Job DescriptionFocus: AI workload-driven product development, test strategy, and production readiness
Why This Role: Full system-stack ownership, direct executive visibility, and the opportunity to define - not just follow - product development strategy.
Lead system-level product development for AI infrastructure platforms, using workload-driven and data-informed validation to ensure product quality, yield, and readiness from definition through ramp. You will operate across compute, memory, storage, and connectivity subsystems - driving system-level integration and early bring up before full platform maturity.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
System Product Ownership
- Own end-to-end system product development across product development stacks for AI infra products.
- Drive early system learning through simulation-based validation before hardware, firmware, and silicon maturity
- Translate product requirements into workload-driven validation strategies, linking real workload behavior to system-level coverage and product quality
AI-Enhanced Test Strategy & Validation
- Define test strategies using workload-informed coverage and data-driven screening
- Use AI-assisted analysis to identify coverage gaps and optimize test efficiency
- Use AI-assisted workflows to accelerate test code development, including spec-to-code generation and automated validation
- Partner with Test Engineering to deliver scalable and robust production test solutions
System Validation & Failure Analysis
- Lead system-level failure analysis across NPI and qualification phases
- Debug issues across hardware, firmware, and system interactions
- Correlate system-level workload behavior to component-level stress and failure mechanisms to improve coverage and yield
Data-Driven Yield Optimization
- Analyze large-scale test data to identify yield limiters and detect anomalies
- Drive data-informed decisions, including practical use of ML-based classification where appropriate
Test Firmware
- Contribute to and own test firmware development aligned with system-level test and product requirements
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Act as product development lead working with Design, System, FW, TE, HW, SW, Quality, and Operations teams
- Deliver clear executive-level updates grounded in data and system insights
AI-Enabled Engineering Practices
- Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, debug, and test development workflows
- Promote best practices in AI-assisted engineering across the team
QualificationsEducation- BS/MS/Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field
Experience- 6-12+ years in system product engineering, validation, or test development
Technical Skills- Strong understanding of system architecture across compute, memory, storage, and interconnects
- Proficiency in Python and C/C++
- Experience with data analysis, failure analysis and yield optimization
Key Traits- Strong product ownership and system thinking across multiple domains
- Data-driven decision maker
- Hands-on coder or effective AI workflow orchestrator - non-negotiable
- Ability to define methodology, not just follow existing playbooks
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.
