Job Description
WD NVMe SSD products must be validated in house to assure that products shipped will meet OEM quality requirements. We need an experienced and expert firmware validation engineer to understand NVMe SSD’s system design and firmware algorithms in order to create a firmware design verification plan and implement them in modern object oriented languages.
Qualifications
Technical and analytical skills required
In depth understanding of firmware algorithms used in any NAND Flash based storage devices SSD, mobile flash etc. .
Knowledge in Host protocols like PCIe, NVMe, NAND Flash memory technology
Experienced and familiar with firmware or embedded software development, Integration and validation
Test coverage methods for real-time embedded systems, especially storage systems and/or NAND storage
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
Able to develop key relationships
Able to elect requirements from all stakeholders
Be able to work in pressure for quick resolution and delivery.
Experience required
Additional Information
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Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 01/08/2025 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.
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