Storage Standards Architect — NVMe/OCP Leader

Conductor; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 219,000 - 351,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4+ weeks paid time off

Medical/Dental/Vision/401k

Diversity & Benefits package

Job summary

Samsung Semiconductor seeks a Principal Engineer, Storage Product Standards, in San Jose to drive NVMe/OCP standardization and storage ecosystem alignment. You’ll influence industry groups, draft proposals, and bridge cloud vendor requirements with Samsung’s SSD architectures.

You will lead technical discussions with internal R&D and external partners, shaping the roadmap for enterprise storage technologies and datacenter solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 20+ years experience or Master’s with 18+ years or Ph.D. with 15+ years experience.
• Minimum 10+ years of direct storage industry experience, including HDD legacy and modern NAND/SSD development.
• Proven track record in standards, committees, or industry bodies within storage ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Propose, draft, and review NVMe and OCP technical specifications and proposals.
• Lead ecosystem participation in NVMe, OCP, SNIA boards and working groups.
• Translate cloud vendor requirements into actionable storage feature specs for Samsung products.
• Collaborate with internal R&D to map standards to memory and controller architectures.
• Create whitepapers and customer education materials for ecosystem alignment.

Skills

NVMe/PCIe expertise

Storage standards

OCP involvement

SNIA frameworks

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CS/related field

20+ years experience or higher

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

NVMe specifications

OCP NVMe/SSD specs

Job description

Samsung Semiconductor seeks a Principal Engineer, Storage Product Standards, in San Jose to drive NVMe/OCP standardization and storage ecosystem alignment. You’ll influence industry groups, draft proposals, and bridge cloud vendor requirements with Samsung’s SSD architectures.

You will lead technical discussions with internal R&D and external partners, shaping the roadmap for enterprise storage technologies and datacenter solutions.