Senior Firmware Engineer - PCIe, Systems Engineering

Pure Storage • Santa Clara, CA

83d • $175,000 - $263,000

About The Position

Join us as a Senior Firmware Engineer - PCIe and play a key role in shaping the future of data storage. You'll design and develop cutting-edge firmware for our DirectFlash SSD Modules, specializing in PCIe technologies. This role is a unique chance to work on groundbreaking hardware, collaborating with our hardware and software teams to create high-performance, resilient storage solutions that are foundational to our technology.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in firmware development for embedded systems, with a strong understanding of PCIe architecture, protocols, and hardware/software interactions.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and a demonstrated ability to use scripting languages like Python for test automation and tooling.
• Hands-on experience with PCIe firmware development, including LTSSM bring-up and debugging, link training, error recovery, and register-level programming.
• Proven track record of debugging and resolving complex issues across firmware, hardware, and driver boundaries.
• Experience with hardware bring-up on new platforms and using PCIe compliance tools like protocol analyzers.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver high-performance firmware for DirectFlash SSD Modules, with a focus on PCIe functionality, including initialization, configuration, and runtime management.
• Lead the bring-up and integration of new PCIe-based hardware, ensuring compliance with specifications and optimal link performance.
• Develop and maintain key PCIe features, such as LTSSM, power management, hot-plug support, and robust error handling.
• Debug complex, system-level issues at the intersection of firmware, drivers, and hardware, and build advanced diagnostics tools to support this effort.
• Collaborate closely with hardware engineering teams on PCIe PHY integration, validation, and signal integrity considerations to ensure seamless hardware/firmware co-design.

Benefits

• Flexible time off
• Wellness resources
• Company-sponsored team events
• Incentive pay and/or equity

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees