Sr. SSD Application Engineer ( Full-time ) Milpitas, CA - DK

Central Business Solutions, Inc

$150K — $200K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields.
  • 3+ years in software/firmware applications engineering, SSD controller/firmware architecture, and storage industry experience.
  • Familiarity with PCIe and NVMe protocols related to firmware development and debugging.
  • Proficiency in C/C++ programming with experience in JTAG/ICE debuggers.
  • Comfortable in both independent and team collaborative work environments.

Responsibilities

  • Develop firmware features that meet product specifications and customer needs.
  • Modify existing firmware for SSD products while adhering to PCIe and NVMe protocols.
  • Debug and troubleshoot host interface issues during firmware testing.
  • Perform root cause analysis for problems identified during testing and implement solutions.
  • Collaborate with hardware designers to address and resolve customer issues.
  • Engage with customers to manage SSD debugging and qualification requirements, facilitating product adoption.
  • Act as a technical advisor in customer interactions and presentations, ensuring stakeholder alignment.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive salaries based on performance with annual merit increases.
  • RSU opportunities and year-end bonuses for eligible employees.
  • Recognition through Invention and Patent Awards.
  • 401(k) employer matching program.
  • Comprehensive health insurance plans for employees and dependents.
Full Job Description
• Develop front-end firmware features necessary to meet the product specification and customer requirements.
• Develop and modify existing firmware for SSD product requirements following PCIe and NVMe protocols.
• Debug host interface related problems encountered during internal or customer firmware testing.
• Perform root cause analysis and make appropriate changes to correct the problem.
• Work directly with hardware designers to efficiently resolve customer issues.
• Working with customers to manage SSD debug and qualification requirements in collaboration with SMI Engineering Teams, driving technical design-in/-win, and debug hardware, firmware, and other platform-related barriers to adoption.
• with customers and internal platform partners to resolve product issues and leverage those learning to shape future product (controller / Firmware) definition.
• Evangelizes technical benefits of SMI Enterprise controllers and various business models at the platform level; creates preference for SMI products within the platform; enables customer and end-user adoption of solutions; and supports ecosystem and tools enabling to drive controller solution adoption
• Advocating technical customer needs to internal stakeholders
• Driving internal teams to deliver to customer expectations
• Participates in customers meetings and presentations, acting as technical adviser, consultant, analyst, and program manager for customer technical interactions in collaboration with SMI PM teams
• The AE will work closely with customers and partners to establish strong relationships that deliver results and team business objectives in the data center / enterprise segments

Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields.
• At least 3 years work experience in each of the following:
• Software/firmware applications engineering
• Experience in SSD controller/firmware architecture
• Experience with PCIe and NVMe protocols in firmware development and debugging, including but not limited to host reset, power management, namespace, MSI-X, SMBus, ARP, NVMe commands etc.
• Experience in analyzing PCIe protocol traces to identify the root cause for front end issues.
• Experience in the storage industry in SSD, HDD, storage systems, or a related technology.
• Strong experience in C/C++ programming and data structure
• Hands on experience with JTAG/ICE debuggers
• Experience with version control software like Git.
• Competent to work independently as well as in a small team collaboration environment.
• Must be willing to learn fast and execute as a team player.
• Good oral, written and presentation skills for communication and

documentation.
• Ability to work independently with a minimum of day-to-day supervision.
• The ability to operate logic analyzer, oscilloscope and bus protocol analyzer is valuable.
• Experience with hardware peripherals, features, and development environments is also valuable.
• Compute and/or Storage System hardware and/or software using both Windows and Linux based operating systems in the data center/enterprise.
• HDD/SSD systems/protocols and/or SAS/SATA/PCIe (NVMe).
• Familiarity with Datacenter architecture and interfaces, PCIe Switches, RAID controllers, HBAs, Expanders, and JBODs/JBOFs.
• Knowledge of SSD hardware and firmware architecture.
• Microsoft and Linux datacenter OS debug experience.
• Fluent in reading and writing Mandarin preferred.

Benefits, Rewards and Culture

Employees are eligible to be recognized in the following ways:
• Highly competitive salaries differentiated by performance
• Annual merit increases
• RSU for eligible employees
• Year-end bonus
• Invention and Patent Awards
• 401(k) Employer Matching
• Length of Service Awards
• We offer comprehensive health insurance plans for eligible employees and dependent

Security Clearance Required: No
Visa Candidate Considered: No
Compensation
Base Salary - USD $150,000 to $200,000

37600 Central Court Suite 214 Newark CA, 94560

Phone: (833)247-8800 Fax: (510)-740-3677

Web: http://www.cbsinfosys.com

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