.
• Partner closely with firmware development teams during code reviews to improve software architecture, expand test coverage, and elevate overall code quality.
• Own test reporting and articulately communicate technical challenges, solutions, and mitigation plans to both engineering teams and management.

Skills

SSD firmware testing

Storage protocols (NVMe, ONFI, TCG Opa

Agile & Git workflows

Test automation

CI/CD / automated builds

Education

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

5 years progressive post-baccalaureate experience

Job description

SK hynix memory solutions America Inc. is seeking a firmware verification engineer to develop comprehensive plans for NVMe/Solid-State Drive testing, including SMART and OCP specs.

You will design white/grey/black-box tests with Python, validate across simulations, FPGA prototypes, and SSD hardware, and lead root-cause analysis of regressions. You will collaborate with firmware teams to enhance architecture, broaden test coverage, and report results clearly to engineering and management,