Principal, System Product Engineering

Sandisk•Milpitas, CA

53d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a highly qualified professional to join our Product Engineering team. This pivotal role requires a dynamic individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment, embraces significant responsibilities, and collaborates effectively across cross-functional teams. As a System Product Engineer within the Advanced Product Development team, you will play a key role in enabling new technologies and driving product innovation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
6–8 years of experience in memory, storage, or system-level product, test, or validation engineering.
Strong understanding of semiconductor IC design, including simulation, emulation, and manufacturing processes.
Hands-on experience in system and memory testing, including failure analysis using tools such as oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and jammers.
Proficiency in programming languages: C, C++, Python.
Solid knowledge of high-speed interface protocols, likes: NAND (Toggle/ONFI) DDR3–DDR5, LPDDR3–LPDDR5 GDDR3–GDDR6, HBM2/3/3E/4 PCIe Gen5/Gen6
Experience using Automated Test Equipment (ATE) systems such as Advantest and Teradyne.
Background in firmware development, test software infrastructure, and data analytics.
Strong understanding of CPU/GPU architectures and their interaction with memory and storage subsystems.
Domain expertise in memory (DRAM/NAND) and storage technologies (SSD) for data center and AI platforms.

Responsibilities

Lead system-level product development, ensuring tight integration with system firmware, memory, logic, connectivity, and peripheral components.
Design, develop, and implement comprehensive test strategies throughout the product lifecycle—from initial definition and New Product Introduction (NPI) to manufacturing and production ramp.
Translate product and marketing requirements into optimized test flows and screening strategies that meet stringent OEM quality standards.
Collaborate extensively with cross-functional teams—including memory, logic, firmware, hardware, and software—to understand product requirements, DPPM targets, and recovery strategies, and to develop cost-effective, high-quality test solutions.
Drive failure analysis for qualification and yield issues during the NPI phase, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions to improve test coverage and process robustness.
Analyze test data to provide actionable insights to design and manufacturing teams, enhancing product quality and yield.
Serve as the functional lead for product development, partnering with Quality, Systems, Firmware, Marketing, and Operations to resolve issues and drive cost and yield improvements.
Define and implement test stack architecture, including critical decisions around firmware, software, and platform requirements.
Deeply partner with Test Engineering (TE) to develop and maintain test programs using Automated Test Equipment (ATE) systems such as Advantest and Teradyne, ensuring scalable and reliable test coverage.
Contribute to test firmware development and validation, aligning with system-level test and product requirements.
Build and support test software infrastructure to enable automated, scalable testing across platforms.
Leverage data analytics to extract insights from large-scale test and qualification datasets, driving strategic improvements in yield and product performance.
Mentor and guide junior engineers, providing technical leadership and fostering professional growth.
Proactively identify opportunities for improvement and conduct strategic analyses to support innovation and operational efficiency.
Deliver regular, executive-level presentations on project status, risks, and mitigation strategies.

Benefits

paid vacation time
paid sick leave
medical/dental/vision insurance
life, accident and disability insurance
tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
employee assistance program
other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
tuition reimbursement
transit
the Applause Program
employee stock purchase plan
Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan