Staff Engineer, Firmware Test

Samsung Semiconductor•San Jose, CA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Our technology solutions power the tools you use every day--including smartphones, electric vehicles, hyperscale data centers, IoT devices, and so much more. Here, you’ll have an opportunity to be part of a global leader whose innovative designs are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible and powering the future. We believe innovation and growth are driven by an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. We’re dedicated to empowering people to be their true selves. Together, we’re building a better tomorrow for our employees, customers, partners, and communities. The Technology Enabling Development Lab (TED) Our core development focus is the host interface firmware layer that sits in the intersection of system software and flash management firmware. This key host interface firmware technology drives Samsung’s breakthrough V-NAND technology and enables our customers to power performance-oriented, demanding, enterprise-class applications ranging from hyper-scale data centers, to big data processing, to software defined virtualized storage arrays and infrastructures . Location: Daily onsite presence at our San Jose, CA office / U.S. headquarters in alignment with our Flexible Work policy.

Requirements

Bachelors and 10+ yrs or Masters and 8+ yrs with focus in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
Strong programming experience, demonstrated proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, Linux shell scripts etc.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work individually and in teams.
Prior NVMe, PCIe knowledge or experience with one or more of the following storage-related technologies: NVM Express, PCI Express, NAND Flash/FTL .
Knowledge of Enterprise storage/server systems, and proficiency in Linux.

Responsibilities

Develop black-box functional test coverage and test methodologies for NVMe SSD's.
Debug, triage failures and work with FW Team to reproduce problems, design and run experiments.
Analyze customer field issues and improve Functional test coverage where gaps are identified.