Sr. SSD Application Engineer ( Full-time ) Milpitas, CA - DK at Central Business Solutions, Inc – Milpitas | Jobyssey

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

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