Senior Staff, Product Development Engineering

Sandisk

$150K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent major with 10+ years semiconductor experience.
  • In-depth expertise in semiconductor technology development and mass production qualification.
  • Prior experience with 3D NAND device physics and SSD architecture.
  • Strong knowledge of digital electronics, DRAM, NAND reliability, and TSV.
  • Proficient in SSD system usage, debugging, risk planning, and familiarity with hardware/software applications.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead product development for NAND OEM products tailored for data centers.
  • Host regular meetings to ensure alignment between customer demands and internal capabilities.
  • Evaluate technical outcomes and challenge conclusions from engineering teams.
  • Prepare and present detailed reports on technical tasks and recommendations.
  • Manage project schedules and coordinate engineering activity plans.
  • Play a key role in resolving memory-related issues and escalate unresolved challenges.
  • Interface with customers to align on product specifications and development timelines.

Benefits

  • Paid vacation and sick leave.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
  • Life, accident, and disability insurance.
  • Employee assistance programs and other voluntary benefits.
  • Tuition reimbursement for continued education and training.
  • Employee stock purchase plan and 401(k) with company savings options.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

In this position the individual is responsible for providing leadership to execute the successful ramp of 3D NAND OEM products based on customer requirements. The individual will be in memory technology position with internal business unit-facing role and will work to align the demands of the customer to the abilities of our internal engineering and business teams. Key Responsibilities Lead the product development team on qualifying NAND OEM products targeted for data center applications. Host regular meetings and drive cross-functional teams to meet specifications and schedules. Evaluate technical results and challenge conclusions from various internal engineering teams.

Prepare and present reports outlining the outcome of technical tasks and make recommendations for actions necessary to achieve desired results. Prepare and manage assigned sections of project schedule during planning phase, create and be accountable for the overall plan for the engineering activities and identify dependencies with other functions.

Play a key role to resolve memory issues and escalate unresolved issues to the product line core team. Act as the product line core team's voice in technology meetings and coordinate technical reviews of NAND memory readiness and provide peer performance feedback for memory team members. Interface with the customer/system to align on 3D NAND product specs, product development schedule and roadmaps.

Qualifications

Required:
  • BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering degree or equivalent major and 10+ years of semiconductor industry experience.
  • Expertise in semiconductor technology development, qualification, and ramp into mass production along with customer interfacing experience.
  • Prior working experience in 3D NAND device physics and SSD architecture.
  • Knowledge in (logic, systems), digital electronics/circuits, DRAM, NAND cell device, TSV reliability.
  • Demonstrated skills in SSD system usage and end user applications backgrounds, debugging and trouble shooting, risk and mitigation planning, and working with hardware and software applications.
  • Must have strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred:
  • AL/ML usage in semiconductor domain
  • Basic Scripting Skills (Perl, Python are a plus)
  • Hands-on lab experience with electronic instruments (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, meters) is strongly desired
  • The ideal individual must: have proven ability to achieve results in a fast moving and dynamic environment; be self-motivated and self-directed
  • Demonstrated ability to work well with people
  • Proven desire to work as a team member, both on the same team and outside of the team
  • Ability to troubleshoot and analyze complex problems
  • Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines


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.

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