Job Description

Western Digital

The next big thing in data is you!

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

SanDisk SSD products must be validated in house to assure that products shipped will meet OEM quality requirements. We need an experienced Firmware validation engineer to understand SATA/NVMe SSDs system design and firmware algorithms in order to create a firmware design verification plans and implement them in modern object oriented languages.

* Work closely with the system architects and the firmware team to develop design verification plans, test bench and test cases
* Develop an overall firmware validation strategy including defining validation infrastructure and validation methodology
* Debug the firmware and expose design issues
* Define and design functional tests required to meet customer needs
* Review SanDisk SATA/NVMe SSD validation requirements and influence future SanDisk product design for debug and test
* Work with customers to understand field bugs and to enhance the validation coverage
* Interface with all key stakeholders to ensure product validation meets customer expectations and needs

REQUIRED:

* 3+ Years of relevant experience and Master degree
* In depth understanding of firmware algorithms used in any NAND Flash based storage devices(SSD, eMMC, SD, USB Flash drives) or other storage devices
* Knowledge on PCIe and NVMe is a must
* Knowledge in Host protocols like as SCSI, SATA, eMMC, UFS, PCIe, NVMe is an added advantage
* Experienced and familiar with firmware development, Integration and validation
* Knowledgeable on product and quality standards and relevant host protocols, in particular SATA and NVMe.
* Test coverage methods for real-time embedded systems, especially storage systems and/or NAND
* Able to methodically root cause complex failure mechanism
* Strong programming knowledge & debugging skills in Python, C and C++.
* Soft skills, Excellent written and verbal skills, be a Team player

ABOUT WESTERN DIGITAL

The future. Its on you. You & Western Digital.

Weve been storing the worlds data for more than 50 years. Once, storage was the most important thing we could do for data. Now, were helping the world capture, preserve, access and transform data in a way only we can.

The most game-changing companies, consumers, professionals, and government organizations come to us for the technologies and solutions needed to bring meaning and value to their ever-increasing diversity of data.

But we cant do it alone. Todays exceptional data challenges require your unique skills. You can be the next big thing in data.

Western Digital data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital, G-Technology, SanDisk and WD brands.

Western Digital is an equal opportunity employer.

Western Digital does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a persons gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

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