DRAM Hardware Engineer, Systems

Everpure•Santa Clara, CA

4d•$217,000 - $326,000•Onsite

About The Position

As an Everpure Hardware Engineer focused on DRAM, you will work with some of the best engineering teams and leaders in the industry. You will own the relationship with suppliers from the engineering side, work with other engineering leads on driving the best RAS capability for DRAM, own DRAM validation from a systems perspective for both new and existing products while continuously improving validation methodologies to ensure best-in-class quality and reliability. In this role, you will stay current with the latest product roadmap, supplier relationships, industry trends, and latest validations tools. You will work with the latest x86 and ARM based CPUs, align with SW teams to drive the latest BIOS and microcode across products. This position works with all the HW teams at Everpure, so you will be the resident expert and go to person for all DRAM related items. This role is part of the HW team so it allows the engineer to delve into other System level validation and design opportunities.

Requirements

7+ years of experience
Bachelor or Masters in Electrical Engineering
Strong knowledge of the areas listed above and excellent debug skills
Familiarity with fleet-scale hardware fault management strategies that maintain system resilience in the presence of DRAM failures.
Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, Linux, or similar environments
Proficiency with spreadsheets SQL, and experience visualizing data
Excellent communication skills with strong execution and schedule discipline
Solid experience using Jira and other bug-tracking tools
Experience working with lab debug tools oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc
Experience working with 3rd party suppliers and driving relationships and roadmaps

Nice To Haves

Though the position focuses on DRAM driving peripheral qualification efforts, other technologies on the motherboard maybe required including: DRAM, x86/ARM CPUs, PCIe

Responsibilities

Defining test plans and validation for DIMMs from a system perspective
Performing hands-on lab characterization of DIMM Modules and interfaces
Running stress tests to characterize signal integrity
Injecting errors to characterize correct behaviour
Using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers as necessary for validation and debug
Understanding and ability to debug serial and management busses as necessary
Writing clear validation reports and communicating results to cross-functional engineering teams, including hardware, software, and operations
Owning and reporting field and manufacturing statistics across various DIMM vendors
Driving reporting of operations and factory data
Working with RAS architects and helping drive error handling strategy
Working across all Everpure products and driving alignment of BIOS as it pertains to DIMMs
Supporting reviews of hardware designs and JDM validation reports, and assisting software and diagnostics engineering with lab debug
Owning products from cradle to grave, including reviewing field failures, driving down failure rates, and performing root cause analysis on abnormalities