Job DescriptionWe are seeking a Principal Engineer, Technology Development Engineering to join our innovative team in Milpitas, United States. In this pivotal role, you will lead cutting-edge technology development initiatives, driving semiconductor advancements and shaping the future of our industry.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop future 3D NAND technologies and contribute to long-term technology roadmaps.
- Define and evaluate new device architectures, scaling strategies, process innovations, and operating methodologies for advanced memory products.
- Explore novel materials, device structures, and operating algorithms to improve performance, reliability, power efficiency, density, and cost.
- Identify technology limitations through first-principles understanding of device physics and develop innovative solutions to overcome them.
- Characterize NAND flash devices and analyze performance, endurance, retention, and reliability behavior.
- Develop and optimize device trims and operating conditions to push the boundaries of flash memory performance and reliability.
- Collaborate across device, process, design, system, and product engineering teams to bring new concepts from research into development.
QualificationsREQUIRED:
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Applied Physics, or a related discipline plus 3 years of experience.
- Strong foundation in semiconductor device physics, fabrication processes, electrical characterization, and reliability.
SKILLS:
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate fundamental understanding into practical solutions.
- Experience in memory device characterization, optimization, and performance/power tuning is a plus.
- Knowledge of non-volatile memory technologies (e.g., NAND flash) and/or emerging memory technologies is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of DRAM and/or High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) is a plus.
- Programming and scripting experience in Python, C/C++, or similar languages.
- Demonstrated curiosity and willingness to tackle challenging problems beyond your immediate area of expertise.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills in a cross-functional engineering environment.
Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 09/22/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.
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Compensation & Benefits Details
- An employee's pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
- The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
- You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Sandisk's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.
- Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
