SSD Qualification Engineer - Systems Engineering

SSD Qualification Engineer – Systems Engineering

5+ years in SSD/HDD design, development and qualification. (8+ preferred).
B.S. Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (M.S. preferred).
Experience working at enterprise data storage system, SSD companies or related component vendors
Strong knowledge of Flash technologies/roadmaps, SSD controllers, drive FW
Strong knowledge of hardware design, storage architectures and storage interfaces.
Experience with failure modes of flash-based devices.
Strong ability to devise, implement, automate and refine the qualification methods utilizing your scripting skills.
Ability to qualify drives across a wide spectrum, from electrical to protocol to functional levels.
Highly self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, technical development environment.
Detail oriented, analytical, process savvy, and customer focused yet flexible and adaptable to business needs.
Experience working with cross-functional teams
Ability to work collaboratively across various levels
Ability to operate in a fast paced changing business environment
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Adaptable – undertake a variety of tasks willingly. Ability to switch from complex to routine tasks when required.
Decisive – ability to make decisions quickly when faced with multiple options.
Integrity – act with personal integrity at all times.
Professional – Confront problems, propose solutions and take ownership through to resolution. Have a positive can-do approach to work.

Manage drive qualification, which includes executing tests, driving analysis of issues, and guiding expectations based on testing results
Organize testing plans for a given drive
Develop summaries of your expectations and present results in various forums
Drive issues to resolution – perform initial failure analysis, analyze system for possible correlation, engage with various experts as needed and drive progress through closure
Drive improvements in the qualification processes as you observe execution
Brainstorm methods and procedures to evolve our team’s effectiveness
Proactively define/develop new SSD qualification tests, covering new drive features, requirements, exposure to field issues etc.
Use your strong scripting language skills to develop and automate tests and minimize qualification testing cycles
Participate in various team activities aimed at developing testing process
Perceived as highly skilled in storage interface protocols (NVMe, SAS and SATA)
Perceived as highly skilled in use of PCIe/SAS/SATA Bus analyzers, trace capture and trace analysis.