SSD Qualification Engineer

Everpure•Santa Clara, CA

14h•$180,000 - $270,000•Onsite

About The Position

Join our team as an SSD Qualification Engineer where you will drive the end-to-end quality, reliability, and readiness of next-generation storage solutions across their entire product lifecycle. In this hands-on technical leadership role, you will bridge the gap between firmware engineering, customer requirements, and scalable test automation to deliver rock-solid enterprise drives. You will own joint-qualification strategies with key partners, architect advanced validation pipelines, and directly influence product ship readiness through data-backed risk assessments.

Requirements

Demonstrated mastery of SSD fundamentals (NAND behavior, endurance, retention, and error mechanisms), PCIe/NVMe protocols, and experience executing qualification programs in Linux environments.
Proficiency in Python for building automated test frameworks, tooling, and data-analysis workflows, alongside experience integrating suites into CI/CD workflows like Jenkins and Git.
Ability to analyze multi-layer system failures, formulate hypotheses using logs and traces, and lead technical validation domains or projects through cross-functional collaboration.
Capability to translate complex test data, telemetry, and technical findings into concise, actionable risk assessments for both engineering partners and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Lead Customer Qualification & Readiness Strategy: Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex customer workloads and deployment scenarios into comprehensive qualification plans including customer Joint Qual, defining clear entry/exit criteria and driving sign-off for release.
Drive SSD Firmware & Feature Validation: Architect and execute rigorous test suites across regression, fault injection, and stress scenarios to validate firmware interactions with NAND, controllers, and PCIe/NVMe protocols.
Build Scalable Test Automation & Infrastructure: Design, maintain, and integrate Python-based test frameworks into CI/CD pipelines to turn one-off validation tasks into automated, repeatable, and observable test suites.
Solve Complex System Failures: Isolate root causes across firmware, hardware, NAND, and storage platform layers using telemetry and debug tools, collaborating directly with firmware engineers to verify fixes.
Elevate Engineering Standards & Metrics: Establish data pipelines and dashboards that track health indicators, telemetry, and test results, while mentoring team members to continuously evolve validation methodologies.