Principal Engineer, Customer Validation

Micron • Longmont, CO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. This is a hands-on technical contributor role responsible for customer-focused system validation of enterprise and data-center SSDs, owning execution, debugging, qualification, and multi-functional coordination. The role also involves applying Artificial Intelligence to improve organizational level working efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field with 8+ years of experience in customer, product, or system validation roles.
• Strong knowledge and experience with NVMe and PCIe protocols and debugging skills across system, firmware, and hardware domains.
• Hands-on experience accomplishing system‑level validation in complex hardware/software environments.
• Experience collaborating with multi-functional engineering teams (firmware, hardware, systems).
• Proficiency with scripting/programming in Python, C/C++, or similar languages and understanding of validation methodologies.
• Applying Artificial Intelligence to improve organization level working efficiency.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting OEM, hyperscale, or cloud customer qualification programs.
• Prior ownership of validation execution for customer‑facing platforms.
• Mentoring experience or technical leadership in validation teams.
• Familiarity with industry certifications, compatibility testing, or joint qualification processes.
• Strong communication skills for multi-functional and customer‑facing interactions.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement customer‑specific system and SSD validation cycles, including regressions and qualification runs.
• Set up and maintain validation environments and analyze test results to drive root‑cause resolution.
• Perform system‑level and drive‑level debugging and reproduce customer‑reported issues.
• Develop and enhance validation test cases, scripts, and automation frameworks.
• Own the process of conducting validation for assigned programs while mentoring developing engineers and contributing to test strategy.
• Applying Artificial Intelligence to improve organizational level working efficiency.

Benefits

• Choice of medical, dental and vision plans
• Benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury
• Paid family leave
• Robust paid time-off program
• Paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal