Bounty Description
Industry: Semiconductors
Job Category: Engineering
Job Description:• Develop front-end firmware features necessary to meet the productspecification and customer requirements.
• Develop and modify existing firmware for SSD product requirements followingPCIe and NVMe protocols.
• Debug host interface related problems encountered during internal or customerfirmware testing.
• Perform root cause analysis and make appropriate changes to correct theproblem.
• Work directly with hardware designers to efficiently resolve customer issues. • Working with customers to manage SSD debug and qualification requirements incollaboration with SMI Engineering Teams, driving technical design-in/-win, anddebug hardware, firmware, and other platform-related barriers to adoption. • Interfacing with customers and internal platform partners to resolve productissues and leverage those learning to shape future product (controller /Firmware) definition.
• Evangelizes technical benefits of SMI Enterprise controllers and various businessmodels at the platform level; creates preference for SMI products within theplatform; enables customer and end-user adoption of solutions; and supportsecosystem 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 technicaladviser, consultant, analyst, and program manager for customer technicalinteractions in collaboration with SMI PM teams
• The AE will work closely with customers and partners to establish strongrelationships that deliver results and team business objectives in the data center/ enterprise segments

Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, ComputerScience, 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 anddebugging, 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 frontend issues.
• Experience in the storage industry in SSD, HDD, storage systems, or a relatedtechnology.
• 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 collaborationenvironment.
• 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 isvaluable.
• Experience with hardware peripherals, features, and development environmentsis also valuable.
• Compute and/or Storage System hardware and/or software using both Windowsand 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, RAIDcontrollers, 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 anddependent

Security Clearance Required: No
Visa Candidate Considered: No
Compensation
Base Salary - USD $150,000 to $200,000
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Full-time
Benefits - Full
Relocation Assistance Available - Yes
Commission Compensation - No
Bonus Eligible - No
Overtime Eligible - No
Interview Travel Reimbursed - No
Candidate Details
Seniority Level - Mid-Senior
Management Experience Required - No
Minimum Education - Bachelor's Degree
Willingness to Travel - Never
Employer Name
VSV WINS