ASIC Development Engineer
Posted on: 18 Oct 2021
Longmont, CO
Job Description
Job Description
ASIC Validation Engineer
We are seeking highly motivated engineers with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science to be a part of our ASIC Validation Team. This is a role for a candidate that is a self-starter with ambitions for developing a broad set of expertise and career advancement.
As an ASIC Validation Engineer and member of the Global ASIC Development Team you will develop embedded C firmware for use in testing complex hardware in System On Chip (SOC) ASIC’s that control SSD and HDD data storage devices. You will work with state of the art silicon technologies and prototyping platforms to contribute to the success of industry leading data storage control ASIC’s that get deployed into high volume consumer and enterprise products.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Develop and maintain embedded C/C++ firmware that operates and tests the ASIC functional hardware
Understand ASIC hardware architecture and function for large scale, multi-processor, multi-core designs with custom RTL.
Combine the use of embedded C/C++ firmware with various ASIC Validation platforms which span from pre-silicon prototyping to post-silicon devices: FPGA, Palladium, ASIC Validation Test Board, and product PCBA’s.
Collaborate with worldwide teams located in Israel, India and US to produce best in class ASIC devices for high volume SSD and HDD data storage products
Opportunity to work with widely used industry standard data storage interfaces such as NVME over PCIE, USB, UFS, SATA, and SAS.
Understand NAND memory and interfaces used in SSD data storage devices.
Create documentation to be used for Validation Plans and Results
Interact cross-functionally with ASIC Design, Verification, Product Firmware and Architecture teams.
Become a liaison between ASIC development teams and product firmware teams.
Provide reference firmware as needed and develop ASIC Hardware Driver firmware for use in shipping product firmware.
Qualifications
BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
Good written and verbal communication skills
Strong technical skills in area of study
Interest in HDD, SSD, flash, semiconductor, components, nonvolatile memory industry
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
Experienced with embedded C/C++ firmware and limited amount of assembly code.
Hands-on role must be comfortable with hardware, software, and lab test equipment.
Must operate in multi-geography environment to coordinate and satisfy goals which have broad business impacts (some travel may be required)
Western Digital
San Jose, CA
Western Digital Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells data storage devices and solutions worldwide. It offers client devices, including hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices, such as desktop and notebook PCs, security surveillance systems, gaming consoles, and set top boxes; flash-based embedded storage products for mobile phones, tablets, notebook PCs, and other portable and wearable devices, as well as automotive, IoT, industrial, and connected home applications; flash-based memory wafers; and embedded storage solutions and iNAND embedded flash products, such as multi-chip package solutions.
The company also provides data center devices and solutions comprising enterprise helium hard drives; enterprise SSDs consisting of flash-based SSDs and software solutions for use in enterprise servers, online transactions, data analysis, and other enterprise applications; data center solutions, including HDDs and drive configurations for use in data storage systems and tiered storage models; system solutions that offer petabyte scalable capacity; and data storage platforms and systems. In addition, it offers client solution, such as external HDD storage products in mobile and desktop form; client SSDs; removable cards used in consumer devices comprising mobile phones, tablets, imaging systems, still cameras, action video cameras, and security surveillance systems; universal serial bus flash drives used in the computing and consumer markets; and wireless drive products for in-field back up of created content, as well as wireless streaming of high-definition movies, photos, music and documents to tablets, smartphones, and personal computers (PCs).
The company sells its products under the HGST, SanDisk, and WD brands to original equipment manufacturers, distributors, resellers, cloud infrastructure players, and retailers. Western Digital Corporation was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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IndustryInformation Technology
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No. of Employees71, 600
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